OVER THE EDGE Volume 11, Issue 8 Editor-in-Chief Carolynne Burkholder Business Manager Stephanie Wilson News Editor Kathleen De Vere Arts Editor Maggie Gilbert Sports and Clubs Editor Tyler Clarke Office Manager Travis Nielsen Photo Editor Travis Nielsen Production Coordinator Belinda Li Copy Editor Earson Gibson Ad Manager Russell VanderEnde Opinion Editor Jonas Gagnon Technical Advisor Eric Chlebek Staff Writers Bryna Casey Elizabeth Fyles Adam Hussein Belinda Li JC Diachuk Chafles Thrift Bob Woob Barry Wolfenden Sean Dobbyn Dana Schwehr Photographers Dana Schwehr Production Assistants Becky Booth Tanya Alvarez Josh Treleaven Contributors Lisa Tedesco Rob vanAdrichem Colin VanderEnde Over The Edge is the official publish- ing media of students at the University of Northern British Columbia. As such, it is our mandate to report on issues of interest to stu- dents in the Northern Region. We encourage all students, both on the main and regional campuses to submit to Over The Edge. Over the Edge is part of the Canadian University Press network of papers. CUP is an organization that is ( On Campus Recycling a Necessity BY JC DIACHUR STAFF WRITER Concerned students are looking for a way to reduce the amount of garbage gencrated by stu- dents in residence, and they're asking for recy- cling bins to be installed on campus to aid in this endeavor. PGPIRG is organizing a pctition to request a university-facilitated recycling program, which would help reduce the garbage problem in resi- dence. “As anyone can sec, the amount of garbage that Res puts out is cnormous. For a school that has been around for ten years already, such a basic system should already be in place. ‘The stu- dents are constantly asking why there isn’t a uni- versity-facilitated recycling program. The best we can do until the university steps up to the plate is to do collections door to door with volunteers,” explained Adam Humphrey, a student who is involved with the drive to institute a recycling program. “We chose a petition because it not only gets the students involved and informed on the issue but it also makes a strong argument for student support when the case is taken to the university,” said Humphrey. “We want to make it very clear that the stu- dents are demanding strongly for such a basic system,” said Humphrey. “We've only started collecting signatures with about 250 so far. We’re looking for a bare mini- mum of 1000, which won't be hard to get once we start seriously approaching students near the end of this week and all of next week,” he said. A basic recycling system would only cost about cight to nine thousand dollars for the initial bins, because the city collects for free. Adam neatly summarized his cause; “It’s a one-time cost that would really help make UNBC a cleaner, more sustainable institution.” Pride UNBC Launches Weekly Hang Outs By TILER CLARKE SPORTS AND CLUBS EDITOR It’s Monday afternoon. What is there to do? You can always consider the Pride UNBC’s offer- ing of weckly drop-in activities. which are open to those of any sexual oricntation, but mainly aimed towards these of the gay community. “I know that the gay community is much larg- er than what we have seen in terms of drop-in {participants] and we arc now making a com- bined effort to draw those people out,” said Heather Glasgow, the drop in coordinator for Pride UNBC. “As their new website [http://web.unbc.ca/~pride/] reads; “Here you PGPIRG Board of Directors: front of the Bookstore) Recycling Group: Organic Food Group: Tucsdays 2:30, Room 5-156 Over the Edge Story Meeting: Over the Edge Deadline: Every Wednesday at noon. Meetings and Announcements Mondays 10:00 A.M., Room ADMIN1007 Tuition Action Group: Mondays at 11:30 and Thursdays at 12:30 in “The Cave” (in Saturdays 11:00 A.M. in Residence Mailroom 1st floor Keyoh) All day every Thursday in front of the PIRG office starting at 10:00 A.M. NUGSS Transportation Improvement Committee (NTIC): Every Monday at 12:30 in the Over the Edge office can meet ‘new people, play some games, sit around and talk, or participate in some of the different events we will try and put on cach weck.” The next drop-in session, on February 7, will be a group art project, in which a group of drop- in participants will create a major art project with the underlining message of “Unity in Diversity.” No further details were provided, but Glasgow urged that “The more pcople that turn up to par- ticipate, the stronger this message will be.” Another drop-in session [which has been rescheduled due to reading break] consists of a sex toy party. It is described by Glasgow as a “tupperware party, but with a much morc tanta- entirely owned by member papers, and provides such services as a newswire and advertising to Over The Edge. OveER THE EDGE 3333 University Way Prince George, BC V2N 4A6 PHONE 960-5633 Fax 960-5407 EMAIL OVER-THE-EDGE@UNBC.CA 30 Hour Famine Attention Students! The 30 Hour Famine will be taking place on February 25 and 26 this year, and the deadline for sign up is February ||. For those taking part in the Famine this year, there will be a sleepover with movics, a poker tournament and fice food at the end of the Famine. For morc information, look for our table in the Wintergarden or contact Jill at gillianpatricia86@hounail.com or Jess at jesschclak@hotmail.com. Volunteers are also required to makc this event a success; contaet the above for morc mformation. Recycling Announcement Reminder to Res Residents: Recycling takes place every Saturday Morning (with the exceptions of both reading break Saturdays and Easter Saturday) at 11:00 A.M. Please drop off your recycling by noon on Saturday. Volunteers are needed, please contact unbc_recycling@hotmail.com for more info on giving back to your community. Rugby Luau UNBC Rugby presents the 3rd’annual Luau. Escape the winter blues! Tickets only $10. February 4th at The Kinsmen Hall. Doors open at 8:00. Cheap, Cheap drinks! Wear your Hawaiian gcar. 2 lizing focus.” Interested? You'll have to come to see, as Glasgow notes; “remember, this is not exclusive to the gay community—all are wel- come!” The weckly gatherings began this semester on January 10, and will continue every Monday until the end of the semester. They take place at the Elders room of the First Nations center on Mondays at 5:00pm. For more information, to share ideas for drop- ins, or to offer a hand in organizing the drop-ins, you can c-mail Pride . UNBC sat Pride@UNBC.ca. Coast Mountain Sports Lends a Helping Hand By Lisa TEDESGO UNBC OUTDOORS CLUB VICE-PRESIDENT All current and future members of the UNBC Outdoors Club have a big thank you to say to Prince George’s Coast Mountain Sports. In December, the club executive sent letters to three major outdoor sports retailers, requesting assistance with a major equipment purchase for the club’s gears rental locker. Of those who heard the request, only the local Coast Mountain Sports took the initiative to help our club, by offering a substantial discount on all gear pur- chased at their store. Their gencrosity saved our club more than $500 and has allowed us to nearly double the amount of equipment we have to rent out to our members. After our recent shopping trip, we walked out of Coast Mountain Sports with five pairs of snow shocs, three avalanche probes, three avalanche shovels, two sleeping bags, a tent, backpack, sleeping pad and camp: stove, two pots scts, and the Central BC rock climbing guide. This new equipment will add to the gear we already have, replace some old out dated equip- ment, and get us thinking about what we will purchase uext ycar. So thank you, Coast Mountain Sports. Hopctully this will be the first of many years to come where we can support a local business, and have that local business support the UNBC Outdoors Club in return. For more information gn what the club offers to students and how to Become a member, please email outdoorsclubminutes@yahoo.com.