10 Sports and Clubs January 18, 2006 + Over the Edge Members of UNBC's Ice Fishin’ club proudly displays their booth, gaining new members. TYLER CLARKE SPORTS AND CLUBS EDITOR On Wednesday, January 12, UNBC’s Wintergarden was lined with booths from many of UNBC’s clubs for the bi-yearly Club Day in which clubs introduce themselves to the students in attempts to coerce them into joining. Three new clubs joined these ranks: ICE: Imperfections, the club for every- one; the UNBC Fish and Game Club; and the UNBC Young Liberals Club, the club for anyone politically inter- ested. ICE: Imperfections is a club headed by Dee, a psychology student. This clubs goal for this year is to raise aware- ness for students with disabilities and the troubles they may have with uni- Edmonton Coach Suspended For Misconduc A CHRIS O'LEARY THE GATEWAY (UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA) EDMONTON (CUP) — Hes seen his teams play on courts across the country and throughout the world, but this past weekend marked the first time that Golden Bears basketball head ~ coach Don Horwood had to listen to his team play on the radio, The 23-year coaching vet received a two-game suspension for his conduct | in a game on Noy, 12 against Calgary, where he was ejected late in the second half of the match when he received his second technical foul of the game. “I thought the suspension was fair,’ Horwood said. “I believe I overstepped the lines, I got out of control and I let my emotions get the better of me. I don't have any argument regarding the suspension. I'm sorry it happened, that I didn’t control my emotions more, but that’s life. Sometimes that happens.’ Horwood has been vocal about the treatment his team has received from Canada West officials since the start of the season. His complaints came to a head after he was ejected from the Cal- gary game, and, he apparently brought his concerns to the games officials; something that Candian Interuniver- sity Sport (CIS) rules prohibit. What versity and life. They're basically setting up the infrastructure of the club at this moment in time, putting up posters, getting members, and generating inter- est. Next year, they hope to take things further, by actually making some sig- nificant changes and assisting disabled students financially. Last year, Dee con- ducted a survey wherein she found out how much interest there was for such a club. After discovering there was, in- deed, interest, she decided to actually start said club. = ~UNBC’s Young Liberals Club, headed by President Cody Willett, is another new club that was introduced at this semester's Club Day. This club’s main goal is to “create a civic minded- ness,’ according to Willett. This club ASHLEY-PAIGE SMITH meets regularly, having hockey, pizza and beer nights. “It’s definitely not all politics,’ says Willett. On Saturday night, for example, they went to Sum- mit Lake for dog sledding, Another example of an event hosted by this club was the Fyre Night Club party they had last semester. There is indeed some de- gree of politics involved, though, as it is, after all, called the “Young Liberals Club.’ They plan on having policy ses- sions, wherein they'll draft up things they would like to see in their govern- ment, then present said draft to ‘Lib- eral Party representatives. They allow anyone to join this club, Liberal or not. They only ask that you be politically minded in some way. The Fish and Game club, the third was also present, displaying an im- pressive booth. They're “ready to start this semester, introducing students to the world of fishing and hunting,” says Lorna D. Scully, the treasurer of the Fish and Game Club, The first event of this semester, and thus of this club, will be an ice-fishing derby, to be held on Saturday, January 28 at Eena Lake, located just north of Prince George. When spring arrives, they plan on host- ing a learn-to-fly-fish seminar, followed by a fly-fishing trip to test their mem- bers’ newly-discovered fly-fishing skills. Further events are planned throughout the semester, pending member inter- est. All of the clubs introduced for the first time, and for the up-teenth time are all currently looking for new mem- bers, and all enjoyed establishing the fact that they accept just about any- one, so long as they have some interest in the main subject of their respective club, The UNBC Young Liberals club, for example, seemed quite successful, having had 6 new members sign up by about 2 PM. The Geography Club has been around UNBC for a few years now and is rearing to start this semester off well, They will be holding several fund raisers throughout this semester to raise money for the Western Division Canadian Association of Geographies. This conference is annual, and provides geography students with insight into their field, wherein they see what stu- dents at other institutions in Alberta and BC are doing with regards to geog- raphy. Last year, the event was held in Calgary, where they went skiing while exploring the land’s natural geography. This year it will be held in Kamloops. UNBC Bludgeoned by Club Day cal UNBC'’s new clubs this semester, The first of these fundraisers was last Friday night, with a pub night at the Rum Jungle, which provided attendees free drinks and shooters for the small admission fee of $10. ‘The Medieval Club, also called “The Wolfpack’, is another UNBC club that has been around for quite some time already, They meet weekly on Wed- nesday, and practice two times a week. In practice, they physically attack one another in their armor, with “every pos- sible thing we can create,’ says Meghan Blanchard, whose Medieval name is Aibhilin [pronounced Avoleen]. There are currently 75 members in the Wolf- pack, the majority of them in Prince George, with others scattered around BC. They attend several events during the year, meeting up with their long- Jost out-of-Princé George brother- hoods, and “kick their asses.’ Actual injuries are rare, usually happening to those silly enough to not wear the max- imum amount of armor allowed. Once the snow melts, they will begin meeting on Saturdays at noon by the flagpoles, where you will be able to catch some of their brutal action. The Anthropology club, whose focus is on helping out Anthropology stu- ‘dents, and the Asian club, whose focus is on Asian culture, and basically just having fun, also had booths set up. For those who missed clubs day, or have since then decided to join any of these clubs, contact information for most of these clubs can be found at www.nugss.com/clubs_2004. The ICE: Imperfections club can be con- tacted through ladygreymalkin@hot- mail.com, and the Fish and Game Club can be contacted through treasurer Lorna D. Scully's e-mail address lorna- dawn@lycos.com. exactly happened after the game has proven difficult to determine. “He got two technical fouls, and he was asked to leave the gym. For that, you don't get a suspension, you get a warning,’ explained Dale Schulha, the University's athletics director. “There were some things that happened after [the game] and that's all I'm prepared to say on that.” “T thought the sus- pension was fair.’ -Don Horwood ‘This negativity stems from the sour relationship that exists between Hor- wood and a referee who has called Bears games for years. The official tossed Horwood from the Nov. 12 game, and also. gave him all three of his technical fouls this season. While Horwood said that Canada West rules prohibit him from discussing the league's referees, the Bears themselves had a lot to say. “Obviously, there's been issues be- tween, [the referee] and Coach, that's apparent, Bears’ forward Phil Sudol commented.“ What we feel as a team is that (the ref] has an emotion to it when he should be indifferent. He's been ref- fing us for so long... It seems like he gets personal with it, almost. That's how it seems, I don't know if it's true, but that's the feeling we have.” Horwood has long said that the con- . ference's officials aren't moved around enough, which hurts the quality of the officiating, While Schulha wouldn't agree outright with Horwood’ assess- ment, he admitted that having well- travelled officials never hurts the game in question. “Tn all of our sports, I thinka rotation of officials is healthy, whether it's foot- ball, volleyball or basketball. I would endorse moving officials around, there's no question about that,’ Schulha said. While Horwood will have some time to think about his approach to the game when he's not with his team this week- end at Trinity Western University, he's hoping that administration changes for future Bears home games will make a difference. “This is going to affect some things. Tt may affect the administration of our home games, which I haven't discussed yet with [Dale Schulha],” he said..“I have some ideas. Changes need to be made, It's not about who refs the game, but who watches the game.’ or ROCKY MOUNTAIN BASKETBALL CAMPS Coach Don Horwood happily cuts basketball net off of hoop.