25 Years Ago in Nexus: March 16, 2016 issueAlleged rapists outed: In the piece “Women name rapists on bathroom walls” in our March 19, 1991 issue, the practice of women writing the names of alleged rapists on bathroom walls was discussed. A radical move for 1991, no doubt, and one that is still happening—and being debated—today. Indeed, in the story, therapist Valerie Mantecon […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Government misses mark with MSPOn February 16 finance minister Mike de Jong announced BC’s 2016 budget and this government’s plans for the Medical Services Plan (MSP) in the province. There was a great effort on the government’s part to reduce the cost of MSP payments for low-income families, but they’re missing the mark. Green Party of British Columbia leader […] Continue Reading |
25 years ago in NexusCafeteria chaos: One of the main cover stories in our March 5, 1991 issue looked at a strike that almost shut down the Lansdowne cafeteria. But not quite: a one-year contract was agreed upon between Beaver Foods, who owned the cafeteria then, and their workers. The Camosun College Student Society stepped in and suggested mediation […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Pick-up artists taking civilization backwardsThe advent of pick-up artistry in our culture is a gross step backwards for equality, and for civilization at large. A pick-up artist is not someone who has bettered themselves so that they may become more attractive to their target. They are a slimy worm, twisting and contorting themselves into whatever false shape will best […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in NexusCamosun saves work/study program: The work/study program was under some budgetary strains 25 years ago; our February 19, 1991 issue detailed the troubles in the cover story “College saves work/study.” The piece explained how the Ministry of Advanced Education wouldn’t spend the surplus money it had left in the program, leaving Camosun scrambling to pick […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Valentine’s Day just a holiday for business fat catsValentine’s Day is a mysterious holiday filled with romantic and heroic stories of a saint of (or in some cases in) love, a saint of justice, protesting prison conditions, who passed away after being locked up and falling in love with his jailor’s daughter; or a saint who continued to perform marriages in secret after […] Continue Reading |
25 years ago in Nexus: February 3, 2016 issueWindow-man saga continues: We’ve been reporting on the strange saga of “the man in the window” for the past few issues here in this column because, apparently, back in 1991 that was a big deal around Camosun. In a nutshell, a cardboard cutout of a man went missing from Camosun’s Audio/Visual department. In our February […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: January 20, 2016 issueNo idea: Our January 22, 1991 issue featured the story “Who stole the man in the window?” The piece looked at the strange case of Cam Olsun, who was not a man but a cardboard cutout (bear with me here). Turns out Olsun had been hanging out on the second-floor window of Camosun’s audio/visual department […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Victoria should pass on the McKenzie overpass“The daily commute”: a common phrase in modern times. More often than not it means hours spent stuck in traffic in the car. For the commuters who drive in and out of Victoria, this is certainly the case. The possible solutions to the problem have been “in the works” for 30 years. Finally, there seems […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Victoria’s winter lackingI know that a lot of people choose Victoria as home because of its mild climate and temperate winters, and the comfort of a year in which no season ever really gets messy. We harvest from our gardens all year long. In February, while the rest of the country is tunnelling through snowdrifts to reach […] Continue Reading |
