Open Space: Pronoun usage shouldn’t trample freedom of speech“Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction”—powerful words once uttered by Ronald Reagan. And these words could not strike truer in recent days, as freedom of speech is under fire in academia. We live in a world where we are no longer man and woman, but man, […] Continue Reading |
25 Years in Nexus: February 1, 2017 issueThat’s one way to get the message across: The story “Tuition freeze unlikely” in our February 3, 1992 issue talked about how Tom Perry, who was the provincial minister of advanced education at the time, had recently visited Camosun College. The Camosun College Student Society, unhappy at the state of tuition, gave Perry a little […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: January 18, 2017 issueFormer Camosun student involved in manslaughter, fraud: Stories like this don’t come along too often, and that’s a good thing: our January 20, 1992 issue talked about the case of a former Camosun student who had allegedly murdered someone, dumped their body into Telegraph Cove, and then assumed their identity to drain their bank accounts. […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: January 4, 2017 issueThere’s no news like bad news: The cover of our January 9, 1992 issue featured not one but two grim headlines: “Oil leak contaminates Lansdowne” and “Camosun arsonist sentenced.” The latter talked about how a person who had been setting fires around the Lansdowne neighbourhood had been sentenced to 10 years in prison, while the […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Camosun board needs to explain why they terminated president’s contractA public post-secondary institution needs to operate with transparency and responsibility to the public. When former Camosun College president Kathryn Laurin had her contract with the college terminated in 2014, the reasons were never made public by the college’s board of governors. As per the terms of her contract, she continued to receive a severance […] Continue Reading |
A Nexus look back at the year that was 2016Like every year that has ever happened, 2016 was a big one, filled with notable events, small victories, plenty of insects in unappealing places, etc. Before we march forth into 2017, here’s one last look at the year that was by way of each Nexus staffer’s list of their top five favourite things of 2016, […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Uninformed voting must stopThe streets swelled and popped with euphoria. Reasons were shared as to why they voted for the winning party: “She just seemed more reassuring”; “My parents voted for them so I did the same”; “I heard too many bad things about the other party”; “Everyone told me I’d be stupid to vote for anyone else.” […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: November 30, 2016 issueInteresting culinary twist: The ongoing saga of dishes going missing from the Lansdowne cafeteria 25 years ago—which ended with the caf bringing back disposable dishware—wasn’t just because of students taking the plastic dishes, it turns out. In our November 25, 1991 issue, Camosun Food Services Advisory Committee chairperson Beryl Hastings said that he “frequently saw […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: November 16, 2016Bound with surprising claims: Here in 2016 we’re used to seeing news stories about people being offended about, well, everything; a news story, for example, about someone claiming a toy sexually harassed them barely registers as being absurd anymore. But maybe it’s not that new of a thing: in our November 12, 1991 issue, we […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Bill C-16 not taking away rightsI’m tired of the opinion that Bill C-16 is about taking away a person’s rights when it’s about recognizing them. I’m tired of the fact that it is a certain type of person with this opinion, and I’m tired of the fragile male ego, the one that objects when others succeed in fighting for their […] Continue Reading |
