Cutting the cable: April 24 to 30, 1997 was International TV Turn-off Week and Nexus writers had varying opinions on this cause, according to a story in our April 14, 1997 issue. On one hand, there was the argument that we shouldn’t be getting our cultural cues from advertisement-funded corporations, and that the consumption of TV programming encourages us to be unsatisfied with our own lives. On the other side of things, a case was made for the simple joy of enjoying a leisurely coffee and breakfast while watching an episode of Hawaii Five-O.
Market instabilities: A story in this issue talked about the job market’s inability to welcome, and meet the needs of, young people. This was attributed in part to the transformation of the economy toward part-time, service-oriented work, and the abundance of highly trained workers of older generations who had long since secured their place in the market.
Sound familiar?: This issue’s feature was a lengthy investigation on student-loan debt. Key points included the fact that high tuition fees put those without savings in a situation where they had to rely on generations-long cycles of debt, and that Canada’s post-secondary education system was in need of a complete overhaul.