{"id":11348,"date":"2015-11-18T06:48:30","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T14:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=11348"},"modified":"2015-11-16T11:50:30","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T19:50:30","slug":"25-years-ago-in-nexus-november-18-2015-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2015\/11\/18\/25-years-ago-in-nexus-november-18-2015-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Years Ago In<\/em> Nexus: November 18, 2015 issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tough times for profs:<\/b> \u201cExpansion long overdue at Lansdowne\u201d in our November 13, 1990 issue talked about Camosun profs who were in dire need of new office space. For example, English instructor Bill Jensen: \u201cAt the office door, students lining up to see Jensen mingle with women heading to the washroom next door,\u201d writer Frances Hunter said in the story. \u201cFrom time to time the washroom floods… Jensen says he has placed an order for a supply of air freshener.\u201d<\/p>\n

Textbooks were always too pricey: <\/b>Even in 1990, students didn\u2019t like their textbook costs, as \u201cCarey Road students get Dial-A-Book\u201d proves (Carey Road was a satellite campus of Camosun). The Dial-A-Book program was a network of students selling used textbooks once they were no longer needed. Things are slowly (very slowly) getting better on the textbook front with free online texts, but there will be a network of students selling their used textbooks in one form or another for a while yet.<\/p>\n

Big words for the arts community: <\/b>In \u201cPhoenix presents challenging theatre,\u201d writer David Gordon-MacDonald talked about Victoria\u2019s theatre community at the time, and he didn\u2019t hold back: \u201cWhat is lacking… is challenging, stimulating theatre,\u201d he wrote. \u201cWe\u2019re getting a steady diet of recycled Neil Simon, and his pop-theatre ilk, starring such theatrical giants as ex-cast members of The Ropers <\/i>and Gilligan\u2019s Island.<\/i>\u201d Well, at least it wasn\u2019t someone from Three\u2019s a Crowd.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tough times for profs: \u201cExpansion long overdue at Lansdowne\u201d in our November 13, 1990 issue talked about Camosun profs who were in dire need of new office space. For example, English instructor Bill Jensen: \u201cAt the office door, students lining up to see Jensen mingle with women heading to the washroom next door,\u201d writer Frances […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,155],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-views","category-november-18-2015"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t