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Dive into how Matt Kuzminski, Men’s Basketball, Tony Bryce, Women’s Basketball, Dr. Abe Avender, Men’s Volleyball, and Chris Jones, Men’s Hockey, lead their team. Varying from their conflict management, game rituals, or Starbucks orders, each coach is unique in their own teaching methods.

All across campus, students turn to ChatGPT—sometimes for help, sometimes for inspiration, and sometimes for reasons that fall into a grey area. But beneath this surface-level use lies a deceptively deep question: Does ChatGPT actually understand what it’s saying? Most of us talk to it the way we talk to people. It says “I,” we say “you,” and before long, we’re having what feels like a...

When was the last time you had a full, comprehensive eye exam? Eye health affects more than just your eyes: it affects the world around you. Dr. Joshua Fleegel talks about the importance of eye health and the resources available for students while they attend university.

In today’s fast-paced world, do we have time to be safe? With stories and inquiries on missing people and open homicide investigations, how can we keep ourselves, our families, and our communities out of harm? Let’s discuss safety in Nanaimo.

Jerry Hong, President of the Nanaimo Chinese Cultural Society, shares his insight and hopes on the Lunar New Year celebrations in Nanaimo.

AI didn’t create our longing, our yearning. It gave it a safe place to go. This piece examines why, for many students, talking to a machine can feel safer than asking another person to stay. In a society shaped by half commitments, situationships, and emotional unavailability, AI offers responsiveness without risk.

Dalton and Jesslyn Derkson of poetry press a square house chat about their inaugural reading series with featured writers Taylor Fleming and Elke Sorensen.

Three couples of all different backgrounds and ages, share their local love stories. They dive into what makes each of their relationships work, from doing the dishes to sharing adventures.

Come with our Navigator staff on a firsthand, undercover adventure of a local singles night.

I had just finished eating when I received a text from my girlfriend, Janrawee, who was working in Bangkok.

Everything stands still, quietly waiting in the dark for her.

A poem about past memories

A poem about change

Nav Videographer Daxton Comba takes us beneath Vancouver Island on a tour of the geologic processes underneath. He speaks with Senior SFU lecturer Andrew Perkins, PhD about the Cascadia subduction zone, “the big one,” glaciation and more. Daxton ponders the earthquake as a looming presence featuring an interview with VIU student Flynn Connolly Sifton, regarding growing up on Vancouver Island....

In his fifth feature as Sports Videographer, Liam Prendergast steps away from the VIU campus to join the Nanaimo Sports + Social Club (NSSC) for some adult recreational league action! Prendergast speaks with the club’s founders and owners Chuck Hocker and Jamie Kuhn, about the club’s social impact and the variety of activities it offers. He also chats with club member Laura Hayne, who shares her...

Associate Media Editor Elke Sorensen and Nav Reporter Nadia Fontaine travel to Vancouver for a night of in-person speed dating in an attempt to try something new for February. Sorensen and Fontaine sit down to chat about their experiences with apps such as Tinder, and discuss the pros and cons of online dating. The pair contrast their participation online to their participation at the speed...