Ministry mix-ups: In our September 20, 1993 issue, a news story titled “Ministry screw-up results in loan delays” talked about how a mix-up resulted in about 500 Camosun students waiting to get student loan documents into their first week of classes. Apparently, there were some problems related to the Ministry of Advanced Education’s central system and “touch-tone service.” And if anyone read this column last issue, you know my thoughts on touch-tone services.
“Some of the best killers I know are under 10.”: In her Excrementia Factorum column, then-Nexus writer Shelley Evans talked about having concerns about violent video games. It almost seems quaint, in a way: she was talking about Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis games; we can only imagine what Evans thinks about video games today.
Arena attack: Our Sports Comment column this issue, written by Trevor Malkinson, talked about how the Canucks training camp had been moved from our old Memorial Arena to Kamloops. Malkinson lamented the arena, saying that it was “a completely outdated dump,” and that the acoustics were “so bad that any artist would be crazy to play there.” And while people make complaints about the current arena, it’s at least attracted WHL hockey, artists, and other events, and, we can only hope, made Malkinson a little bit happier.