20 years ago in Nexus

Huh?: Our January 25, 1993 issue featured an article titled “A woman and her wolf,” which was about a local woman and her pet… wolf. The animal, named Karpatheon, was “98% Timber wolf” who lived in James Bay in a “makeshift den in a basement suite.” Karpatheon enjoyed running through Beacon Hill Park and, as the photo proved, easily passed for a dog. None of which really means anything except for the fact that 20 years ago, weird things happened in James Bay, apparently. “You have to totally love wolves to get into the commitment of having one in your life,” owner Lynn Pugle told Nexus reporter Shelley Evans. Uh, yeah, no kidding.

Slow news week: In the Council Clips column, we devoted fully 11 paragraphs to an article about potential photocopier misuse on campus. The thrilling article climaxed in paragraph eight, which said that “all members of Council agreed that there was no misuse of the photocopier.” (The final three paragraphs are a sort of gentle come-down after the thrill ride that was the first half of the story.)

Big in Japan too?: We interviewed Blind Melon (remember “No Rain”?) guitarist Rogers Stevens in this iss after what sounded like a pretty disappointing show at Harpo’s. “This is not indicative of the way all our shows go,” he told Nexus reporter Dustin Rabin. “These people have never heard of us. In the States we do a lot better.”