{"id":20682,"date":"2021-02-26T08:00:38","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T16:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=20682"},"modified":"2021-02-26T08:21:51","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T16:21:51","slug":"25-years-ago-in-nexus-february-26-2021-web-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2021\/02\/26\/25-years-ago-in-nexus-february-26-2021-web-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Years Ago in<\/em> Nexus: February 26, 2021 web exclusive"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Don’t forget to scream:<\/strong> Our February 19, 1996 issue featured the cover story \u201cThousands rally against cuts,\u201d which talked about the events of a protest on the lawns of the Parliament Building downtown. The rally was to speak up against government cuts to education\u2014over 3,500 students were in attendance. Keep your eyes focused on what the government does with post-secondary education these days; it’s not all good news, and there’s still room on those lawns for 3,500 upset students should the need arise.<\/p>\n

I don’t think this revolution was televised:<\/strong> The story \u201cLetter reveals deliberate CCSS takeover,\u201d written by Jody MacFarland, talked about how Derek Madson, who was at that time the new Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) speaker of council, admitted to plotting a conspiracy to seize control of the student society. According to the story, two days after appointment to the position, Madson sent out emails bragging about hijacking the previous CCSS meeting. \u201cThe revolution to overthrow the CFS\/IS\/NDP\/ANARCHIST clique here at Camosun has been kicked off with a bang,\u201d he allegedly wrote in the emails. Safe to say this revolution ended with a whimper, although Madson signing off his emails as \u201cMadman Madson\u201d was a memorable touch.<\/p>\n

Truly interest-free:<\/strong> The story \u201cCCSS places ban on Citibank\u201d proved how students can have a say in what the Camosun campuses look like. At the time, the student society was considering banning credit card companies from advertising in person on campus. Concerned about companies advertising at students? Speak up!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Don’t forget to scream: Our February 19, 1996 issue featured the cover story \u201cThousands rally against cuts,\u201d which talked about the events of a protest on the lawns of the Parliament Building downtown. The rally was to speak up against government cuts to education\u2014over 3,500 students were in attendance. Keep your eyes focused on what […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20683,"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":[9,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-webexclusive","category-views"],"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