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Adieu, M. Trudeau

By Lorenzo Sia

| was talking to a friend of
mine a few days ago when
he posed me a question
which startled me. He asked
“Why are the flags flying half
mast?” | stared at him with a
puzzled look, thinking he
was joking. | asked him if he
truly didn’t know what was
going on, and he replied,
“No, not really. Has some-
one passed away recent-
ly?” | informed him
“Former Prime Minister
Trudeau has passed away
recently.” ‘
Pierre Elliott Trudeau.A {|
man of talent and inspira-
tion. A man of courage
and of kindness. A man
with determination and
farsight. For most people,
the very name creates
awe and wonder. Our par-
ents would talk of
Trudeau, about his gov-
ernment and his foreign
policies. As students, we
study his methods, his
actions, and the out-
comes of those actions.
We try to understand who
he was and what benefits he
gave to this country while his
party was at the helm of gov-
ernment for nearly two
decades.

Trudeau’s passing has
evoked emotions from all
who were touched by him.
From east to west, a country
was bound in mourning for a
man so many have loved but
never completely knew. His
state funeral was watched by
millions across the country.
Many figures from the past

and present political stage
were present. Past prime
ministers Joe Clark, John
Turner, and Brian Mulroney;

‘past US president: Jimmy

Carter, and Cuban president
Fidel Castro; UK Prince
Andrew, and a whole
entourage of dignitaries
including former cabinet min-
isters, senators, and the peo-
ple of Montréal.

Right honorablePierre Elliot Trudeau,
former prime minister of Canada (1968-
1984)

The funeral, held at Notre
Dame de Montréal Basilica,
was celebrated with more
than 40 clergy, priests, the
Archbishop of Montréal,
including Jean-Claude
Cardinal Turcotte. Prime
Minister Jean Chrétien, a
cabinet minister during
Trudeau’s tenure, read an
epistle, followed by Sasha
Trudeau, and Senator
Jacques Hébert, a long time
friend of Trudeau. But the
most touching aspect of the

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mass was the eulogy that
Trudeau’s eldest son, Justin
Trudeau, wrote and recited
for his father.

In it, Justin spoke of the
things that made the elder
Trudeau who he was.
“Statesman, outdoorsman,
author, prime minister.” Of
these qualities, he spoke of
his father more somberly as
“dad.” As the younger
Trudeau spoke of his
father, not a single eye
who listened and
watched was dry.

a light that. wasn’t tainted
and known to the public.
The younger Trudeau
spoke of his father, a
man of principles, a man
who taught by example,
and a man “who's funda-
mental belief never
came from a textbook.”
Toward the end of the
eulogy, he made a refer-
ence to a poem com-
posed by Robert Frost,
changed slightly for per-
sonal use. The finals
words of his eulogy
came as a personal reflec-
tion of a man more supernat-
ural both in private and in
public life.

“The woods are lovely, dark
and deep. He has kept his
promises and earned his
sleep. Je taime, papa.”

Pierre Trudeau’s body has
been interred at a family plot
in a town just outside the city
of Montréal.

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Oct 9, 2000

E.A.R.S. Comes To UNBC

Submittied by: Simon Goring
It was a proud day when the
multitude raised their voices
and clamoured for radio and
from the hill on the edge of
the bowl, EARS heard the cry
and proclaimed “Something
must be done!”

The EARS board now has a
following, and we, the lucky
few, are beginning the voyage
towards transmitting. As it
stands now, we at EARS are
awaiting CRTC approval for a
8.5 Watt transmitter so that
YOU can broadcast to the city
of Prince George from the
comfort of the EARS broad-
cast booth, soon to be locat-
ed in the Over The Edge
office.

It's been a long hard slog, but
things are taking shape.
Since the inception of EARS,
work has been progressing
slowly but surely; Dave
Schindler has been flashing
his smile and a book of
cheques and letting us know
“We are a fiscal entity now!”;
committees have been
formed for Public Relations
and for Content; and mem-
bership has climbed steadily
since our inception.

The EARS meetings
(Mondays at 5:30) have gen-
erally been well attended,
and we would like to acknowl-
edge everyone who has
come out. If you want to par-
ticipate, but haven’t been able
to attend the meetings, you
can join the EARS mailing
list, simply send an email to:
majordomo@unbc.ca and

-write in the message text

NUGSS 101

This article is a similar to the
classes that we take. The
first day of class your profes-
sor hands you the course
outline (aka the syllabus).
(S)He then provides you with
a definition of the course.
Then you find out that you
are in cheese making 101.
Oops wrong class. The next
class is the first lecture and
you start getting into the
specifics of the course. This

article is similar to our class-
es. You were given a defini-
tion of NUGSS in the last arti-
cle. This article will be brief.
It is in essence an article
about what NUGSS has
been doing over the last
while.

Well, | suppose you can say
that we have had a slight
cabinet shuffle. Kelsey
Dryden and Mike Reid
squared off in the battle for

“subscribe ears”. By sub-
scribing you can listen in and
participate in our exciting
email conversations. Just last
week we were ... well, you'll
have to subscribe to find out.
More information is also avail-
able on our WEB site (it’s e-
xcellent!) = at
http://ears.unbce.ca, there’s
lots of neat stuff there too.

What are we working on
now? As | said before we
have some focus groups up
and running, if you are inter-
ested in coming out for the
Content group, just contact
Simon Goring at
gorings@unbc.ca. Susan
Dolinski, our PR contact, can
be reached by emailing
dolisOO00@unbe.ca. For all
you in the know (and the now)
of computer technology, just
send a message to David
Russell at
russell@otaku.unbc.ca and
he will set you up with the
technical committee. All of us
would be pleased as a peach
in July to talk to you and let
you know what is going on

So what now? Now we wait.
On October tenth, construc-
tion should start on our
space, and then we will start
asking for your submissions.
If you want to DJ this is your
chance! EARS will be looking
to the student body as well as
to the community to provide
quality broadcasting. If you
want to play music, talk about
social issues, give advice or
want to live up to the legend
of Dr. Johnny Fever (or Les
Nessman) this is your oppor
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the Director of Internal Affairs
position. It was a close battle
between Mike and Kelsey;
the final vote count was 83 -
63 in favour of Kelsey.
NUGSS would like to thank
Kelsey and Mike for their
efforts during their respective

campaigns.
In other news _ David
Schindler resigned as

Director at Large. The board -
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