25 Years Ago in Nexus: November 6, 2019 issueWriting Centre victory: We reported in this column a couple issues back about the uncertain future of the then-closed Camosun Writing Centre. Our November 14, 1994 issue carried the good news that it would reopen in the story “Writing Centre to re-open with student tutors.” The student tutors were given “a short tutor training course,” […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Camosun College needs an on-campus doctorOne of the biggest shocks when I moved to Victoria back in July was realizing how hard it is to find a family doctor. Locals told me it’s easier to just stick to walk-in clinics, but I wanted to get around that when I registered at Camosun: I was hoping the college had an on-campus […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Lansdowne isn’t safe for everyoneHave you ever fallen or hurt yourself on the uneven sidewalks of Lansdowne campus? I’m sure that a number of disabled students, staff, and guests on our campus have. Imagine if you were blind or had another impairment, like myself. Yes, hi, it’s me: I’m the stroke girl! You may have seen me struggling with […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: October 23, 2019 issueCCSS under fire for women-only voting: The Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) was laying down some radical gender-based initiatives back in the mid-’90s, as the story “Women-only vote raises questions of sexism” from our October 31, 1994 issue proves. The CCSS had recently held its elections, and its then-policy of only allowing women to vote […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Green Party poised to take more seats, advance student interestsFor the first time in Canadian history, the Green Party is poised to win several seats within the House of Commons. At the time of writing, the CBC poll tracker has the Greens polling at 10.8 percent nationally, taking most of their new support from the now weakened NDP. Current polling projects the Greens potentially […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: October 9, 2019 issueCamosun crawling with private dicks: In “Investigation of student raises questions of confidentiality” in our October 17, 1994 issue, we reported that some Camosun instructors were concerned about a private investigator walking around campus asking for information about a Camosun student. The investigator was working on behalf of ICBC for a firm owned by—wait for […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: September 25, 2019 issueNot that $200 textbooks are outrageous: It gets a bit tiresome to look back on old stories and lament about how some student struggles never change, but good lord: our October 3, 1994 issue featured the front page story “Cost of textbooks forces students to consider cheaper alternatives.” What more can we say? It was […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Free speech on campus doesn’t mean hate speech on campusI’m so tired of conservatives pretending that “free speech” on campus is an important issue. Student protests have been a staple of political movements since the inception of universities. Cast your gaze back in time and you’ll find countless examples of mass movements originating in academia. So with such a storied history of activism, why […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: September 11, 2019 issueComposting conundrums: The story “Composting to begin at Camosun” in our September 19, 1994 issue talked about how the college had started using a composting system for cafeteria waste. All well and good, but you know how often I, here in 2019, pull recyclables and compostable items out of garbages on campus? The college has […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Late-night bus service long overdueI can’t believe that BC Transit thinks that adding late-night bus service is a good idea. I think it’s a waste of taxpayers’ money. Who’s taking a bus as late as 2:45 am? Why add this service to the schedule when there’s never been a demand before? What person is taking a bus that late […] Continue Reading |
