{"id":7703,"date":"2013-10-02T09:00:09","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T16:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=7703"},"modified":"2013-10-01T09:58:53","modified_gmt":"2013-10-01T16:58:53","slug":"20-years-ago-in-nexus-october-2-2013-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2013\/10\/02\/20-years-ago-in-nexus-october-2-2013-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Years Ago in<\/em> Nexus: October 2, 2013 issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

Up in smoke:<\/b> Our October 4, 1993 issue boasted not only a really cool-creepy cover featuring a sculpture made by a Camosun student, but also a humorous look at how non-smokers treat smokers in Shelley Evans\u2019 entertaining Excrementia Factorum<\/i> column. Evans said that just because non-smokers \u201chave pink lungs and a strong heart does not mean you rule us!\u201d She went on to say that reports that the numbers of people smoking are dropping is \u201ca lie! We\u2019re just hiding better.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0Leave it to Beaver:<\/b> What a controversy erupted when a Camosun College Student Society chairperson, John-Henry Harter, called out Beaver Foods (who operated the cafeteria back then) for discontinuing permanent ware and switching over to paper plates. This prompted a news story and two letters to the editor, one of which ended in an all-caps tirade urging people to stop complaining and to bring their own plates to school to eat off of.<\/p>\n

Still talking: <\/b>It would appear that the only column that was in the paper 20 years ago that still lives on is the popular Speak Up.<\/i> 20 years ago, we asked people what issues they\u2019d like the federal election candidates to make a priority\u0143environment, education, health care, and deficit concerns were the hot topics of the day (and still are). What are we asking people today? Well, look right below this column to find out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Up in smoke: Our October 4, 1993 issue boasted not only a really cool-creepy cover featuring a sculpture made by a Camosun student, but also a humorous look at how non-smokers treat smokers in Shelley Evans\u2019 entertaining Excrementia Factorum column. Evans said that just because non-smokers \u201chave pink lungs and a strong heart does not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7707,"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":[5,114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-columns","category-october-2-2013"],"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