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reason why you really don’t want to do that... !
again I better not for the sake of my shaky mental health. If
you like it here for some strange reason, don’t take offense. {i
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by Steph Willett

Jealousy is a bad thing. It
makes you feel bad and think
bad and do bad.
Jealousy is a dark red, not a
nice red, but an angry, black
red. It is a dark pit in your
stomach that eats away at
your ‘insides until you see and
feel nothing but jealousy.
From jealousy comes
bitterness, which can be a
good thing. The bitterness
makes you feel alive again.
It can get you out of your
funk. But bitterness makes
you unhappy and ugly; your
face looks all tight and the air
about you feels flat.
Jealousy and bitterness are
sad. They can cause you to
alienate yourself from your
friends and the one who you
are jealous of. This person
cannot help the fact that they
have what you want. If your
friends are understanding,
then they will help you get
out of your black hole, but
even the most understanding
of friends will eventually get
tired of your bad vibes
pulling them down. Jealousy
is natural; most people will
encounter it in their lives, but
we all must remember that,
generally, whatever it is we
are jealous of is really not
worth the angst that jealousy
inflicts.
Feel it. Is it worth it?
Probably not. Instead, try to
let yourself realize that things
will not always be the way
you want, and be happy with
what you have. Really, it is
not all that bad. You will be
‘better off in the end for it. Of
_ course you can feel jealous at
| times, but do not let it be all-
| consuming, cause what kind
| of life you have if you were
- constantly bitter and jealous?,,

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Poison Pen
by Ian Lorenz
Last week as I pondered the death of Over the Edge I

started to think about what was truly wrong with our
university. This is not tot say that the university is bad

' or in the toilet. I had a choice to come here o r go down

south for school and , or various reasons, I chose
UNBC. Some days I enjoy it here.

That brings be back to my original question ‘what is
the problem at UNBC?’ After careful scholarly
thought, it occurred to me that what the problems are
really depends on who you are. It could be the lack of
furniture in the forms , the lack of a B. Ed. program, or
the infamous (and redundant) Core classes. May be it is

-the sub standard bus service or perhaps it is the
_ administrations sometimes apathetic attitude towards

students. Or just maybe, if you aren’t afraid of being
considered sexist, it is the administrations handing out
large sums of money to organizations that exclude half
of the student population based on gender while giving

‘nothing to clubs that work very hard to include

everyone (i.e. the newspaper and radio station).

. To me the problem is something quite different from
\all of those above. For me its the lack of a bar on

campus. ‘But it does’ you say. NO, no, no,1 mean a
bar . . . not a glorified cafeteria in the winter garden.
The cafeteria is fine if you want tea or something but I
refuse to pay five bucks for a watered down mug of

beer and the stale chips you have to but with it (so they

meet some legal requirement for serving alcohol). I

.'can’t count the number of times I have seen those chips

sitting untouched among several empty pints. And I
don’t just want a beer. I want some place that I can
slam back a couple of tequila fizzes and hit the dance
floor with my fellow students.

Some students who don’t drink may question the need
for a bar, so let me fill you nonbelievers in on some of
the benefits a bar on campus could offer. Most
importantly it would offer a — for students to

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