25 Years Ago in Nexus: April 3, 2019 issueTaking Nexus to task: Our April 5, 1994 issue featured several letters to the editor, none of which had many good things to say about us. We were accused of “irresponsible journalism,” told we had a “misleading article” in the previous issue, and were labelled “consistently conservative and predictable.” Ouch. Get corporations off campus: Incoming […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Students need to stop relying on caffeineCoffee—ah, that all-powerful six-letter word. What sort of thoughts does that word conjure? Maybe you’re an avid coffee drinker, maybe you engage with it a bit, or maybe you don’t drink it at all. Regardless, it’s still one of the most talked-about beverages for students. After all, what other legal substance can keep you going […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Meditation should be part of post-secondaryI once did a 10-day silent meditation retreat: no internet, talking, reading, writing, working out, or even making eye contact with other people. No nothing—just sitting in meditation all day for 10 straight days. It was absolutely the longest 10 days of my life. But I realized something very important: wanting to escape from the […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: March 20, 2019 issueThe ones we didn’t run were worse: When you see a headline that says “Are there limits to political correctness?” on a newspaper from 1994, with an accompanying photo of a man dressed up in a skirt with a “Miss Camosun” sash over his torso, you think, uh-oh, this one hasn’t aged well. But most […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Nicole Arbour needs to learn the difference between satire and stupidityYou might recognize Nicole Arbour’s name from the viral 2015 YouTube video “Dear Fat People,” or one of her countless other filmed rants, such as “Dear Black People,” “Dear Feminists,” “Dear Sluts,” “Dear Refugees,” or myriad other distasteful videos created by the Canadian comic and YouTube star. Just when we thought that she couldn’t go […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: March 6, 2019 issueYou can make a difference: Our March 7, 1994 issue featured the story “Camosun student instrumental in addressing access issues,” which, you guessed it, profiled a Camosun student, Susan Anderson, who helped get some changes taken care of at the college. Anderson, who was in a wheelchair, noticed the college wasn’t opening some of its […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Instructors need to rethink group projectsWhat do you feel when an instructor says the words “group project”? Almost everyone who reads this will get the image in their head of the pit that starts forming in their stomach, and the fear, irritation, and dismay that follow soon after. All because of group projects. We all know what happens: whether we […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: February 20, 2019 issueGettin’ political: We recently published a feature story exploring the lack of student involvement in politics at Camosun; our February 21, 1994 issue proved that there are times when Camosun students are indeed very involved. The story “Women’s march not just a second wave of feminism” reported on a protest where students marched through Lansdowne […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: We have to stop driving cars, before it’s too lateA First Nations perspective on sustainability suggests looking ahead seven generations. But we might not have time for that: maybe we could just look ahead a few years. On this planet of finite resources it has become suddenly urgent to consider our current unsustainable path. The most recent report of the International Intergovernmental Panel on […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: February 6, 2019 issueShack attack: If you’ve ever wondered exactly what’s on the trails north of Lansdowne campus, a story from our February 7, 1994 issue might interest you. The piece “All good things must come to an end” showed a photo of a shack with a “keep out” construction sign on it, saying, “A crudely constructed plywood […] Continue Reading |
