{"id":12374,"date":"2016-09-07T09:00:43","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T16:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=12374"},"modified":"2016-09-14T09:49:55","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T16:49:55","slug":"25-years-ago-in-nexus-september-7-2016-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2016\/09\/07\/25-years-ago-in-nexus-september-7-2016-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>25 Years Ago in<\/em> Nexus: September 7, 2016 issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Nexus-2-1-COVER-FOR-WEB.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12375 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Nexus-2-1-COVER-FOR-WEB-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"Nexus 2-1 COVER FOR WEB\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Nexus-2-1-COVER-FOR-WEB-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Nexus-2-1-COVER-FOR-WEB.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Nexus-2-1-COVER-FOR-WEB-180x131.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><b>Going green:<\/b> In our September 3, 1991 issue, the story \u201cRecycling program kicks off\u201d talked about how Camosun College\u2019s paper recycling program was just getting underway. Seems quaint to think of it now, but a lot has changed in 25 years. Back then, we reported that at least one paper recycling bin would be on every floor in every building at the college; these days, you rarely need to go more than a few steps before one is in sight. And here\u2019s an enviro-tip: take your dead batteries and scratched-up CDs to Facilities Services (Dawson 200) for recycling.<\/p>\n<p><b>Ombudserrific:<\/b> This issue also had a story about how an ombudsperson was going to be instated in the college for the first time. Today, that position remains, with the ombudsperson being a very important part of college life for many students, acting as a neutral mediator in disputes involving students and the institution. Mainly, we\u2019ve just always loved the word \u201combudsperson\u201d and always will because it sounds really funny when it\u2019s said out loud. C\u2019mon, admit it.<\/p>\n<p><b>These student-loan stories are never good: <\/b>We lamented in this issue that a new three-percent tax on student loans was \u201canother brick in the wall\u201d for students. Even though that\u2019s a wildly overused clich\u00e9 of a phrase (and it actually pains me to type it out today), it\u2019s true: students didn\u2019t need more barriers between them and an education, and that holds true today, many, many, many bricks later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Going green: In our September 3, 1991 issue, the story \u201cRecycling program kicks off\u201d talked about how Camosun College\u2019s paper recycling program was just getting underway. Seems quaint to think of it now, but a lot has changed in 25 years. Back then, we reported that at least one paper recycling bin would be on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12375,"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":[14,170],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-views","category-september-7-2016"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12374"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12376,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12374\/revisions\/12376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}