Ben Chessor
The Navigator
The Mariners’ men had the last weekend of January off, but two wins in the team’s last weekend of action has the Mariners near the top of the PacWest standings.
On Friday, January 17, the Mariners took on the visiting Capilano Blues in the first game of a two game weekend series. The Mariners made quick works of the Blues on the evening, picking up a convincing three set sweep over the visitors. VIU won the first set 25-19, the second set 25-18, then finished off the sweep with 25-23 win in the third and final set of the match. (more…)
Ben Chessor
The Navigator
With just eight games left in the British Columbia Hockey League season, the Nanaimo Clippers are playing their best hockey of the season at the right time. The Clippers picked up some big wins over the past couple of weeks, giving the team confidence heading into the final (more…)
Ben Chessor
The Navigator
A sweep of a home-and-home weekend series with the Saanich Braves gave the Nanaimo Buccaneers two much needed victories in their race for second place in the Vancouver Island Hockey League’s North division.
The first game between Nanaimo and Saanich was (more…)
Ben Chessor
The Navigator
I remember when Twitter first became popular, how stupid I thought it was. I was certain that it would be just another internet fad, much like Myspace or Nexopia. But in 2014, Twitter is in its eighth year of existence and doesn’t seem to be disappearing any time soon. If anything, Twitter is becoming more popular than ever before.
My opinion of Twitter has changed drastically over the last few years. The main reason for my change of heart happened when Twitter became a useful tool in the world of sport. Twitter has allowed a generation of sports fans to ...
Ben Chessor
The Navigator
The VIU Mariners men’s basketball team played their first home games of 2014 on January 24 and 25. The team split their two games over the weekend, keeping pace with the top teams in the PacWest standings.
On Friday, January 24, the Mariners played host to the visiting Douglas College Royals. The game got off to a high scoring start with the Mariners leading 26-25 after the first quarter. In the second quarter, VIU continued their hot start and opened up a 56-48 lead at halftime. In the second half, the Mariners started to pull away from Douglas, opening up a ...
Ben Chessor
The Navigator
The Mariners’ women’s basketball team continued their perfect season, picking up four more wins in the last two weeks. The victories have moved the Mariners to 14-0 on the season. VIU is the only undefeated team in PacWest women’s basketball—every other team has at least four losses.
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Antony Stevens
Contributor
In elementary school, you may remember playing games such as Oregon Trail, Operation Neptune, or Reader Rabbit. Those games showed the prowess of games in the educational field. Today, games such as Portal and Minecraft are used commonly across various educational fields to teach problem-solving techniques and compel imagination, but there are tons of other games available for students with even the most remote interest in gaming. This list will cover indie games relative to a dozen different studies at VIU, so you can keep your brain busy between breaks. ...
Denisa Kraus
The Navigator
Interview with the host of Project Bliss, the weekly “radio munchies for your soul.”
Navigator: Why Project Bliss?
Jennifer Paige: Because everybody needs some time to mellow out, take the time to be, and let life happen around them. Stop moving around constantly and tune into yourself personally. It also goes along with the idea that there’s not enough good news in the media, so this is a chance to focus on that.
N: Who do you wish to approach with the show?
JP: I want it to speak (more…)
Denisa Kraus
Contributor
The Navigator
Navigator: The play helps to spread awareness of the rising number of drink-spiking incidents and how people can protect themselves. What else does Dissolve bring to the theater? (more…)
Denisa Kraus
The Navigator
“Ever woken up beside a stranger? What if it was planned that way?”
The catch phrase of the celebrated one-woman act, Dissolve, prepares us for the play confronting the topic of drink spiking and drug-facilitated sexual assault. Produced by Shameless Hussy Production and promoted by Nanaimo’s Haven Society, the touring play comes to the Malaspina Theatre on Thursday, February 14.
Based on author Meghan Gardiner’s personal experience, Dissolve follows a girl—the victim of a presumed assault—through meeting a series of characters on her night out. “Each one ...
Dr. Timothy Lewis
Contributor
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China is a global power and home to one-fifth of the world’s population. As Professor Doug Stetar of VIU’s Department of Media Studies and Digital Media Technology rightly points out, we cannot ignore the huge economic, social, and political changes taking place in the country. Of particular note is the dramatic rise (more…)
Spencer Wilson
Contributor
The Navigator
This weekend, there will be 15 films showing at the ninth annual Vancouver Island Short Film Festival (VISFF). We have ten new filmmakers and four returning: two from Europe, four from Winnipeg, three from Vancouver, and six from Vancouver Island.
