Virtually upset: In the Excrementia Factorum column in our September 20, 1993 issue, writer Shelley Evans, after saying that video games can cause “family separation, murder or suicide!” says, “I can’t wait until virtual reality is finally in the hands of consumers.” Well, the technology has had a long gestation period but seems to finally, slowly be creeping out to the masses. We don’t know where Evans is today, but it’s safe to assume she’s probably not viewing life through an Oculus Rift.
Disposable battles: Disposable cutlery at the Lansdowne cafeteria was a hot topic back in 1993. In this issue, Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) chairperson John-Henry Harter wrote a pointed letter to the editor about Beaver Foods, which at the time ran the cafeteria. “Beaver Foods is a profit-oriented company; their prices just went up, while their polluting continues,” he wrote. “Who pays the cost? The students and the environment.”
CCSS to the rescue: Our tastefully headlined story “Ministry screw-up results in loan delays” detailed how approximately 500 Camosun students were still waiting for student loans in the first week of classes due to “constantly busy phone lines and paper and electronic records that did not match,” according to a government memo mentioned in the story. Luckily for Camosun students, the student society came to their aid, using an emergency fund to help students impacted by the loan delay buy textbooks.