4 tA
© v4 vr

—_aeSESSSSSSS 800 SS

Over the Edge

4

September 18, 1996

General Neutral Zone
Comes to UNBC

MEN, wlecome to the zone:
The Politically Correct Zone.
No, I’m not just referring to
UNBC, although it does seem to
have an air of “de rigeur” in
here. More importantly, 1 am
talking about the zone of
“Gender Inclusive Language”
and its anticipated effect on the
relationships and_ social
interactions between men and
women: “The unseen yet there
zone” the ubiquitous, “couldn’t
put my finger until I put my
finger on it zone.”

Are you self-conscious
whenever you use the word,
“girl, woman, or lady?” Do you
sometimes find yourself asking,
“Ts it OK to open that door for
her?” Have you ever said, “She’s
a woman doctor?” Do you put
the toilet lid down when you
prefer to leave it up?

Gay men, straight men,
bisexual men; men sitting on the
fence men, black men [or men of
colour?..color?], Indian men [or
First Nations Men?], single men,
married men, common-law men
[common?]; men learning to be
men [or women or other], rock
n roll men, Pink Floyd men
[oops, that’s me!], jazz men, rap
men, biologically determined
men, gender determined men,
sexually determined

-men...?...men who scratch their

balls in public men, men who
don’t men; men with8 kids, Men
Without Hats men...?...men who
give a shit [No thanks, Ill pass],
men who don’t, men who abuse
[themselves?], men of war, men
of peace: men who want to find
meaning in a world where men
are still men:

Let’s get together for a tea [a
beer?] or just a politically
correct coffee and go to the
women who have carried the

brunt of living in a world
dominated byh our own kind and
talk about US — men and
women [or women and men].

Sometime in the near future at
this university, there will be a
cosmic collision of unimaginable
intelligences. And pouring
fourth from the minds of
hominids [gyno-ids? Or andro-
nids?] or similar insights will
aobut; and The bipedal, gravity
bound life-forms will slowly
begin to see and hear what they
have always seen and heard but
have never seen or heard before
for so long that once understood
via the intensity of its own light
would blind the eye yet open the
mind to other realities and
possibilities.

A-men.

Yours apolitically,
Kevin R. Larson

Top Ten Reasons
Why We’re Really Sorry
We Forced Bif Naked Off
the Stage.

10: If stuff like this keeps
up, eventually she’s going to look
like a female Gino Odjick.

9: You weren’t supposed to
be crowd surfing, dammit! Are
you all deaf?

8: It is really difficult to
find well established Canadian
musicians.

7: Of all the places Bif Na-
ked could’ve played, she actually
came here, which, if you haven’t
noticed, is quite a road trip from
Vancouver.

6: All of the bands and the
people involved were there to
have a good time. There were
only a few freaks who are just
trying to ruin it for everybody.

5: We’ve pretty much shat-
tered our reputation as a univer-
sity, which will make it just a bit

CALL ANSWER
HELPS YOU LEARN VALUABLE,
LIFE-SKILL ennancine sturr.

more difficult to get more estab-
lished bands on stage in the fu-
ture.

4: If Oasis was playing, you
would only have to throw a shoe
at them to get them off stage.
Look what a bunch of freaks did
to make Bif Naked walk off
Stage.

3: Just being a celebrity
doesn’t make one invincible.
They break and bleed, just like
the rest of us.

2: She’s a very talented
musician who most likely has a
really tight schedule. This is the
last thing she needs.

1: In a few words, pretty
much everybody was at fault

here. Needless to say, I am
mildly ticked off.
The Backyard Barbeque

was intended to be a lot of fun
for everybody involved, from the
musicians to the ticket holders.
It’s crap like this that ruins it for
everybody. But try to look at it

(Continued on page 7)

LIKE WHERE au tHe

ou’re away fro
y iy

line. And when you sign up for new

*Offer applies to new telephone service subscribers only. Some restrictions apply.

Life’s a party. But only if you get the
message that you’re invited. Which
is exactly why you need Call Answer

#1 GSRFBC TEL. It iad :

60 DAYS FREE

(WITH NEW PHONE SERVICE)"

PRINCE GEORGE PHONEMART™

RSE

telephone service, you get two months
free. That's a dollar value of $11.90.
Think of it as the equivalent of a half
ardécent hwovigur:

BCTEL.. \:::
Ah

ts“an-sdhai gor s