Page 4 -- Over The Edge —-April 14, 1997

From the Chair:The Final Letter from the Copy Editor

Well, as another semester
grinds to a slow and agonizing
halt, I find myself writing this
letter to address our reading
public on whatever I feel like
writing about. Well, as you
probably know, this is my last.
appearance in the Over The
Edge as a full time staffer, as |
have chosen to go on to study
somewhere where the nights
don’t last 6 months long (and
the evening classes last even
longer).

Through my illustrious career
as a copy editor, columnist, and
freelance writer of Over The
Edge, | have seen just about
everything that a student
newspaper member has had to
bear witness to. | have seen
freelance entertainment writers
set themselves on fire, editors
explode, computers crash,
carpets get stained with coffee

and ink, readers get pissed
(off), and I’ve seen deadlines
met (in the best case scenario).
In my last piece for Over The
Edge, I’d like to thank all of
those who helped me to where
Iam. First of all, I’d like to thank
everyone who I managed to
piss off over the past two years,
as I have also become a better
writer for it (well...at least I'd
like to think so). Although 1
may have lost the various
pieces of hate mail I have
received over the years, | still
know what I wrote that pissed
people off, and that’s the
important part (1 think). ]
appreciate every piece of-hate
mail I receive, as each one is
another reminder that people
actually read my stuff. It also
reminds me that the work I do
actually has some semblance of
impact on people’s lives.

A Whole New

Secondly, I’d also like to
thank the people who I have
worked under for the past two
years. The main people I'd like
to thank are our editors that I
have worked under. This is for
Paul Berard, Manpreet Sidhu,
and sometimes editor Tracy
Gula. You people have given
me the guidance that I needed:
to write other stuff apart from
Top Ten columns (some of
which, I’m willing to admit, were
pretty awful...refer to my Top
Ten column, seen elsewhere in
this issue).

I’d also like to thank all of the
people who I have worked
alongside. I'd like to mention
all of your names, but it would
simply take waaaaaaay too
much time to list every single
one of you. Besides, | think it
would be rather pointless for
you to strain your eyes to read

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this article only to find that I
spelled your name wrong. I’d
also like to thank all the friends
that ve made over my two
years here at the University of
Northern British Columbia, as
all of you were in some way,
shape, or form an inspiration
towards the Top Ten column or
something else I’ve written. So,
to put it quickly, if you know
who | am, consider yourself
thanked.

Of course, 1’d like to thank all
of my professors I’ve had the
honor of being a student of, all
of who have helped me get
where I am in this weird thing
called life. So, special thanks
goes out to {in no particular
order) Ross Leckie, Stan Beeler,
Dee Horne, Kate Lawson,
Jennifer Gustar, and anyone
else who I forgot to put down
because I’m in a rush to finish

this up before deadline time.

Over the years, I’ve written
some things that I was proud
of that people liked, things that
I was proud of that people
hated, and things that I thought
absolutely sucked, but people
liked. Again, I'd like to thank
everyone for giving me this
opportunity to make my voice
known in campus.

Oh, last thing. I may be
making my very first TV
appearance next September, in
an Orientation, week video
assembled by UNBC media
guy Rob Van Andrichem. I’d
be the guy playing the Fender
Stratocaster electric guitar.

Peace,
Vince Yim

Entertainment News

Direction

As Editor in Chief, I must
admit to having one of the
best years of my life here. .

The paper has improved a
great deal and | have seen
the mentality of the
university improve a great
deal. This is truly becoming
a better place to be for post-
secondary students.

The recent meeting held to
discuss the situation with
Bob Holtby in the
Wintcrgarden was a step
forward in decreasing the
amount of student apathy on
campus. Our education is
something that we should all
feel that we can get up and
discuss at length. What
might be important to

- remember in the future is to
keep our focus on issues
open. [ personally think that
more progress could be
achieved if university
students came forward and

said that they wanted to see
change in the sessional
teacher policy of the
university.

These kind of things
require a few test flights,
though, and I was pleased
to see the first one happen.

1 would also like to take
this time to thank all of the
people who have made the
effort to help improve the
paper. | don’t have the time,
(at the risk of sounding like
Vince), nor the space to
thank all of you, but several
goals set eight months ago
were much easier to achieve
with all of you here.

So, to those who have
made this place a better site
for a brighter future...

Thank you.

Paul Berard
Editor in Chief

No Music in the Soundgarden
- Soundgarden is splitting up
after 12 years together. The
Seattle band’s hard-edged
sound paved the way for the
so-called “grunge” revolution
and bands such as Nirvana and
Pearl Jam. A spokeswoman for
Soundgarden’s management
company said “there was no
drama attached” to the breakup
but she declined to elaborate
on why the group would split
at the peak of its career.
Soundgarden’s latest album,
“Down on the Upside,” was
released last May and has sold
about one-point-three Million
copies in the United States.
The previous album, 1994’s
“Superunknown,” won two
Grammy Awards.

Songwriter Laura Nyro Dies -
Singer-songwriter Laura Nyro
has died of ovarian cancer at
her home in Danbury,
Connecticut. She was 49. Nyro
penned some of the most
memorable songs of the folk-
rock era. She was also one of
the first major acts managed by

Over The Edge Salutes The Following:

recording industry mogul David
Geffen. In February, Columbia
Legacy released the first
comprehensive collection of her
work, the double-compact disc
“Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of
Laura Nyro.” The 34-song
collection featured her best-
known tunes “And When I Die,”
“Eli’s Comin’,” “Save the
Country,” and “Stoney End.”
The Biggest ‘Heartbreak’ - The
woman who co-wrote Elvis
Presley’s breakthrough hit
“Heartbreak Hotel” has died. Mae
Boren Axton, whose son is
songwriter Hoyt Axton, was
found dead at her home in
Hendersonville, Tennessee
yesterday. She was 82 and had
been ill. Axton and her friend
Tommy Durden came.up with
“Heartbreak Hotel” in less than
half an hour in 1955 and a year
later, the song turned Elvis into
an international star. Axton also
helped boost the careers of Willie

Nelson and Dolly Parton.

Radio City and Rosie - If you warit
Rosie O’Donnell to host your
awards program all you have to
do is promise her a platform fit
for a star. O’Donnell says she'll
host the 1997 Tony Awards
because the producers gave her
New York’s biggest theater, 6,000-
seat Radio City Music Hall, as the
place to award Broadway’s top
honors, The Tony Awards will be
presented June first. The first
hour will be shown on the Public
Broadcasting System. The next
two hours, which will feature all
the major awards, will be shown
on CBS.

B.I.G a Big Seller - The late
Notorious B.L.G. is the first artist
in eleven weeks to hold the top
position on the album charts for
a second consecutive week. His
“Life After Death” album sold
neatly 307,000 copies in the past
week, bringing its three-week
total to just over one million.
Notorious B.I.G. was murdered in

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Vince Yim for his dedication
and devotion to us, even
when things got ugly or
desperate Thank you again,
friend for pausing in your
travels and sharing some time
with us.

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