The Masthead

Shelley Termuende
Editor-In-Chief/Publisher
ello and welcome back to year
2013 2014 at the University of
Northern British Columbia. | am happy
to be back for my second year at the
helm of Over the Edge newspaper.

You, the students, pay for our
newspaper and with that in mind, you
deserve a quality product. | cannot
guarantee that the content we will

be publishing this year will not offend
you, upset you or make you want to
sacrifice the paper to the god of war
and seek revenge. Journalism is neither
safe nor boring. This was the model we
set last year and we are sticking to it.
Our content will offer perspectives and
judgments from multiple angles and

will be a voice to whomever wants to
listen. Our publication is a student news
platform for everyone. Over the Edge

is committed to bringing the readers a

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news

variety of topics, issues, and opinions.
So please, get angry, get passionate,
and get involved. It is your voice that

matters and we want you to be able to

share it.

Frankly, | cannot force you to read

the paper, nor can anyone else. You
have to want to read Over the Edge
because you know the articles and
submissions will be of value and of
interest to you. Over the Edge is a
public forum. This boils down quite
simply to, “if you have something to
say, let us publish it!” This production is
a team based venture, and that team
includes you! Our newspaper relies on
you, it always has, and it always will

Last year, Over the Edge saw a
complete editorial and structural
redesign. While many concerns and
conflicts were quelled thanks to Over
the Edge’s revamp last year, new

battles were fought as a result of the
drastic changes being made. These
changes, which had a lot to do with
my leadership and decision making,
caused an extreme amount of tension
and could have been dealt with
more successfully if at the time, | had
had previous experience on how

to manage a team effectively and
empathetically. Challenges aside, our
team was able to establish an official
non-partisan board of directors and
drastically improve the print and online
design of Over the Edge newspaper.
We wrote an official policy manual,
revised our constitution fo be of legal
standard, and drafted a two year
comprehensive budget model. Along
with all of these changes, we devoted
ourselves to consistently providing the
readership with a long list of thought-
provoking content.

This year's editorial team is practical,
eHficient, and professional and we

are equally as enthusiastic to further
elevate our newspaper's reputation.

. Shelley Tern uende |
Over the Edge

It is for these reasons | am confident

that Over the Edge newspaper wil
only continue to improve. | will not
stop learning for (or from) the team

| work with. | am honoured to have
worked with last year's team and |
am incredibly excited to see what our
current team can do in the issues to

come. Thank you for standing by us
through everything and | hope you
choose to get more involved with us.

J Over The Edge is the University of Northern British Columbia's independent newspaper Our office is located on the 2nd floor of the NUSC building in room 6-350. We are \

an equal opportunity publication which reoresents students in the UNBC and Prince George community. Our publication supports student writing by welcoming news, arts
sports, culture and opinion articles as well as photography, comics, and creative writing submissions. Every year we provide employment as editors, designers, and managers to
students with @ passion for journalism and are always looking for motivated individuals to work and volunteer in our collaborative environment Over The Edge offers competitive

advertising rates for space in our print publication as well as online.

Support is always needed and no experience is required: helo make Over The Edge Newspaper better We want to hear from you! Call us at (250) 960-5633, tweet
us @overtheedgeunbe, email us at ote-newspaper@unbe.ca and be sure to like us on facebook. For more information, please visit our redesigned website www.

overtheedgenewspaperca.
Next Submission Deadline: Seot 11, 2013