SIN sins: In our February 6, 1995 issue, there was a news story about how Camosun had stopped using Social Insurance Numbers (SINs) as student IDs. Citing issues of privacy concerns from Camosun students, the college made the decision to stop SINning. “It’s a positive move that brings the college in line with Protection of Privacy legislation,” said Paul Merner, who was at the time Camosun’s Institutional Planning and Research head.
Parking problems: A news story with the dismal headline “Parking not to improve” ran in this issue, explaining that even though parking lots at Interurban were crowded, there would not be any more added. And it sounds like what was there at the time wasn’t top-notch. Magnus McElroy, a Walk Safer volunteer at Interurban, said that “the parking lot is horrible; it is full of deep mud puddles.”
Camosun Express needed 20 years ago: Students can currently enjoy the services of the Camosun Express shuttle bus to get from campus to campus, but back then, no such bus existed. But it was needed. “A bus is needed to connect the Lansdowne and Interurban campuses,” Sarah Kemp, the Camosun College Student Society chair at the time, said in the article “Students propose inter-campus bus.” Hey, better late than never, right?