25 Years Ago in Nexus: March 4, 2020 issueDepressing reading: Imagine if we compiled a book featuring every story we’ve ever written over the years about cuts to education budgets, or about tuition-fee raises. The history of Nexus is really just a history of documenting this bad news, and stories like “Federal budget promises education cuts” in our March 6, 1995 issue are […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: No one has better or worse taste in musicIt’s ridiculous to pretend that there is such a thing as objectively good taste in music. Yet, this is often discussed. Music is subjective, and it’s shortsighted to label some as universally superior. Twice, Rolling Stone has compiled a list of the 500 greatest songs of all time, in 2004 and in 2010. Out of […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: February 5, 2019 issueBad news, bad news: The story “Parking not to improve” in our February 6, 1995 issue featured a headline that really summed up Interurban’s parking situation. It was all dour: there’s not enough parking; there will not be more parking added; the parking lots are dark and full of holes. Today, there’s a fresh new […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: February 19, 2020 issueNever-ending raises: The story “College discusses tuition increases” in our February 20, 1995 issue talked about how Camosun was in discussions about increasing tuition for the fall 1995 semester. This was following a 7.75-percent tuition raise in 1994. Then-chair of the Camosun College Student Society Sara Kemp said in the story, “How do they expect […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: How to celebrate Valentine’s Day next yearValentine’s Day has finally passed, and the leftover chocolate is going on clearance in stores nationwide. Pretty much every Shoppers Drug Mart, Walmart, and Dollarama is getting rid of their sugary treats, offering a lower price for the past-holiday items. Now, I love discount chocolate, don’t get me wrong, but Valentine’s Day has always kind […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Walmart will hurt Lansdowne neighbourhoodA new Walmart is set to open in the Hillside Centre by the fall of 2021. This will be the third Walmart to open in the Greater Victoria area, with one in Uptown and another in Langford. This raises some interesting questions. Do we need another Walmart in Victoria? What would the effects be on […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Local government needs to do more to control housing marketAssessments of the Victoria housing market at the beginning of January show the average cost of real estate is either slightly decreasing or levelling off. Meanwhile, the rental market has shown that prices are unchanged but the number of vacancies in Victoria is increasing as more apartments are being built. Vancouver has seen a more […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: January 22, 2020 issueI think the instructor is doing a fine job creating problems himself: The story “Interurban students take changes in stride” in our January 23, 1995 issue talked about how students at Interurban were dealing with an increase in enrolment. One big change was that there were more women enrolling in trades programs at the time, […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Climate change is trying to kill us, and maybe we should let itEarth would be better off without humans; climate change is the fever trying to kill the virus. From a humanistic perspective, climate change is the end of the world as we know it. From an evolutionary perspective, however, it’s just a routine rebalancing of power. In the past 2.5 billion years there have been five […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: January 6, 2020 issueNow that’s recreation: The story “New student lounge for Interurban students” in our January 9, 1995 issue talked about how students were getting a student lounge in Interurban’s Classroom Administration Building (CAB, not be confused with the CBA building at that campus). Among other services, such as a clothing exchange and soup kitchen, the lounge […] Continue Reading |
