25 Years Ago in Nexus: April 2, 2025 issueOrigin story: The library on campus is often addressed only by its colloquial name: the library. And, unfortunately, students usually neglect its Christian name: the Alan Batey Library & Learning Commons. The name is no small commemoration. Batey was from 1966 to 1971 principal of the Institute of Adult Studies, and, following 1971’s conversion to […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Students left behind when college goes offlineApparently, COVID is over. Never mind those still sick or suffering; instead, rejoice! For in the year of our lord 2025, we have decided COVID is gone! With the end of COVID, we reached the end of our so-called “new normal” of online work, online school, and pajamas all day. So it’s just normal now. […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: March 19, 2025 issueNice-T: Never meet your heroes; they can only disappoint. They’ll sass or glare or offend. Their pompous attitudes, which come often coupled with stardom and a record deal, show no mercy to dedicated fans. But, like in Ice-T’s case, they can even deeply trouble the soul of a fan, forcing them to reassess their role […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: March 5, 2025 issueStatuesque: A sculpture displayed at the Royal Roads campus had people upset back in 2000. About three people, all displeased with both the silhouette of the sculpture (a nude woman’s backside) and the manner it was displayed (completely horizontal). In our March 6, 2000 issue, we covered why the Nicholas Dimbleby sculpture Afternoon caused an […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Camosun needs to bring back intercampus bus serviceThe Camosun Express was a shuttle bus that went between the Lansdowne and Interurban campuses and allowed for an easy commute in what is now a difficult one for students. It was introduced in 2014, but the service has been on pause for a few years, leaving students stranded. The college needs to reinstate the […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Interurban parking a disaster and only getting worseOver the last few years, parking at Camosun College’s Interurban campus has become one of the biggest inconveniences facing the student body. This is the worst it’s ever been, and there are no signs that the college is planning on doing anything to fix the issue. Before the fall 2024 semester started, several rows of […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: February 5, 2025 issueMosaics and melting pots: Our February 7, 2000 issue was maximalist. On the cover it read “diversity” in at least 30 different fonts, smudged into each other with bright saturated colours. Loudly, it prepared the reader for a full-page documentation of a student discussion on the subject of diversity. Despite the trouble in finding enough […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Everyone loses with book-buyback policiesLike many post-secondary institutions, Camosun College currently has a service in place wherein students can sell used textbooks back to the college bookstore at roughly 50 percent of retail price at the end of the semester. Up until recently, I and all of my two friends had never heard of this. This is a great […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: January 22, 2025 issueAdbusters: If the year 2000 was known for any such thing in hindsight, it perhaps could be the outlandish insulting media proudly displayed in advertising. Crass remarks, vulgarity, shock. In our January 24, 2000 issue, Nexus spoke to students concerned over the recent advertisement posters displayed around campus. Zoom Media, a contracted advertisement agency, began […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: On the political division of friendshipThey come to the battleground outraged. They come blaring rhetoric. They come holding their common sense and their family values and their freedom high. And then they come asking us to strip ours, in the midst of the culture war. It’s a sentiment we hear more often as politics become more loudly sung (or more […] Continue Reading |
