Joyene Nazatul

According to Nelson Mandela, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” However, with the rising cost of education all throughout Canada, who exactly can afford to obtain post-secondary education? Is cost limiting the number of people who go on to get a Certificate, Diploma or Degree? How much does university cost anyway?  The University of British Columbia has a helpful estimator of what your first year at university would cost. A Bachelor of Arts program for a Canadian student living in a shared room at the Vancouver campus would be $23,081 for their first year of university. The program is 4 years long, so their total cost of going to university would amount to a whopping $92,324. The total cost of attending university is $34,248 in course fees alone. That is why so many students resort to working part-time while going to school - just so that they can afford a place to live and food to eat. So why does going to university cost so much? ...

Should young, aspiring journalists be expected to work for free while carving their way into the industry? Amidst discussions about the legality and ethics of unpaid internships, a presentation from a news reporter on Wednesday afternoon at Camosun College has left many who hope to enter the journalism industry worrying about the future. Nicole Crescenzi, a multimedia reporter for Black Press Media, gave a talk at Camosun College about her career as a journalist. Crescenzi isn’t one of the old-timers in the field – while she has had 10 years of experience freelancing, she only graduated with a Masters in Journalism about three years ago. Her talk came at a good time for many in the audience who are graduating soon and might be inclined to pursue a career in journalism. Crescenzi has been in full-time employment at Black Press Media for only 10 months, so many in the audience who are thinking about being journalists expect that some of her experiences going out into the field and get...