Camosun student takes bank hostages: So the headline said on page 2 of our April 5, 1993 issue. But while that seems like an incredibly unlikely and interesting story, it only got a few paragraphs of space. As it turned out, an 18-year-old Camosun student had an eight-hour standoff with police in the Pacific Coast Savings Credit Union in Broadmead Shopping Centre. Witnesses said the gunman “appeared to be depressed or tired,” according to the article, and “later it was discovered he was despondent over his grades at school.” There were no injuries or shots fired.
Green times: Call us lugnuts, but I didn’t realize that even back in the old days of ‘93 there were green initiatives happening. But there, as evidenced by a story in this issue explaining how envirotech and automotive students had participated in an event called the 1993 Fuel Smart Challenge, which took place out at Tillicum Mall. It was all about conserving energy and lowering pollution levels, which weren’t exactly on the top of everyone’s mind back then, proving that Camosun students, like they are now, were ahead of the curve, even in 1993.