your recycling:

Yes

Clean cardboard-flattened
Newspaper—bagged in clear plastic
bags

Office/mixed paper— bagged in clear
plastic bags

tact us: pgpirg@unbc.ca

Attention: All Residence Students
We have been having problems with the big yellow cardboard recycling bin
that lives in res court. For the past few months, Canadian Waste has been
forced to throw your recycling in the garbage because it is contaminated.

Please use the recycling bin properly. Cardboard recycling is the only recy-
cling available at UNBC residences—if the cardboard continues to be contam-
inated, we will be forced to discontinue this sevice. Please use this list for

The PGPIRG recycling group has been working on UNBC recycling issues
since 1996. We are currently looking for new members. Meetings are every
Thursday at 5:30 in the cave across from the bookstore. For more info con-

Student Organizations

No

Pizza boxes

Waxy cardboard

Dirty or wet cardboard

PPPPPPPAF

Upcoming Events at the Northern
Women’s Centre

Submitted by Tamara Connel.
Self Defense Course Update:

Two self defense courses were
recently held at the University cam-
pus. Low numbers on the first day
resulted the course being resched-
uled early next semester. The sec-
ond day had a better turnout and
positive reports were received by
attendees. The upcoming course will
again be free or by donation for any
interested women. Please watch for
upcoming information.

AIDS Awareness week:

Events are planned during the week
of Nov. 27 - Dec. 1, 2000 throughout
Prince George. We are looking to
create a display here at UNBC and
interested volunteers can sign up
inside the Women’s Centre, or e-mail
jessicarose @ hotmail.com

Open House:

Another open house will be held at
the Northern Women’s Centre on
November 20, 2000. All men and
women are invited to attend and ask
any questions about the activities,
roles, and Importance of the Center.

Collective Meetings:

Any women interested in attending

the Northern Women’s Collective
meetings are welcome to stop by
with questions, concerns or input.
Meetings are normally held every
Wednesday at 4:00pm. Watch the
board outside the Centre for exact
dates and times. The next meeting
is tentatively scheduled for
November 22, 2000.

Women's Centre Co-ordinator

As some of you may know, the
Centre is still running without a co-
ordinator. At present time, a hiring
committee has been created and a
job posting is expected within the
week. Any interested women sheuld
watch for this posting and submit
their application.

Vigil for the Montreal Massacre (Dec
6th):

Volunteers are needed for this event!
If you are interested in helping out,
please sign up on the sheet out side
the Centre.

Jezebel’s Jam (Feb. 2001):

An exciting evening celebrating
women’s music and culture.
Volunteer’s needed to help plan the
event. Contact: Marhagedorn @ hot-
mail.com

Submitted by Jamie
Que Sie tO che el 3
Did you know that there
are people on campus
that think that the
Sorority is comprised of
snobby, self-centered,
bimbos who do poorly in
school, drink and have
casual sex with their
friend’s boyfriends or
strangers? | have heard
these nasty rumors
from many students and
| must admit they con-
vinced me that it was all
true. But then | realized
that most of the people
who told me these
things couldn’t name a
single sorority girl or
what they did as a
group. But then neither
did |, so | did the
unthinkable and walked
right into their office. |
know, | know how brave.
! decided to find out if all
the nasty things | had
heard about them were
true and here are my
fn a) an Gres
5 Common Myths and
the truth...
5) The Sorority is really
just a girl clique full of
Suck) ce Dees: gate
Sorry to disappoint you
but | could not find a sin-
gle snob amongst them.
However, some of them
were sick with the flu so
they were a little crabby.
One girl talked all the

Q: What do monks in Tibet,
women in Afghanistan and chil-
dren in East Timor have in com-

mon?

ver The Ed e 11
Confessions of a re-formed anti-

sorority girl

time and told us what to
do but she was the
president and that’s her
j fe) b :
4) Sorority girls sit
around, gab and talk
about boys.
Duh! What girls don’t
do this! And what guys
don’t sit and talk about
girls? But seriously,
during meetings and
public events they get
down to business (com-
munity volunteering and
organizing public
events) and are foun-
tains of knowledge con-
cerning the sorority.
3) Sorority girls are
reer | Ss

OK this one is actually
true. The Sorority is
comprised of a bunch of
girls, ranging from 18 to
24. They have eyes, a
nose, a head, arms,
legs, etc., like every
other girl. How weird, |
was expecting _ their
fangs and red demon
eyes to appear when
the door — closed.
2) The Sorority is actu-
ally a haven for girls
who like to trash other

Gy ey er llier soa,
The only trashing that
goes on actually

involves garbage but
they do recycle their
pop cans, glass bottles
and paper maiterial.
1) Sorority girls have no
goals in life and are at

_SPCA.

A: They all live in places where

human rights laws have been »—

violated, broken and ignored.
December 10th is International
Human Rights Day, where we
celebrate the rights granted to
all humans and raise aware-
ness about those who are suf-
fering. If you are interested in
human
spread awareness, drop by the
PIRG (Room 7-234) to be part
of the action!

rights and want tog

school to meet potential
husbands.
The girls in the sorority
are at school in hope to
improve their education
so they can get jobs.
However no one there is
against meeting nice
guys that like to dance,
so if you are a single
guy or know a single
guy who likes to cut a

r u g ‘
After learning all these
things about the

Sorority | became good
friends with a majority
of the girls and | decid-
ed to throw caution to
the wind and join. | now
have about 25 new
friends that | can call up
and talk to when | need
a friend. | have two big
sisters that are there to
help me__ integrate
myself into sorority life.
| get to volunteer for the
| help put on
events for the school,
and there are more
smiling faces saying “Hi”
to me when | walk down
the halls. | know that
this all sounds horrifying
— how dare those
Sorority girls be nice,
funny and normal!

Jamie Onciul, Journalist
for the UNBC Sorority
and little sister to Mel
and Michelle.

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