Dabber dispute: Our March 3, 1997 issue detailed how Camosun students and faculty were feuding over the school’s pending involvement with The Satellite Bingo Network. The school planned to put revenue generated through the partnership toward bursaries and food vouchers; although some members of the school board said they should do whatever necessary to help students, most were outraged by the idea of endorsing gambling.
Positively Purdy: Also in this issue, one of our writers interviewed esteemed Canadian poet Al Purdy at his home in Sidney. Purdy spoke about his roots in writing and his thoughts on nationalism and the environment. Purdy passed away just a few years later, in 2000. At the time it was said to have occurred in his sleep caused by his battle with lung cancer. However, in 2016, news surfaced that it was an assisted death guided by the founder of the Right to Die Society of Canada.
Lurking and wiping: In this issue’s crime report, news of a man lurking in women’s washrooms on campus surfaced. He was reported to have been seen on multiple occasions, sitting in stalls for hours at a time and covering the crack in the door with a long coat. Also, the person behind the auto theft recorded earlier in the semester maybe returned to Camosun, as a windshield wiper was stolen from a vehicle in the parking lot.