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february 5, 2020 issue 10 | volume 30 nexusnewspaper.com camosun’s student voice since 1990 Wilna Thomas Building closed A look at accessibility issues at until further notice Camosun College page 3 page 6 Camosun Chargers get new student Victoria Film Fest returns with movies athlete from Australia heavy and light page 5 page 8 event Camosun College keeps conversations going with Sexualized Violence Awareness Week “We will always look at safety, and make sure that someone’s safety is a priority, but we want them to help us understand what their needs for safety are.” STEPHANIE PEDNEAULT CAMOSUN COLLEGE ADAM MARSH creating safe spaces, and safe con- STUDENT EDITOR versations—I would love to see that Camosun College’s Office of more people could feel like they can Student Support and the Camosun come forward if this is part of their College Student Society are holding experience and, of course, ultim- Sexualized Violence Awareness ately, where less people have this Week from Monday, February 10 experience in their life,” she says. until Friday, February 14. Pedneault says that creating At both campuses from Febru- an empathetic environment where ary 10 to 12, there will be consent people feel they can open up starts valentines and treats; there will be with believing those people. information booths, button making, “Recognizing that in order to and treats at Lansdowne on Febru- come forward and even connect ary 11 and at Interurban on Febru- with me that they would have had to ary 13. There will be a workshop have overcome probably several dif- for students called Understand- ferent barriers, and so recognizing ing Consent Culture happening at that there are certain populations Interurban on February 11 and at of people who face even more bar- Lansdowne on February 13. riers,” says Pedneault. “To even just Camosun student support man- present [themselves] in an office ager Stephanie Pedneault says that with me takes a significant amount ADAM MARSH/NEXUS the event is focused on sharing of courage.” Camosun College and the Camosun College Student Society are holding Sexualized Violence Week this month. information and participating in Pednault approaches everybody conversation around the culture of she works with from the same place: creating consent on and off campus, one of huge respect, she says, for the eyed on campus which she says Camosun takes very courage it takes to come forward. seriously. “First and foremost, this is “We have specific supports in about their choice. This is not about place to make sure [students] have me deciding for them or the college a safe option to connect, to under- deciding for them what they should stand what their support options or shouldn’t do,” says Pedneault. are, and to be believed,” she says. “It’s about making sure that they Pedneault says that students know what their choices are.” who go to her office always have There’s zero judgment, she options about what to do next. says, adding that beyond making “Whether that means reporting, sure that students are not in any or seeking other support, or it may immediate harm, there will never just mean that’s where it ends for be any pressure or influence from them right now,” she says. “They the college when it comes to making get choice in this. And that is im- a decision. Students have the right portant to us.” to change their minds, and they Keeping the momentum going have the right to ongoing support, now is key, says Pedneault. There she says. have been incredible conversa- “We would never force some- tions, she says, that have been in- body to talk, ever,” she says. “That fluenced by the Me Too Movement, can have such significant levels of but it’s the responsibility of those harm. We will always look at safety, at Camosun to make sure those and make sure that someone’s safety conversations keep happening, is a priority, but we want them to which is where Sexualized Violence help us understand what their needs Awareness Week comes into play. for safety are. We will look to always “There is, unfortunately, still a listen to what the survivor’s wants lot of fear and concern around com- are, and that they are the decision ing forward and seeking support, maker around what happens next.” and so as we invite more people See camosun.ca/consentcamo- into these conversations—invite sun for more details on Sexualized EMILY WELCH/NEXUS more people in to participate in Violence Awareness Week. Not long after the Lansdowne campus was covered in snow, spring started to make itself known. 