{"id":23574,"date":"2023-02-10T09:00:13","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T17:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=23574"},"modified":"2023-02-02T10:24:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T18:24:18","slug":"25-years-ago-in-nexus-february-8-2023-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2023\/02\/10\/25-years-ago-in-nexus-february-8-2023-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>25 Years Ago in<\/em> Nexus: February 8, 2023 issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/10-25-years-ago.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/10-25-years-ago-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/10-25-years-ago-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/10-25-years-ago-272x204.jpg 272w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/10-25-years-ago.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Get off their lawn:<\/b> In our February 9, 1998 issue we reported on a student rally against rising prices for post-secondary education that took place in downtown Victoria; the angry group of students was three blocks long as they marched to Parliament. However, the rally got very little coverage as they were only allowed to protest behind the Parliament Buildings, because, supposedly, a student rally two years prior ruined the grass at the front of the building. Event organizers were suspicious that the provincial government had ulterior motives by not allowing protests to occur on the front lawn.<\/p>\n<p><b>A fruity bitterness:<\/b> <i>Nexus<\/i> writer Rachel O\u2019Neill wrote about her annoyance toward an \u201cimpenetrable wall of smoke that greets people coming and going from Fisher.\u201d In a time before designated smoking areas on campus, many cigarette smokers would gather in the entryway to Fisher to hide from bad weather. I wonder how O\u2019Neill would feel about a wall of watermelon-scented vape smoke.<\/p>\n<p><b>BHM then, BHM now:<\/b> Much like our feature article in the issue you\u2019re reading now, we wrote about Black History Month in our February 9, 1998 issue. It was noted that not enough was being done on campus, or personally by students, to learn about Black history. Black History Awareness Society president Carol Downey-Brown explained that\u2019s \u201cbecause it\u2019s not taught in schools and unless people are directly affected by it they don\u2019t care.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Get off their lawn: In our February 9, 1998 issue we reported on a student rally against rising prices for post-secondary education that took place in downtown Victoria; the angry group of students was three blocks long as they marched to Parliament. 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