Travelled: In our March 23, 1998 issue, we reported that a few Camosun Nursing students travelled to Bolivia to volunteer at orphanages; their instructor Dianne Perry had volunteered there and encouraged her students to do the same. The Nursing students spent 10 weeks cleaning, cooking, and getting the children ready for school. Nursing student Kerri Fieber noted her surprise at the amount of homeless children on the streets of Cochabamba who didn’t have access to education.
Unravelled: In this issue, a group of anonymous writers known as the Gew Gaw Society created a list of things to do for the summer of ‘98. Some suggestions felt like a blast from the past, such as playing hacky sack. Other suggestions are still relevant, like ultimate frisbee or chilling out. Most of the summer activities were wholesome, but some were not. In the “wacky stuff” category, the Gew Gaw boys listed several mundane summer activities but done in the nude: naked surfing, streaking downtown, and naked bungee jumping. My modern alternative is hitting up a nude beach, where it’s legal to expose your hacky sack.
Rattled: In a very exciting blast from the past, Nexus writer Ryan Guenther reported his frustration that people were more concerned by the “year 2000 bug” than a comet that was predicted to hit Earth in 2028. The year 2000 bug, also known as the Y2K bug or the millennium bug, was anticipated to wreak havoc on computers and computer networks worldwide in the year 2000. Guenther was disappointed that the human race was supposedly more worried about their electronics failing than the end of the world (as we know it). He was right to not be concerned about the Y2K bug, as it never ended up happening. As far as the comet goes, I’ll report back in five years. Or will I?