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By contributor Krista Meckelborg
A young man sits in a small lecture hall and glances at the clock: 2:17 pm.
Apart from the slightly wrinkled two-piece suit he’s wearing, he looks like any other student in the room: tired and eager to leave. It’s already been a long day. He looks up at the clock again: 2:18 pm.
The energy in the classroom builds as the professor begins his closing remarks. The young man quickly closes his notebook and places it in his second-hand briefcase. He waits until the professor has spoken his last word before ...
By Associate Editor Natalie Gates
On September 26, my prof let us out of class early so he could make it home to watch the first of the 2016 US Presidential Debates. I figured if he was willing to do that, then it might be worth tuning in to. It would play a part in determining our biggest ally’s future leader… right?
A strangely orange man with hair like that on a cob of corn entered. Greeting him with a handshake and a smirk on her face was a woman in a bright red pant suit.
I had heard hateful slurs and criticisms directed at both these candidates, but were they really as bad ...
By contributor Aislinn Cottell
This semester, a new general practitioner and psychiatrist will be available to students in need of mental and physical health care on campus.
Up until August, the Health Clinic was operating with a single nurse practitioner and a medical office assistant. A second nurse was then hired who will be working with the Centre until the end of February. GP Dr. Dagny Vaney started on September 20, and psychiatrist Dr. Kehinde Oluyede started on September 30.
The new staff are the result of a collaboration with Island Health, who are providing ...
By Sports and Lifestyle Editor Cole Schisler
Karen Bowman is the Executive Director and Founder of Drop It And Drive, an organization that promotes distracted driving prevention programs for workplaces and youth.
Before founding Drop It And Drive, (DIAD), Bowman ran her own business consulting firm. She is the survivor of two collisions, one of which was a distracted driving incident, and she was inspired to start DIAD in 2010 because she was distressed by parents and teachers driving distracted around her children at school.
“My little guy at the time was four years old, as a ...
Above: Midfielder Kaylee Dodds fights for the ball. Photo by Brody Jones.
By Sports and Lifestyle Editor Cole Schisler
After a series of tie games, the Mariners put back to back victories on their record this weekend at Merle Logan Field.
On Saturday, September 24, the Mariners faced off against Douglas, who they tied 5-5 in their previous match. The Mariners came out strong, forward Karen Battie put points on the board early, scoring at the 3-minute-mark. Battie’s goal was followed up by defender Nicole Foglietta at the 7-minute-mark to put VIU ahead 2-0 early in the first ...
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By Arts Editor Brendan Barlow
It’s hard to believe September has already come and gone, but here we are in October, so it must be true. A whole lot of music was released in September, and I’m only one man, so I haven’t been able to listen to everything that I wanted to. With that said, here are my five recommendations of albums released in September.
Bon Iver – 22, A Million
Bon Iver was someone that I had, admittedly, written off as just another folk-singer in a never-ending sea of folk singers. I have, of course, since learned that this ...
By Lifestyle and Sports Editor Cole Schisler
The VIU Res Sports League is a free, year-round, sports league for VIU residents, held every Sunday at the VIU gymnasium.The sports are alternated every three weeks, to sports determined by the residents at the Join One Expo. Currently, the league is in their third week of volleyball, and will rotate between: soccer, dodge ball, ultimate Frisbee, beach volleyball, and basketball.
The sports are alternated every three weeks, to sports determined by the residents at the Join One Expo. Currently, the league is in their third week of ...
Above: Nanaimo River. Photo courtesy of Nanaimo Information.
By contributor Chantelle Spicer
Water is an endless cycle that has existed for millennia, creating a multitude of relationships that have value beyond anything our economy could place on it. Yet, it is a major part of our economy, necessary for all life on this planet, but not protected as a universal human right. It is home, habitat, source of story, resource of food for all animals, nutrients for the forests and oceans, energy, travel, social identity, regulator of water temperature, filter, carbon store, fresh ...
