October 22, 2001 UNBC Timberwolves Men’s Basketball Team 2001-2002 | Position _ [Height 57” S19 ours 3 | Danny Tremblay Raju Korotana Todd Jordan Dean Whalen Jordy Fraser Brett Stewart Mike Davis 6’3” A.J. Thibault Curtis Holoboff 1 | Les Tomma Patrick Stent 5 | Tyler Bellis 1 | Dan Kelly Jeff White RES easage ale || ne) Nov. 9 Dancers/Entertainers needed for entertaining at the concert contact David Russell at CFUR (960-7664) We at Over the Edge apologize for misconstruing the meaning behind the Sorority Letter printed in the last issue. The letter was ment to be a positive indication of work the sorority will accomplish this year, but the title we gave the letter was overly negative. We gave the letter a title because one was not included, but we did not mean to put the sorority in a negative light by Our Apologies OTE Student Organizations Over The Edge Page 5 Men’s Basketball Home Schedule 2001/2002 Nov 9/01 UNBC vs Douglas 8:15pm Nov 10/01 UNBC vs Kwantlen 8:00pm Nov 16/01 UNBC vs Camosun 8:15pm Nov 17/01 UNBC vs Malaspina 8:00pm Jan 12/02 UNBC vs Kamloops 4:00pm Jan 18/02 UNBC vs Capilano 8:15pm Jan 19/02 UNBC vs Langara 8:00pm Feb 15/02 UNBC vs Fraser V 8:15pm Love is love, man PG bar scene full of surprises By: Nora Lusterio On Friday nights, some people in Prince Geroge just want to dance, drink and be gay. Is that too much to ask? It seems to be, says Henry Jones (not his real name). On October 5, the 28- year-old part-time UNBC stu- dent and 25 friends went to the Munk Bar to celebrate his birthday. The group had been there for two hours when Jones stepped outside for a smoke, accompanied by his boyfriend and two female friends. When the group turned to go back inside, says Sarah Carr-Locke, 27, “The bouncer refused to let us back in.” When asked why, the bouncer said she was acting on instructions from the man- ager. So Carr—Locke sum- moned the manager, who, says Carr-Lock,e, told the group he’d “had just about enough” of “that hugging and kissing and stuff”. Jones couldn't believe his ears. he admits that he and, his boyfriend were hugging in the bar, but insists their behavior was not different from the kind of affection that you typically see at bars. According to Jones, they were showing affection “like you would show public affec- tion to anyone that you were seeing.” Says Carr-Locke, “I was hugging my guy friends, but no one said anything to me because I’m a girl. When a boy hugs a boy, the manger and his beefcake buddies feel threatened apparently.” Adriano, manger at the Munk Bar, denies the allega- tion of homophobia. He claims not to have been aware of the incident. He insists that the Munk has “tots” of gays in the bar. “t know of three people blatant- ly that are gay and they come in here, maybe two times a week.” So the Munk doesn’t have a policy against gays and lesbians? “Of course not,” he says, adding, “What we don’t let allow, if that’s what you're saying, is things ‘to get out of hand. We’ve asked people to leave, whether it’s a guy or a girl or two girls or two guys, that’s not the point... We don’t want problems in our bar, plain and simple,” says Adriano. “We’ve asked straight couple to leave.” Still, “there’s a higher tol- erance (in bars) for hetero- sexual affection,” says Michael Easton, 27, who tried to reason with management on behalf of his friends that night. “It’s true that Henry and his boyfriend were hugging— but there was nothing lewd or crude about it.” “| don’t want to defame the Munk,” continues Easton, “but I'd like to see the attitude (of management) change... We're part of their demo- graphic. Their crowd is mostly under 25, lots of students. It’s a more liberal crowd.” Carr-Locke agrees that there’s a double standard at the Munk. “There was a guy and a girl at the bar, not with our group of friends, who were making out on the dance floor. The manager didn’t warn them to ‘behave or get kicked out’. Everyone has seen sexy behavior in bars. The point is, it’s not the physicality that’s offensive here. It’s the hypocrisy.” Can such hypocrisy be interpreted as homophobia and, if so, can homophobia have legal implications? According to _ British Columbia’s Human Rights Code, a person cannot “dis- criminate against a person or class or persons regarding any accommodation, service or facility customarily avail- able to the public because of the race, colour, ancestry, place of origin, religion, mari- tal status, family status, phys- ical or mental disability, sex or sexual orientation of that per- son or class of persons” (Section 8.3.e). So is legal action being considered? For his part, Easton would prefer that the bar simply change its man- agement policies. If the bar practiced tolerance, then more people would feel like they and their friends were welcome to patronize the bar, and “everybody wins”. He adds, “I have spent a lot of money at that bar; but | don’t lie what they did [during this incident], at all.” Both Jones and Carr- Locke agree that “tolerance” is their goal. Says Carr- Locke, “I don’t care if the manager of the Munk is not totally pro-gay. | just want to be able to hang out with my friends, straight or gay, and drink and dance at a bar.” That night, Jones’ birth- day celebration did not end at the Munk. Although the friends eventually were per- mitted to re-enter the bar, they chose instead to take their business to the Generator. “We told the door person at the Generator our story, and she welcomed us,” says Jones. Adds Carr-Locke, “There was this renegade biker inside the Generator. When he heard what happened to us, he said, ‘Love is love, man’. Maybe this means that the biker bar is less homo- phobic than the Munk appears to be.” She pauses, then shakes her head. “Who knew?”