Both European films clock in at only one minute. From the Netherlands director David Stevens, M22 is a visualisation, based on himself, of what the inner world of a stutterer is like. From the amazing French animator Matthieu van Eeckhout, The Evening Cigarette is a tribute to his old habit two years ...
Denisa Kraus
The Navigator
This year marks the 9th annual Vancouver Island Short Film Festival (VISFF), which will take place on February 7 and 8 in VIU’s Malaspina Theatre. On both nights, the festival will showcase 15 films with a wide range of origin and genre.
VISFF co-founder and director Johnny Blakeborough says “it’s always going to be about short films. They come from our community and are the most interesting to me. They are super powerful as an art form to themselves, and we should celebrate that.” (more…)
Drew McLachlan
The Navigator
Cedar-by-the-Sea’s most prominent features are the winding roads, large pockets of forests, and dilapidated boat ramp on Nelson Road dipping sharply into the Pacific. The quiet community has foundations dating back to the 1920s, and a wide range of people, from wealthy doctors to outspoken ex-hippies, call it home. Looking at the neighbourhood now, it’s hard to believe that 80 years ago some of these prairie-style houses were home to one of Canada’s most notorious cults.
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Brennan Hinchsliff
Contributor
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Brian Hough
Contributor
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Winner of the 2011 Hamilton Arts Award for Best Emerging Writer and the 2012 Vanderbilt/Exile Short Fiction Award for her story, Skin, Just, Christine Miscione’s debut short fiction anthology Auxillary Skins (Exile Edition Press) is a strange, grotesquely beautiful collection of fiction that balances experimental fervor and accessibility.
What’s amazing about the work is that there are little, if any, fantastic elements, and yet each story feels so much like some form of genre or sub-genre fiction that, as a reader, you have to remind yourself ...
Brian Hough
Contributor
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Choi Hyun-Seok's hair falls over his guitar strap as a reverb soaked feedback drenches the venue. Bottom lip tucked behind his front teeth, he shoots a grin over to bassist Dae-Inn, who smiles widely and nods his chin. Hyun-Seok lets a single (more…)
Drew McLachlan
The Navigator
Cass Onifrichuk and Katrina Tutty have been entrenched in the Island’s flow arts scene, a branch of performance arts that include hooping, poi, and fire spinning. Tutty founded the Hula Love Club at UVic, and now the two are expanding their brand with a new project, (more…)
Laura Howells
The Muse
St. John’s (CUP)—Sleep deprived students rejoice—drinking that tenth cup of coffee might actually be a boost to your academic game.
Researchers from John Hopkins University have concluded that ingesting caffeine after a study session actually improves long-term memory consolidation. The study, called “Post-study caffeine administration enhances memory consolidation in humans” and published in the academic journal Nature Neuroscience, is the first study to administer caffeine to subjects after a learning session, as opposed to beforehand.
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Brian Hough
Contributor
The Navigator
Wordstorm held its first event of 2014 at the newly re-opened Vault Café on Tuesday, January 28.
The monthly event, co-founded in 2007 by Cindy Shantz and David Fraser, combines spoken word, poetry, and prose readings from local (more…)
Carlo Javier
Capilano Courier
VANCOUVER (CUP)—It could be challenging to find a journalist who will sound optimistic about the fate of newspapers; there are many elements that stand in the way of the classic, traditional, and most natural way of journalism.
There are advocates for moving to a more environmentally-friendly way of delivering news, which would require a mass reduction in paper production. There is clear evidence of a change in lifestyle, a great generational divide; people may now look at newspapers as out-dated—or worse, dead. Finally, and most notably, there is the ...
Blake Deal
The Navigator
Vancouver Island University is celebrating International Development week from February 3-7.
Events will include lectures from guest speakers, presentations on international experiences from students, and a mini-documentary film festival—all at no cost.
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Blake Deal
The Navigator
Coast Capital Savings has created funding for youth who were formerly in provincial care to assist them in receiving post-secondary education.
The $200k fund was created to cover more than just the cost of tuition, as there are multiple financial barriers keeping these youth from obtaining a post-secondary education. (more…)
Drew McLachlan
Associate Editor
The Navigator
The headline reads “Canadian Music Industry Calls For Internet Regulation, Website Blocking.” The top comment of the thread responds with “Canadians call for Canadian Music Industry to fuck off.” (more…)
