25 Years Ago in Nexus: November 20, 2019 issue

Views November 20, 2019

Women’s Centre dispute: The story “Male student kicked out of Women’s Centre sparks debate” in our November 28, 1994 issue looked at the heated issue of Camosun student Martin Moreau being told to leave the Lansdowne campus Women’s Centre. Apparently, Moreau was told “You shouldn’t be here” by a woman student and the “Men welcome, please knock” sign was taken off the door of the centre shortly after the altercation. Camosun College Student Society women’s executive Jenna Henry came to Moreau’s defence, saying he “is more of a feminist than some women I know. He was in there to help, he wanted to help, now we have lost a strong voice.”

Bookstore dispute: We reported here last issue how Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) external executive Brad Hett questioned whether instructors were more loyal to their students or to textbook publishers, which prompted Camosun instructor Brian Silvester to write in to us. After stating that the claim was offensive and libellous, and that it was indicative of the views of the CCSS, Silvester said that indeed he tried his hardest to keep the book prices down, even having “fought with a succession of Bookstore managers to obtain the best price for all required print material,” adding that “conversations with my colleagues lead me to believe that we are all similarly concerned.”

Relationship dispute: Our profile of local ska/punk band Pressure Cooker in this issue featured the hard-hitting reveal that when one member of the band found out that another local musician “had a really cute girlfriend, he asked him to join the band.”