The Levi Guy strikes back: Last time around in this column, we talked about a classified ad that had been placed by someone looking for the dude in “tight Levis” who had lent the writer, who went by the name of L.B., some money at the college. Much to our delight, The Levi Guy responded in our September 21, 1992 issue, saying, “L.B., lets arrange a payment plan—my interest is high.” Just imagine him typing out those words while wearing tight Levis! Stay tuned for more on this saga.
CCSS correction: In the last 25 Years Ago in Nexus, we reported on the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) impeaching communications director Eugene Evans. In the original story, Evans said the CCSS had spent “$30,000 to $60,000 on sending student society executives to social functions of the Canadian Federation of Students back east.” In our September 21, 1992 issue, CCSS director of external affairs Riane Shortliffe wrote in to say that Evans’ numbers were wrong and that the CCSS was in fact budgeting $10,000 to send delegates to CFS meetings, which, Shortliffe pointed out, “are far from” being social functions. For more information on how the CCSS and the CFS are getting along these days, search “CFS” at nexusnewspaper.com.
The future is here; were we right?: Our feature story, “Campus of the future,” made no bones about our thoughts on Camosun’s Interurban campus. Those thoughts were that it was the face of post-secondary to come. Writer Gary Barnes finished off the story by saying, “Interurban is fast becoming the campus of the future.” Well, 25 years later, we’re living in the future; what do you think? Was Barnes right?