{"id":25049,"date":"2024-02-21T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T17:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=25049"},"modified":"2024-02-16T10:49:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T18:49:00","slug":"25-years-ago-in-nexus-february-21-2024-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2024\/02\/21\/25-years-ago-in-nexus-february-21-2024-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Years Ago in<\/em> Nexus: February 21, 2024 issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Humans 4 sale (yikes):<\/b> In the February 22, 1999, issue of Nexus<\/i>, writer Tamara Laing wrote about Camosun College\u2019s first annual bachelor auction. Yes, I\u2019m serious. 20 of \u201cCamosun\u2019s finest men\u201d were auctioned off to raise money for the student food bank. The rest of the article described how much each gentleman was \u201cbought\u201d for, and the skills they offered\u2014the highest priced bachelor amassed $60. Laing said that the people at the auction seemed strapped for cash, as most of the bids were low (haha). To be honest, I feel like I\u2019m going to be arrested for even recapping this event, and, thankfully, Camosun hasn\u2019t continued the tradition of selling men\u2014it\u2019s a saturated market anyways.<\/p>\n

Nudity? No, thank you:<\/b> In the column Wendi\u2019s World<\/i>, writer Wendi Davies discussed dealing with embarrassment. She listed a few embarrassing situations that she had found herself in, like falling up some stairs, having poppy seeds stuck in her teeth, or accidentally seeing nudity on TV. It\u2019s with deep shame that I admit that the latter recently happened to me when I watched the movie Saltburn<\/i>\u2014which was vile and disgusting. Worst ending to a movie, ever. I may rewatch it a few times just to make sure it\u2019s as bad as I\u2019m remembering. Anyways, Davies suggests being able to laugh off your embarrassment, or something. What am I writing about again?<\/p>\n

Rave away:<\/b> In this issue, writer Colin White detailed his experience in going to his first rave on Quadra Island in a community hall. He had reservations and was expecting a chaotic, depraved experience, but was pleasantly surprised by the lack of drunken hooligans and fights. There was even a warm school bus outside of the community hall for the children and mothers at the rave to hang out in.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Humans 4 sale (yikes): In the February 22, 1999, issue of Nexus, writer Tamara Laing wrote about Camosun College\u2019s first annual bachelor auction. Yes, I\u2019m serious. 20 of \u201cCamosun\u2019s finest men\u201d were auctioned off to raise money for the student food bank. The rest of the article described how much each gentleman was \u201cbought\u201d for, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25050,"comment_status":"closed","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":[14,306],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-views","category-february-21-2024"],"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