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Peace Rally comes to

By Stephanie Wilson

One hundred people met
on Saturday, September
22nd with a message for the
world: peace. The rally was
organized by PGPIRG’s
Karla Wedel, who wanted to
“pring people together in the
community, to bring their
voices together.” Judging by
the participant’s reactions,
she succeeded.

Alice Ross, one of the
many who marched from the
Public Library to City Hall,
said that “[Peace] doesn’t
hurt aS much. There’s no
death involved.” That was the
same sentiment held by
Michael Wedel. “It’s disturb-
ing to think of civilians being
killed for no reason.”

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Antonia
Mills, Alex Michalos, Hans

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At City Hall,

Niedermayer and Johan

Boyden inspired the partici-
pants to seek a peaceful
solution. “Our presence here
shows the world that we are
prepared to take our share of

the responsibility for acts that
the Canadian government
will perform in our name,”
declared Michalos.
Niedermayer’s message was
simple and world-encom-

ge

passing: “Peace. We don’t
need anything else.” Boyden
received a huge response
from the crowd with, “I’m not
with the terrorists and I’m not
with George Bush...Freedom
does not arise through war.”

Despite a call for war by
someone passing by City
Hall, the peace rally was an
enormous success that has
proved the people of Prince
George are willing to stand
up for what they believe in.
“Make peace, not war,” said
James.

Photos by:
Stephanie Wison

NUGSS resolves to hike

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Student Society fees

By: Colleen O’Grady

On September 26, at
10am in the Wintergarden,
sat a small delegation of stu-
dents. Many people walked
by not knowing that NUGSS
(Northern Undergraduate
Student Society) was having
an EGM __ (Extraordinary
General Meeting). The stat-
ed purpose for this meeting
was to amend a few by-laws.
Most people in attendance
were NUGSS members and
the group was small enough
that a microphone was not
needed to hear the motions

~ over the ensuing din from

classes getting out. Most
motions were to correct
grammar in the by-laws until
the last order of business
read, “ The membership fees
for the society shall be a flat
rate of 30.00 per semester.”
This is no change for a full-
time student who takes
greater than 9 credits
(approximately more than 3
courses). Previously it cost
part-time students $3.00 a
credit for student society
fees. If a student was taking
two 3 credit courses it would
cost them $18.00 a semester

opposed to $30.00 for a full-
time student. The reason
stated by members of
NUGSS discussing the hike
at the EGM is that part-time
students “have the same
access to services as full-
time students” and that “part-
time students receive
NUGSS’s Mugs, Agendas
and also have access to par-
ticipate within NUGSS and
the clubs they support.”

Next semester students
can all expect to pay 30 dol-
lars for student society mem-
bership fees. Currently there
are 3195 full and part-time
undergraduate students by
this year’s registrar’s count.
This includes students in all
of the regional campuses
who also pay the full 60 dol-
lars per year for student soci-
ety fees. Next year if the
number of students were to
stay the same as this year,
the revenue that NUGSS
would receive from students
could increase by more than
10 thousand dollars
($191,700) from this years
projected membership collec-
tion of $180,000 dollars (from
the NUGSS budget).

S.P.C.A. Dance hopes to raise funds for a
Badly Beaten Puppy

By: Colleen O’Grady

When thinking of the
S.P.C.A one thinks of the
ambassadors for the protec-
tion of animals. They take
away animals from bad pet
owners, they provide adop-
tion services for pets that are
abandoned and just need a
second chance, and they are
advocates for animal rights.
Even up here at the universi-
ty the S.P.C.A. have respond-
ed to several calls in August
for hot dogs that were locked
in cars while their owners
were in registering for class-
és, according to Jeannine
-Woodhouse, a spokesperson
for the S.P.C.A.

Recently, there has been
a case in Prince George of
the dog named Lucky who
has drawn the attention of the

media. She was seized and
her owner charged on Labor
Day weekend. Lucky was
only 7 months old when she
was seized and she already
had old breaks that had not
healed properly as well as a
newly broken femur bone that
will leave her permanently
disabled. As a result of her
abuse, “She is very timid and
scared”, says Woodhouse.
The S.P.C.A. has found
Lucky a loving foster home
while she recovers from an
expensive surgery _ that
removed the irreparable top
part of her leg. This surgery
will cost the S.P.C.A. more
than $1,000 dollars. Her pre-
vious owner is currently
charged with six counts of
injuring an animal and one
count of uttering threats.

To cope with the large

cost of veterinarian bills for
Lucky and other deserving
animals, the S.P.C.A. is going
to hold a Dance on Saturday,
October 13th at the Rolla-
Dome from 7pm to 1:00am:
Good Vibrations will be pro-
viding the music, and a beer
garden will be open at 9pm
providing beer, wine, and
coolers for $2.50. Tickets are
only $5.00 and all proceeds
will go to Lucky’s Injured
Animal Fund. Bow-wow boo-
gie tickets can be found at
Total Pet, Pet-cetera, the
Dog-gone bakery in Ospika
Pet Supplies, and_ the
S.P.C.A. shelter on
Lansdowne. UNBC siudents
can buy them from Annie
Booth in the Administration
building 3025.

,. Lucky at a deserved repose
Photo courtesy of:
The Prince George S.P.C.A

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