That’s one way to get the message across: The story “Tuition freeze unlikely” in our February 3, 1992 issue talked about how Tom Perry, who was the provincial minister of advanced education at the time, had recently visited Camosun College. The Camosun College Student Society, unhappy at the state of tuition, gave Perry a little gift welcoming him to campus: a coffin with the words “R.I.P. education” on it.
Ho, ho, we report a loss in fiscal 1991-1992: The headline “CCSS loses $$ on Santa photos” says it all: apparently, renting a Santa costume and taking photos is a money-losing venture at a college. Noted.
How do they rank up today?: For Speak Up in this issue we asked students at Interurban how they felt about some campus-specific issues. Student Richard Neufeld told us, “Some of the instructors here are less than competent. The college should hire better teachers and start evaluating them.” Neufeld’s comment got us thinking: how do you feel instructors at Camosun are here in 2017? Let us know!