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September 18, 1996 : Over the Edge 7

Student Success? The
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Student Success? The Saga (Unlucky Part 13)
Jason

Sabina: I wonder what in the hell I+m doing here. It+s a royal
mess. Why am I reading all this dry, boring stuff when ail I want
to do is watch movies, act in plays, read novels.

Me: What do you want a degree for?

Sabina: I+d be way grateful if someone would tell me.

Me: That+s the problem. Unless youtre a brainiac who loves to
learn for learning+s sake...

Sabina: As if!

Me: ... then youtve got to have a long-range goal. I+m going to
start my own business or take over my uncle+s. My dad ran the
family plumbing fixtures operation until his half-brother cheated
him out of the business. This summer I realized that there was no
way I was getting on with my uncle. So I+m going to learn how to
run a business-maybe even get an MBA-and then take the

WE NEED
YOU!

OVER THE EDGE siill is
looking for volunteers in
everything from Writers to
Advertising Reps!

by Jason

All interested people need only come to the
Over The Edge office in the Wintergarden on
the Prince George UNBC campus with a
sample of their writing/art/portfolio to
become a part of Over The Edge!

So, what are YOU
waiting for?
Come see us today!

business back.
Sabina: Classic.

Me: The plane to Vancouver. You+d like to be on it.

Sabina: Hmmm.

Me: I+ve often speculated on why you don+t return to Vancouver. Did you abscond with the
church funds? Have an affair with the minister? I like to think you killed a man-it+s the romantic
in me.

Sabina: A combination of all three. /

Me: What in heaven+s name brought you to Prince George and UNBC?

Sabina: My health. I came to Prince George for the sun and dry air.

Me: What sun and dry air? We+re in a smog bowl.

Sabina: I was misinformed.

Jason: So what are you going to do?

Sabina: Watch Casablanca again.

Jason: Seriously. With your learning disability, you can get special help doing: a career search
from that woman in the Learning Skills Centre.

Sabina: Hmmm. Over The Edge
Jason: Or you can go to Counselling where they have a career search thing set up on a computer, 9 3333 University Way
and something called -What can I do with a degree in an .

Sabina: Really? ae Prince George, B.C.
Jason: Did you know that the number one reason smart second year students drop out is that they V2N 4Z9

don+t have a definite career goal? ‘Phone: 960-5633
Sabina: I+m in first-year and not that smart. Fax: 960-5617

Jason: It+s the only statistic I know. But I do know that some students have a definite goal, and
others wait in university, and wait, and wait, and wait to get motivated.
Sabina: Hmmm. It+s a crazy world. Anything can happen.

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from all perspectives. If you On the whole, most celeb- Please, please, oh please,

were one of the neon vested vol-
unteers, you probably realized
that the crowd was well out of
control and you were in over
your heads (literally). If you
were one of the ticket holders,
you probably didn’t realize that
you werent supposed, t¢ »be
crowd surfing: antil one’ sat the
neon vested volunteers dragged
your ass out of there. If you were
Bif Naked, you would probably
not want to perform after being
injured.

rities that you will meet are re-
ally cool, nice, and down to earth
people. I’ve had a chance to meet
Linda McRae (bass player for
Spirit of the West) and the lead
singer/bass player for Another
White Male. Both of them didn’t
give me the “leave me along; kid,
you bother me” attitude. Nathan
actually took the time out to talk
to me an answer any questions I
had. I’m sure Bif Naked
would’ve done the same thing. If
she stayed, that is.

let us not allow this to happen
again. This would’ve been a
great success and a lot of fun oth-
erwise.

Peace,
Vince Yim