E-book Local pubs Gibson january 21, 2011 ‘em... or not have history gabs volume 12 | issue 22 page 6 page 7 page 19 nexusnewspaper.com camosun’s student voice since 1990 summer 2011 nexusnewspaper.com 60 70 80 50 90 40 100 30 110 20 120 10 0 130 life with an eating disorder jina mousseau hunger strike page 14 camosun’s student voice since 1990 camosun’s student voice since 1990 contents These stories (except pages 20, 21, and 22) were originally published in Nexus during the fall ‘10 and winter ‘11 semesters. address: 3100 Foul Bay Rd., Victoria, BC, V8P 5j2 Nexus Vol. 21, Issue 18 – Summer 2011 Location: Richmond House 201, Lansdowne campus Phone: 250-370-3591 4 Gender mashup 16 Chateau of Costa email: [email protected] By Erin Ball By Jina Mousseau Website: nexusnewspaper.com it’s time to finally change the matt Costa just keeps moving way we think of gender. forward, no matter what. and Publisher: Nexus Publishing society he likes to read books, too! NEXUS PuBLISHING SOCIETY sTuDENT BOARD MEMBeRs 5 Butt out of smokers’ business Carol-Lynne michaels By Tyler Rowe 17 steppin’ on up adam Price smokers: the latest minority By Erin Ball Chesley Ryder group to face discrimination. Dubstep is the latest musical Dylan Wilks craze to grab college students eDiToR-IN-CHIEF by storm. next up = djent! Greg Pratt 6 Kindle = e-kindling MANAGING eDiToR By Dylan Wilks jason schreurs ...and e-readers still haven’t 18 Indiana Canadiana replaced books. By Tyler Rowe sTaFF WRiTeR jim Bryson is helping define the Dylan Wilks new age of Canadian indie rock. aDVeRTISING SALES 7 Persevering pubs jason schreurs By Pam Oliver 250-370-3591 (local) Victoria has a rich history of 19 Will comes alive! Campus Plus neighbourhood pubs. By Dylan Wilks 1-800-265-5372 ext. 225 (national) William Gibson, that is. Yes, the DISTRiBuTION one and only William Gibson. nicolle Rushton 8 Break it down CONTRiBuToRs: By Julia Loglisci erin Ball The local breakdancing scene 20 Poutine dream jenna Cotton is coming back strong. By Ed Sum alex Haro and we quote: “There was love in the emily Laing meat that’d been pounded into a patty.” julia Loglisci 9 MMA bashing stereotypes jina mousseau By Emily Laing Pam oliver We’ll say it again: look at those 21 Restaurant review times two adam Price washboard abs on page 9. By David Ingram-Chadwick and Nate amanda Richardson Jones Tyler Rowe stir it up’s roti rules; stages rages. jessica Tai 10 More bashing stereotypes! Dylan Wilks By Emily Laing Wheelchair rugby players are 22 Local, Live and Loud taking the sport to new places. By Dylan Wilks Check out some summer The views and opinions expressed herein are those of the authors, not of the nexus Publishing society. one copy of concert highlights here. nexus spring magazine is available per issue, per person for 11 Social 2.0 free. nexus is printed on recycled paper. Please recycle your copy when you are done. Thanks! By Amanda Richardson The new generation of 23 Laughing out loud social media is here. a selection of some of our favourite comics from the past year. 14 Lightweight By Amanda Richardson What do you think of the articles in here? a look at eating disorders through email [email protected] or the eyes of someone who’s living it. TEXTBACK to 604-223-0076. Summer 2011 3 VIEWs VIEWs Challenging gender roles ai T a Thinking this way is C JESSI dangerous—it labels the people who don’t fit comfortably into a gender role as different and therefore an outsider. Nexus editorials are written by the Nexus student editor on behalf of the editorial committee. Erin Ball sTaff wriTeR A Camosun instructor has done the same experiment in her anthropology of women class for the last three years. She asks her class, at the beginning of the semester, to make two columns on a piece of paper—one labelled “feminine” and the other “masculine.” stereotypes used to describe the sexes were driven are still criticized for not paying The students were asked to brainstorm purely cultural. enough attention to their family life and and write down 10 words they associate For example, men were described as are also, at the same time, expected to be with each. They were told not to think too insensitive, aggressive workers, while the superwomen—a successful career, a per- hard about what they should write down, women were sensitive, nurturing, affec- fect mother, and a dedicated housekeeper just what pops into their heads. In this tionate, and gentle. But in some cultures the and cook. day and age of equality, the results were men take care of the children and, in others, And men are in a similar