Writing Centre victory: We reported in this column a couple issues back about the uncertain future of the then-closed Camosun Writing Centre. Our November 14, 1994 issue carried the good news that it would reopen in the story “Writing Centre to re-open with student tutors.” The student tutors were given “a short tutor training course,” according to the story, which is a bit alarming, but, hey, better than no Writing Centre at all, right?
Interurban gives student society cold shoulder: The story “Interurban students feel alienated” talked about how students at Interurban felt alienated from the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS). “They don’t care about our opinions,” Interurban student Jamie Stevens said in the piece. Student Jeff Kelly said that he didn’t vote in the recent CCSS election. “I voted last year,” he told us, “but not this year because it seemed pointless. They did not seem to take any actions on our concerns.” “Trades and Technology students feel segregated,” added another student. “Nobody cares,” said yet another, punctuating this miserable, feel-bad story with cheer, “and no one has the time.”
More textbook pricing woes: In “Cost of textbooks depends on instructor comfort,” we looked at one of the longest-running topics of discussion here at Nexus HQ: the price of textbooks. Brad Hett, who was at the time the Camosun College Student Society external executive, said in the story that he thought that more instructors should print their own course materials through the college Printshop, saying that it reflects on “an unorganized and poorly structured faculty. It makes me wonder if professors are more dedicated to the students or the publishers.”