Over the Edge + October 12, 2005

Study Somewh

ries

ere Else!

ASHLEY-PAIGE SMITH

UNBC student Jamie Jeans went to Japan for a year on an international exchange. In the background is a poster of
Utsunomiya University, one of the many universities that you can go to in Japan for exchange.

ASHLEY-PAIGE SMITH
AD MANAGER

Traveling “abroad .... is it worth it?
Well if you went to the Study Abroad
Fair you would find that the experi-
ence is one that should not be passed
up. 7
There is a wide range of places you
can experience while studying away
from the Prince George campus. You
could travel as far as France, Italy or
Sweden, or just across the ocean to
Australia. You can stay for a semester
or for a year.

I asked Jamie Jeans, International
Studies student, what it was like to go
to Japan. He lived in the International
Dormitory with students from all
around the world who assisted him in
other languages such as German. He

also improved his Japanese with the
help of a student tutor who stayed on
after his contract to aid him. Jamie is
also going back to Japan to work and
pay off his student loans.

Carol Sanford is available to answer
your questions but she suggests “stu-
dents should look at the international
studies section on the UNBC web-
site so that they can look at the list
of schools with each of their home
pages available, also any frequently
asked questions are online.’ Sanford
is head of the outbound students from
UNBC wishing to study abroad. She
has traveled to many places around
the world, including most of Europe,
places in Africa and much more.

This opportunity has been available
for students since the University has

opened. More exchanges for UNBC
has been students coming from abroad
to study here but Sanford hopes that
students at UNBC studying abroad

will increase.

“You could travel as
far as France, Italy or
Sweden, or just across
the ocean to Australia.”

A common place. for. students to
study is Australia because of its ap-
pealing distance from Canada, and
also for the English aspect. The Study
Abroad Fair took place from 9AM to
4PM on October 4 to 6,

Sports Editorial

Vaguely Sports-Themed Ramble

TYLER CLARKE
SPORTS AND CLUBS EDITOR

“Calgary Flames to finish first ac-
cording to Sports Illustrated.”

.I read this headline on the CBC
website this very morning, and im-
mediately clicked on it, wondering
how they could have predicted such a
thing so early in the season. “Is it early
in the season?” I wonder to myself.
Come to think of it, I have no clue as
to when the Stanley Cup game is. It's
the beginning of autumn, and hockey
is a winter sport, so I assume the game
will be near the end of winter.

In any case, how does one predict
what team will win? This thought
kept repeating itself in my brain as I
waited for the page to load. If they
can predict what team will win so
early in the season, the Flames must

have some kind of advantage, making
it nearly impossible for other teams to
beat them. They must have had the
upper hand in player trades and the
like. This should make the hockey
season less interesting.

Why would you want to predict
which team will win? I don't walk up
to the front of a movie theater and
announce how I think the movie will

end, although maybe I should. Mov-

ies are so predictable these days. “

The page jammed up, so I opened
up the BBC’s website for some legit-
imate news. Bush Warns of Iraq Vio-
lence Spike: there we go. Sweet para-
noid goodness. It’s hard to believe el
Presidente is still on about Iraq: God
forbid he should put more money to-
wards Hurricane relief instead of that
unjustified war, but, as Kanye West

moronically stated, “George Bush
doesn't care about black people.’ I
wouldn't mind the statement so much
if Kayne produced any kind of evi-
dence to support it. Or, you know, if
he wasn't a rapper.

Back to the topic at hand: why the
hell the Flames? Just to be contra-
dictory, I predict the Winnipeg Jets
for victory. I propose we resurrect
the Jets and cheer them to steroid-in-
duced victory.

The Flames? How much dope did
they smoke before coming to that con-
clusion?

If the Flames do, in fact, win, bring
this article to me and I will give you a
coke, If they lose, however, I want you
to hunt me down and give me a coke,
or if you're a cute girl, a kiss.

Oh, the joys of being in the paper.

SportsandClubs 9

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