2 VIEWS February 5, 2020 nexusnewspaper.com NEWS 3 student editor’s letter open space lansdowne My life with cerebral palsy Walmart will hurt Lansdowne Wilna Thomas Building closed while college decides on plans camosun’s student voice since 1990 When I’m out doing Speak Up, walking awkwardly around the court- neighbourhood Next publication: February 19, 2020 yard holding a recorder and a camera, every once in a while, someone will Deadline: 9 am Monday February 10, 2020 ask, “Are you okay?” PATRICK FERREIRA Don’t get me wrong—this strat- “It has become CONTRIBUTING WRITER egy does result in cheaper prices for Address: 3100 Foul Bay Rd., Victoria, BC, I’ll turn and shoot them a look. “Last time I checked.” somewhat of a hunt V8P 5J2 Sometimes they nod and walk on, but when they press the matter, it’s A new Walmart is set to open the consumer. But there is a cost to Location: Lansdowne Richmond House 201 a really strange cocktail of thoughts that fill my head:Don’t be so nosy. Of in the Hillside Centre by the fall of this convenience. for collaboration. So, Phone: 250-370-3591 course I’m fine. Or, on bad days, those three lovely words: Oh, fuck off. 2021. This will be the third Walmart Think of the local stores around what do we want to Email: [email protected] These reactions don’t help me, and they certainly aren’t how a caring to open in the Greater Victoria area, the Hillside Centre area and the Website: nexusnewspaper.com stranger deserves to be thought about. If they really ask what’s wrong, with one in Uptown and another in impact that a new Walmart might have in there? There Langford. have on them. It doesn’t just have Publisher: Nexus Publishing Society I’ve only recently started telling them the truth. I used to say I hurt my will still be classes in leg in a bike accident. This raises some interesting to be grocery stores, since Walmart NEXUS PUBLISHING SOCIETY The truth? I have cerebral palsy. questions. Do we need another also sells electronics, gardening the building, but there STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS The words always come out on the bitter side of indifferent, not because Walmart in Victoria? What would supplies, clothing, books, toys, will also be meeting President - Jayden Grieve I am either of those things, but because I figure if I say it in a tone one might the effects be on the local economy? flowers, and just about everything spaces, many more Vice-President - Samara Oscroft take when they tell their friends they have a midterm they’re not prepared Treasurer/Secretary - for, it might not seem like a big deal. But instead the sentence is short, student spaces.” Tiegan Suddaby mumbled, and probably petulant—no one has ever asked for more details. IAN TOL Director-at-Large - Ethan Badr What does it feel like? Not being able to do certain things is awful. But Director-at-Large - Adam Marsh Think of the local stores around the Hillside CAMOSUN COLLEGE there’s plenty I can do, so I don’t waste my time on what I can’t. MANAGING EDITOR Centre area and the impact that a new Walmart Greg Pratt If it’s a fine-motor task, it feels like there’s a blind gravitational force STUDENT EDITOR working against me, as if I’m trying to thread a needle into a trembling might have on them. Adam Marsh hole that keeps moving to and fro ever so slightly. Using a can opener STAFF WRITER takes a long time and tremendous concentration. If I’m tired sometimes Emily Welch I can’t do it, but that’s usually because I swear and chuck the stupid thing PROOFREADING across the room. If I try my hardest to move them, the toes on my right Juliana Cooper foot will only twitch. The Walmart business model else they can fit in there. Walmart walk from the Dental Building to the ADVERTISING SALES It’s quite pig-headed to say it’s not a big deal. But I’m lucky enough is famous for pricing certain items will impact all of these types of retail Wilna Thomas on the lower floor— Greg Pratt to have it not be. I can go to the gym, beat most people up Mt. Finlayson, below the cost of production, mean- in the area surrounding Hillside. it is likely that we will be building 250-370-3593 tie my shoes, zip zippers, put bed sheets on, and, with patience, open that ing Walmart takes a loss when It comes down to a short view of GREG PRATT/NEXUS some sort of canopy structure,” he A sign on the front door of the Wilna Thomas Building at Lansdowne informing students that the building is closed until further notice. FREE Media (national) damn can of beans. selling certain items. Their overall the costs and benefits, as opposed a says.

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