boat. Men who surprising. the men are very affectionate towards each may decide to challenge gender roles and The instructor found that the words other—they hold hands in the street and stay at home to raise the kids are seen as written down were stereotypical of each kiss each other on the cheeks. lazy or poor providers. A man who’s very gender and fit into traditional western It brings up the question: will western sensitive is perceived as weak. We foster gender roles. Words like “pretty,” “emo- society ever rid itself of the gender percep- aggression in boys and then we turn around tional,” “motherly,” and “nurturing” were tions ingrained in society? and wonder why some of them are violent near the top of the list for feminine, and The media bombards us with images as adults. words like “strong,” “muscular,” “sports,” of how both male and females should look, And we know that we shouldn’t be and “cars” were near the top of the list for act, and fit in. These messages perpetu- perpetuating the division between genders, masculine. ate our traditional definition of male and but we still do it. These gender roles are The exercise brings to light the fact female. But thinking this way is danger- rooted in our society, and even though we that stereotypes and gender perceptions ous—it labels the people who don’t fit know we shouldn’t, we judge those that are still very strongly ingrained into our comfortably into a gender role as different challenge the roles. brains, even those of critical thinkers like and therefore an outsider. But if we talk about gender roles and college students. These days little girls are taught that perceptions more often, and challenge The instructor pointed out that some they can be anything they want when them, we can break through the stereo- of the words that came up were biological they grow up. When our mothers and types. And this will lead to a greater under- characteristics. But, looking towards grandmothers were young that wasn’t the standing of each other as individuals—our other cultures as a contrast, most of the case. But women who decide to be career- goals, beliefs, and our true identities. 4 Nexus VIEWs VIEWs College attacks smokers o R a H X e L a The last bastion for smokers at the Lansdowne campus. tylEr rowE campus is no different than campaigning tion probably finds the clearest path to ContriBuTinG wriTeR for a more aesthetically pleasing campus fairness in continuing to limit smoking The rights of a minority group are be- without ugly buildings or ugly people. to designated areas. Those with allergies ing trampled here at Camosun, and no one If the problem is being subjected to and sensitivities to smoke can actively seems to care. Are these rights forfeited second-hand smoke against one’s will, avoid such areas while smokers can still because the group is poor or invisible? No, then we must direct our attention to the continue to engage in their perfectly legal, it’s because they are the last group that no fact that most of the data we have on the if ill-advised, habit. one will scold you for openly and gleefully harmful effects of second-hand smoke But such a balanced action wouldn’t hating. They are the smokers. comes from the effects of second-hand carry with it the verve and “forward- Camosun College’s administration smoke indoors. thinking” panache of a full ban, now, has moved to make both the Lansdowne Do we know for sure that second-hand would it? and Interurban campuses completely smoke is more harmful than the exhaust Bravo, Camosun. You’ve made social smoke-free by winter semester 2012, and fumes that we as city dwellers breathe in pariahs of a minority group for no reason has gradually ushered this initiative in by every day that contain benzene, polycyclic except that you could. banning smoking everywhere except a few hydrocarbons, formaldehyde, and nitrogen designated smoking areas. The current ban Via Textback: dioxide (which also emit from the very “Comparing smokers to a minority group is ridicu- started on February 1. profitable campus parking lots)? lous—it’s a choice; more importantly, it affects non- The impetus for this action is said to The funny thing is the administra- smokers. I won’t breathe your choices.” be the response to a survey conducted by the college in May 2009, where 86 per- cent of respondents said they “agreed” or “strongly agreed” that “non-smokers have a right to a smoke-free environment.” myvirtualtypist.com This very question is where the invalid- ity of the ban begins. Most non-smokers, if they were asked if they would prefer Deborah J.