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By Sports and Lifestyle Editor Cole Schisler
On Saturday, September 24, VIU basketball alumni came back to put on a clinic for the youngsters that will take the court for VIU this year.
In the first game, the Alumni took an early lead, ending the first half 45-36 over the Mariners’ men. The Alumni turned up the heat in the second half, finishing the game with a punishing score of 92-61. Alumni players Tyler Olsen and Luke Robinion nickel and dimed the young Mariners with two’s all game long. Despite a high scoring performance by Usama Zaid and ...
By columnist Diana Pearson
Q: My last relationship was abusive and there was an instance of sexual violence. Since then, I have a found a new caring and understanding partner, but because of my past trauma, I feel I can't give my new partner oral pleasure because my throat will close up unexpectedly. I have had panic attacks even though I know my partner is respectful, loving, and understanding of my limits. Do you have any tips on coping with and overcoming this past sexual trauma?
A: I am sorry to hear you’ve gone through this. Sexual trauma provokes symptoms such as ...
By contributor Spencer Sheehan-Kalina
VIU’s Faculty of First Nations Studies announced to students that it will be changing its name to Indigenous Studies. Keith Smith, a professor who teaches First Nations Studies introductory courses, explained “the initial impetus behind it is that First Nations can been seen as fairly exclusive; the term doesn’t include Métis, Inuit and non-status people. We just wanted to be more inclusive.”
Currently, there is little direct opposition to the name change, however there are uncertainties surrounding what the change may signify in the future. A ...
By contributor Arjan Singh Manhas
For most of us,
United States politics seems so far
Canadian politics is our forté
Kicking our southern neighbours for the rise of the orange Cheeto
Trump represents the worst of American politics
Regarding race, he is deplorable Donald
Uninspiring to the masses
Misogyny is rampant at his rallies
Please do not vote for Cheeto Benito
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By Arts Editor Brendan Barlow
We've all seen them—the ridiculous looking headsets that promise deeply immersive experiences, so long as you are willing to part with at least $1200, in the case of the HTC Vive, which is the one to get in my opinion. I had oft seen these virtual reality (VR) headsets and been cautiously optimistic about their lofty promises, but had neither the extra income nor the connections to try them out for myself. At least, until just a few days ago, when I was invited to head over to Cloud Head Studios to sample their ...
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By Production Manager Catherine Charlebois
Fall is here and with it, all our favourite fall flavours. Now is the season for warm comfort foods and what better way to embrace the change than warm, gooey and chocolatey cookies.
Ingredients
1/4 and 2 tsp margarine
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup pumpkin puree
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp ginger
1/4 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
1. Mix and beat together the margarine ...
By Production Manager Catherine Charlebois
“Why don’t you wear makeup? I think a bit of mascara would look super cute on you.”
Those were the words that started it all—my growing fascination with makeup. I didn’t have a “typical” experience when it came to discovering the world of cosmetics. Growing up, my mother was never one to doll herself up and it was never really a huge part of my youth. When one of the girls in my grade nine gym class approached me, my interest was piqued. As for many early teens, the way people transformed themselves with colourful powders, pencils, and ...
By contributor Aislinn Cottell
WHAT
On October 6, the Worldbridger Film series is hosting a Director’s Night Double Feature: Pimachihowan: Living With the Land, and Letters to Attawapiskat, both created by ethnomusicologist Michael B. MacDonald.
WHERE
Bldg. 356, rm. 109 at the Nanaimo Campus.
Event will be held at 7pm
WHY YOU SHOULD CARE
Pimachihowan is a Cree concept of living with the land, and Letters to Attawapiskat features an Edmonton community group response to the Attawapiskat youth suicide crisis. Bonus: the filmmaker, Michael MacDonald, is hosting this ...
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By Sports and Lifestyle Editor Cole Schisler
The VIU Asockaplypse is a shoot-to-kill assassins-style game that will take place October 10, on campus and potentially all over the city.
