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Editor,

Please help me, | picked
up an issue of Over The Edge
and was embarrassed that this
low quality discussion takes
place at our new University. I
thought I had left all this
elitism and peer pressure back
in high school.

I think its great that all
these people get involved in
these types of activities and
clubs or even the paper. I
would also like to remind the
Editor though that these clubs
and associations and the paper
speak for themselves, not for
all of U.N.B.C. or even a
majority.

As for the last Letters to
the Editor section, it bugs me
that all the writers, including
the profs, that wrote in the last
issue seemed to group all men
as either for women or against
women. This is .called
stereotyping and is a result of
conflicting opinions, feelings
and a need to label someone or
something because of a lack of
understanding. The outcome
of stereotyping can only be
negative, so leave me and
many other men and women in
this school out of it. Just
because someone expresses a
different view or logical
opinion does not mean they
hate or fear a person or group.
I can respect women for who
they are and what they are and
get on with my life. Good for
the Women's Centre for
getting up and going and good
for the critics of the Women's
Centre for criticizing, now lets
get on with life (or get over it)
and all be friends.

I want to read your paper
and enjoy it as much as
anybody but I won't if every
time I read it I have to read
through material that focuses
on a few people and os of the

content that tries only to get a
reaction rather than good
reporting. I know from other
post-secondary inst. that other
readers won't put up with it for
long and will just stop reading
the paper and that is bad for
everyone, that is unless it is
the Editors purpose to only
serve the interest of those who
have the Editors ears. I hope
you can print this and good
luck in ‘the future. ie

TS th ee ods

Editor,
re: environmental wastes and
feeding the hungry

I am a student at UNBC;
for one of my classes we were
asked to complete an
Environment Service Project.
My project was based on how
supermarkets are contributing
to local charities which feed
the hungry people of Prince
George.

The results of my survey
proved that many businesses
and supermarkets are eager to
aid these charities in their fight
against hunger. Safeway,
Extra Foods and Costco are
the major companies which
contribute their unsold
produce or baking to the
various charities. Extra Foods
also makes available coupons
so fresh food can be used for
the Soup Bus. In an interview
I conducted with a coordinator
of the Soup Bus, she stated
that she receives
overwhelming coos from
businesses.

From an environmental
viewpoint, it is encouraging to
hear that unsold food is being
donated and used, rather than
filling up the landfill.

When surveying the
various charities (Sa:vation
Army, Soup Bus, St. Vincent
de Paul, and the Christian Life
Center), the general consensus
was that they were receiving
adequate support to feed the
hungry. These organizations
are serviced by 20-50 people.
These people need the services
for various reasons and it is
important for all of Prince
George to remember to
contributé to the local charities
in order to aid them in their
work.

Overall I was highly
impressed with the amount of

support these charities receive
_for their work. I would also
like to encourage the people of
Prince George to support the
businesses whieh are
contributors to charities (Extra
Foods, Safeway, Costco, Tim
Hortons, 7-11, Buns Master,
Dairyworld, etc). This survey
proved to me that Prince
George truly cares about its
citizens. >
Sincerely,
Fara Schmidt

sae amr ese one

Dear Interim Arts Editor,

I am not involved with
the men's center movement,
and I admit I know very little
about. the women's center
(except the advertisement in
the Nov. 4th issue of The

Edge), but I am . very
concerned about the
emerging attitude towards

gender issues at UNBC. The
letter to Neil and Bob
‘authored’ by Scott (Nov.30,
The Edge) is obviously
ignorant drivel not worth the
paper it was printed on.
However, the topic of gender
differences is important to
discuss and should not be
ignored in favor of ridiculing
a blatantly insecure and
deluded individual.

The attitude I see
developing on this campus is
one of segregation instead of
unity. Unfortunately, many
of my acquaintances feel that
men should have their own
center JUST because women
have one. Obviously an
uneducated argument, I can
understand why many women
(and men) take offense when
this attitude is expressed in®
casual conversation. This
outlook is detrimental to the
campus community and
promotes division rather than
unity.

If equality of the sexes is
ever to be achieved, I believe
men and women have to work
TOGETHER to resolve the
numerous discriminations
found in modern society. Ifa
men's center is formed for the
purpose of operating in
conjunction with the women's
center to advance the idea of
complete equality, I think we
should support it 100%. If
people who share Scott's
attitude are trying to start a
men's center, God help us
allDan Bernier

over THE EDGE

Dear Editor,

I am concerned by the
comments by the unidentified
woman which were
reported on the front page of
"Over the Edge" on Nov. 30.
The
"self-important" students to
whom she refers include myself
and I am
mystified by her comments. To
my knowlege, there is -no
commonalities to
this groups of students. We are
female and male, undergrad and
grad,
first time, part time and older.
The only bond we share is that
we are ~
concerned enough to
VOLUNTEER our time to begin
the process of building a
student government at UNBC.
We have a vision of a student
group which
will organize social events, work
with the outside community on
issues of
common concern such as
Christmas hampers and the Baby
Diego fund. We
want to be able to provide a
voice for students in areas of
nonacademic
interest such as clubs and groups
and provide ombudspersons to
advocate
for students when there is no
other place for them to turn.
Various
administration departments have
approached the people who have
shown
interest in student government

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as safety committee, the search

for the President committee,

harrassment

issues, post secondary concerns

because it was perceived that

these were

students who cared

university life as a whole.
As for "making all the rules",

so far the only rules that have

been

made are when meetings will

occur and that was done by

CONSENSUS. These

meetings are Tuesdays at 2:30

and Friday at 11:30 in room 7-

234. Each

meeting has a ~ different

chairperson as our vision is for a

shared

leadership structure similar to the

one which is used by the

Women's Centre.

Of interest, there will be
students at orientation who have
again
VOLUNTEERED their time to
make students aware of students
groups on ;
campus. These same students
would welcome any input or
interest towards
these activities and will. be
meeting over the Christmas
break to organize
the upcoming term's activities.

In closing I wish to say how

about

much I am enjoying being a part |

of UNBC

both as a student who is learning
academically and participating in
the

“whole life of the university.

Heather Sapergia

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