{"id":8769,"date":"2014-03-19T08:50:30","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T15:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=8769"},"modified":"2014-03-18T11:28:44","modified_gmt":"2014-03-18T18:28:44","slug":"20-years-ago-in-nexus-march-19-2014-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2014\/03\/19\/20-years-ago-in-nexus-march-19-2014-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"20 years ago in <em>Nexus<\/em>: March 19, 2014 issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Tone down the hysteria:<\/b> That was the sentiment from a reader who wrote in to complain about our \u201cpolitical correctness\u201d issue (discussed last issue in this column) in our April 5, 1994 issue. The cover art of the PC issue, showing a man dressed up as \u201cMiss Camosun,\u201d drew this reaction from then-Camosun students Sarah Glide and Jeanette Miller, who penned the letter together: \u201cThere was also little point to the front page photo, it was disrespectful and tacky. As far as the <i>Nexus<\/i> representing Camosun students, it is consistently conservative and predictable. When dealing with an issue such as political correctness, perhaps a less hysterical approach could be taken.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Nexus-15-4-cover-for-web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8770 alignleft\" alt=\"Nexus-15-4-cover-for-web\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Nexus-15-4-cover-for-web.jpg\" width=\"202\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Nexus-15-4-cover-for-web.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Nexus-15-4-cover-for-web-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Nexus-15-4-cover-for-web-180x130.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Ancient apathy: <\/b>If you\u2019ve ever thought that Camosun student involvement needs a bit of a jolt, rest assured, it\u2019s not just you\u00c9 and it\u2019s also not just now. The <i>Student Opinion<\/i> column in this issue grabbed the bull by the horns: \u201cLook around at the apathy present on our campuses,\u201d said writer Barbara Krasicki. \u201cHow many of us take the time\u0143a mere few minutes\u0143to vote for our student council?\u201d A good question, and a timely one, considering the recent student society elections.<\/p>\n<p><b>Still charging: <\/b>In our last issue, we reported that the Camosun Charger\u2019s women\u2019s volleyball team had took home their first-ever medal; back in this 1994 issue, we reported that they had won not a medal, but the BCIT Cougar Classic held at BCIT. Their recent medal was a long time coming, so, congrats, Chargers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tone down the hysteria: That was the sentiment from a reader who wrote in to complain about our \u201cpolitical correctness\u201d issue (discussed last issue in this column) in our April 5, 1994 issue. The cover art of the PC issue, showing a man dressed up as \u201cMiss Camosun,\u201d drew this reaction from then-Camosun students Sarah [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8770,"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":[5,124],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-columns","category-march-19-2014"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8769","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=8769"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8771,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8769\/revisions\/8771"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}