{"id":11473,"date":"2016-01-06T06:08:05","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T14:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=11473"},"modified":"2016-01-11T12:07:31","modified_gmt":"2016-01-11T20:07:31","slug":"25-years-ago-in-nexus-january-6-2016-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2016\/01\/06\/25-years-ago-in-nexus-january-6-2016-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"25 years ago in<\/em> Nexus: January 6, 2016 issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Nexus-1-9-FOR-WEB\"<\/a><\/p>\n

What is it good for?:<\/b> Issues of war were on students\u2019 minds 25 years ago: our January 8, 1991 issue\u2019s main cover story was \u201cStudents protest gulf presence,\u201d which examined how protestors were feeling about Canada\u2019s presence in the Persian Gulf. Generally speaking, they weren\u2019t feeling good about it: \u201cNo one has established that the sovereignty of Kuwait is fundamental to US interests, let alone Canadian interests,\u201d said protester Tim Walters. \u201cThis is not a defensive war. It is not fundamental to our economic interests.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ongoing struggle: <\/b>In \u201cNative issues become priority at Camosun,\u201d it was made clear that changes needed to be made at postsecondary for First Nation students to succeed. In particular, here at the college, as the opening paragraph stated: \u201cCamosun College acknowledges that it has not been particularly sensitive to the needs of native students.\u201d Today, Camosun College continues to work in this regard; while there is always room for improvement, things have certainly gotten better since 1991.<\/p>\n

This, however, is not getting better: <\/b>The story \u201cWomen vow to continue gun law fight\u201d was one of many in this issue discussing the year that had passed since a gunman killed 14 women in Montreal in 1990. This piece looked at the frustration of students who were concerned about gun-control issues. \u201cHow much longer do government officials want to drag this on for?\u201d said Wendy Cukier of Canadians for Gun Control. Apparently, a very long time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What is it good for?: Issues of war were on students\u2019 minds 25 years ago: our January 8, 1991 issue\u2019s main cover story was \u201cStudents protest gulf presence,\u201d which examined how protestors were feeling about Canada\u2019s presence in the Persian Gulf. Generally speaking, they weren\u2019t feeling good about it: \u201cNo one has established that the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11474,"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":[14,157],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-views","category-january-6-2016"],"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