The game is simple, a participant will receive the first name, last name, and faculty of their target. They must then use their detective skills to track that person down and eliminate them by hitting them with a ball of socks. Sock barrages must hit the target, which means they cannot be deflected, they must be dodged. Once a participant eliminates their target, ...
Above: At Dzawadi. Photo courtesy of Laura Cranmer
By contributor Gordon Hak
Languages are social, cultural, historical, and personal. They can also disappear. In an upcoming talk in the Arts & Humanities colloquium Series, Dr. Laura Cranmer, of the First Nations Studies Department will give a talk entitled: “Kwak’ wala Language Revitalization: Is It Possible?” The presentation will be held in the Malaspina Theatre on Friday, October 21, beginning at 10 am.
Cranmer will draw on her recently completed PhD dissertation from the University of British Columbia, a study of ...
Above: Larissa Richards with Griffin, one of the AERL’s mass spectrometers. Photo by Aislinn Cottell.
By contributor Aislinn Cottell
Larissa Richards, 30, graduated from VIU in January 2013 with a Bachelor of Science, minoring in both Math and Chemistry. Immediately going on to pursue her Master’s in Chemistry at the University of Victoria, she soon decided to skip that step entirely and jump straight into her PhD. She chose to complete her research in the Applied Environmental Research Lab (AERL) at VIU, because chemists there were already looking into her area of interest: the ...
Above: Exploring the waters of Newcastle Island. Photo by Gregg Cormie.
By Lifestyle and Sports Editor Cole Schisler
Over the past few weeks, I joined VIU Outdoor Rec for a sea kayaking adventure.
We explored various points around Nanaimo, like Departure Bay, Newcastle Island, Jack Point, and the Nanaimo River Estuary.
“It was fantastic,” said Kris Mutafov, a first year resource management student. “We got to take the kayaks out from New Castle Island across the bay, the waters were calm, the sun was out, we even got to go through a sea cave. It was a really calming ...
By Managing Editor Molly Barrieau
This year, I have the opportunity to share a column with our readers. Back in 2010, The Nav infamously published a Nav-a-Sutra column that included some less than savoury how-to suggestions in the bedroom. This led me to avoid such topics for fear of our younger readers and their parents.
Yes, we are a student newspaper and our demographic should reflect that, but when Diana, our fearless Copy Editor, pitched a sex-positive Q&A column, I was nervous. Was it going to be racy and too inappropriate for the community audience? Were we going to get ...
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By Arts Editor Brendan Barlow
“F*ck the Peace keeping f*ck the calm
The investigation is a f*cking con
The investigation is a f*cking conThe truth is known beneath the gun
Black lives don’t matter in the eyes of the law”
This is the chorus that screams out from the first track of G.L.O.S.S.’ (Girls Living Outside Society’s Sh*t) most recent EP Trans Day of Revenge. The EP was released in June, the day after 49 people were killed and 53 injured, during the terrorist attack at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando; and it is filled with all of the ...
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By Arts Editor Brendan Barlow
Originally published in April, but collected in a trade paperback released in July, The Living Finger is a horror comic written by Nanaimo local Garth Matthams, with art by Armin Ozdic. Finger tells the story of Jason, a university student who stumbles upon a finger that appears to be alive. After being told by the finger that it would like a body of its own, Jason does his best to oblige, only to find out that the finger has some murderous intentions of its own.
The book is darkly funny, reminded me quite a bit of ...
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By Sports Editor Cole Schisler
The Mariner’s Golf team won the PACWEST Golf tournament in Abbotsford with the lowest score of 589, a mere stroke under the Camosun Chargers.
Mariners’ golfer Dallas Jones was the individual low gross winner, shooting 68-71 to start the season in a performance that earned him PACWEST athlete of the week.
The Mariners are now the top ranked team in the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association.
