2016 – Page 4 – The INSIDER

Vive la Virtual Reality!

September 10, 2016May 6, 2017 newspaper Hardware, HTC Vive, Videogame, VR0 comment

Virtual reality is slowly becoming available in households across the globe. As it stands, there are currently three big contenders in the competition for VR dominance: Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and PSVR. However, none of these come cheap, and content is absurdly limited to this date. That said, one must be absolutely certain when deciding whether or not to adopt a VR headset, but fear not – I have taken the plunge for you and have come to a decisive conclusion on whether or not VR is worthy of the…

Features

SPC Card: A Good Deal for the Avid Saver

September 6, 2016September 16, 2016 newspaper Savings, SPC, Student0 comment

If you’ve been outside sometime in the past few years, you may have noticed the ads for the Student Price Card (SPC) being accepted at various restaurants and retailers. What is this card? Is it worth it? Here’s how it works: the SPC is a discount card, giving students discounts at stores like The Gap and Nike, and food joints like Pizza Hut and Jack Astor’s. The card costs $10.50, but discounts start at 10-15%, and can, on some occasions, be as high as 25%. Where can one find this card? The VCSA office (C-214) sells them,…

Entertainment

Top 3 Reasons To Try Super Smash Bros.

September 4, 2016September 25, 2016 BeNjamyn Upshaw-Ruffner Nintendo, Super Smash Bros., Videogame, Wii U0 comment

For those of you who don’t know, Super Smash Bros. is a fighting/party game series published by Nintendo, in which the likes of Mario, Pikachu, Link, Kirby, and many of Nintendo’s other intellectual properties get the opportunity to engage in fierce, and at times comical, battles. However, this isn’t your typical fighting game. No. 1: The Mechanics Whether you’re a veteran competitive Melee player, or just casually played Brawl on your friend’s Wii that one time, one thing remains constant across all the Smash games; characters don’t have health bars, but instead can…

Arts

Astronomical Nostalgia

August 23, 2016September 16, 2016 newspaper BeN, Poetry0 comment

Since when have you inspired my pen To move across the page with such vigor and passion? Rhetorical question, I know it was then When suddenly emotions were in peak fashion. Times so exiting, I did not even think That it would come to an end; A screeching halt as I blinked. And so I lie here only to comprehend the emotional blend that I did in fact send alongside time that I spend Wondering if this is a trend, if it’s something I can amend. I want Emotional to…

Voices

Welcome (Back) Vanier!

August 22, 2016September 16, 2016 Katherine Willcocks Backtoschool, College, Vanier0 comment

Welcome (back) Vanier College students! As you are engulfed by the sea of returning students, and by the swarm of newcomers searching for classrooms, please, do not feel that you have lost your way. You may be exactly where you need to be. Perhaps you’re beginning a program that will lead you straight to your dream job. That’s great! Perhaps, however, you’ll realize over the course of the semester that science, or communications, or social science, or commerce, or nursing, or [insert your program name here] doesn’t quite live up…

Entertainment

Good Music, Good Cause – Benefit Concert: Tourette’s Syndrome

August 11, 2016 newspaper 0 comment

Great music for an even greater cause? Yes, you read correctly! On September 5th 2016, join countless attendees for an evening filled with lively ambiance and an even livelier ensemble of musical artists consisting of Noyze, Tricia Fitz, and Chair Warriors; all local artists from the Greater Montreal Area. Alternative, ambiant, and mesmerizing music, will be played as a way of showing support for individuals diagnosed with Tourette’s Syndrome. Tourette Canada is inviting you to come be a part of this fantastic fundraising event for patients, as well as families, affected…

About

Our Newspaper

July 10, 2016July 10, 2016 newspaper 0 comment

The VCSA Insider is an online article-base that is run by students of Vanier College. Our mission is to inform and entertain the population, while giving students a platform in which to express themselves and their opinions. We publish on a daily basis and are always looking to expand our team of dynamic and talented students.

Campus

Vanier Holocaust Commemoration: What Have We Learned?

June 4, 2016June 4, 2016 newspaper 0 comment

“The World has not changed enough.” That’s what Ziv Nevo Kulman, the Israeli Consul General, told the small audience gathered in Vanier’s conference room for the college’s 24th annual Holocaust Commemoration Ceremony. Several distinguished guests made an appearance on the 13th of April, including Mr. Kulman, representatives from Germany and Austria, as well as several first and second-generation Holocaust survivors. The theme of the ceremony, and of Vanier’s Holocaust Symposium Week, was “Fear of the Other”, a theme which was frequently connected to current events around the world. Perhaps a…

Entertainment

“I’m just the Cow”: An interview with the Cast of Vanier’s Into the Woods

June 4, 2016 newspaper 0 comment

It was a grueling, stressful, unimaginably difficult 8 months of rehearsing, but Vanier’s Music Department has finally completed its three night run of Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods. The two-and-a-half hour-long musical production is Sondheim’s love letter to the classic fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm and Charles Perrault, weaving an intricate narrative from the stories of Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel and Cinderella. Unfortunately, the fairy tale aspect of the musical ends with the story, as the music itself is a challenge even for…

News

Battle of The Bands: Bringing Vanier Together

June 4, 2016 newspaper 0 comment

On March 5, our fellow Cheetahs took the stage and made it their own at the Crowley Art Center. The 2016 Battle of the Bands fundraiser showcased 7 different bands varying from punk to jazz, all aiming to raise money and awareness for the Symposium on the Holocaust and Genocide Prevention at Vanier College. Those musical chops even impressed Paul Karwatski (CTV News, Montreal) who said he would definitely be promoting the event to people that he knows. This event was a testament to the collaborative spirit of Vanier: from…