Point-Counterpoint

There are approximately 1400 students at UNBC, the
majority of which were not residents of Prince George before this
school year started. The question most students face,along with

"When will my furniture arrive?"
There are basically 4 different ways a UNBC

tramsportation.

is that to do about

student can get to and from the campus: driving a car, riding a

bike, walking or taking the bus.

Point-Forthe students who
drive to school, UNBC seems
to have no shortage of parking
spots, unlike CNC. I feel that
students definitely should
consider driving as a viable
_ option for transportation
because it is easy, fast, and the
student has a lot of flexibility
in where he or she can go. It
also. provides a __ great
opportunity to car-pool, save
on gas, and meet new people.

Counterpoint-Of course
UNBC has a lot of parking.
Its so bloody expensive!
$140.00 per semester + cost of
gas + insurance + dashboard
air freshener = big money.
Also, I wonder how many
people you'd meet trudging
through the parking lot snow
on the way to the University
doors.

P-Well, if a person doesn't

want ot pay for all the "car

accessories" riding a bicycle

up University Way or Tyner

Blvd. is another solution. It is

great exercise and makes me

feel really refreshed _ and

exhilirated. The best part of
the ride comes after a long day

of classes. I can get home

from University in 15 minutes

on my bike. I rode my bike at

the beginning of the semester

and I must say, I felt very -
proud of myself when I

reached the top>

C-Biking it up! Ouch! I
managed to make the trip on
my bike four times before it
became unfeasible. You have
’ to be in pretty good shape to
make that trip every day, and
you also have to have a change
of clothes. There still aren't
any public showers on campus
besides the Residence
Building. It's a very long trip
from the Bowl to the top of
Cranbrook Hill,and requires a
lot of time and effort. I don't
think many students in
residence are willing to bike

up the hill with a bag full of
groceries in tow. And with the
winter weather, bicycling
becomes almost impossible.

P-Of course students won't
want to make a bike trip up
with a bag of groceries. They
can walk up with a bag of
groceries! Walking is great

_ exercise for students. Walking
may take a while, but it gets

the pulse going and makes a
person feel really healthy.
After sitting in lecture halls for

_ a day, most students would be

happy to get the exercise that
walking gives them.

C-After sitting in lecture halls
for a day, J feel like collapsing

into bed. Anyway, the roads .

up Cranbrook Hill are so
twisty that it takes forever to
get up or down. You can cut
through the woods, which I
tried once. Although I did
avoid becoming lunch for
some bear, it was quite a
harrowing experience.
Attempting the trip with
anything less portable than a
backpack would be suicidal,
especially in sub-zero
temperatures.

P-I suppose. If all else fails, a
student could resort to public
transit. The bus system takes a
student right up to the
University. There are discount
rates for students so they do
not have to worry about gas or
parking fees. It only takes me
an hour to get to and from
school using the bus
system,and often I can get a lot
of reading done on the buses

. that I couldn't do driving a car

or riding a bike. The buses run
all day, six days a week and
run all over town. I find the
bus drivers to be really
friendly and helpful people. If
a person is not on the proper
bus, the bus-driver will issue
that person a transfer. Bus
drivers also radio each other to
make sure that the people on
the bus don't miss a transfer.

C-Well, they don't run all day,
and not ali over town. The
buses only leave every hour, so
when I have a class that ends at
3:25, I don't get home till
about 5:00. And the UNBC
route makes no sense to me.
Then the bus arrives at UNBC,
it circles around the school
once, and then waits in front
for ten minutes. It then circles
around again before stopping
in front again. Then it goes
down University Way and zigs
through streets until it zags
into the Spriceland Shopping
Centre, where it waits ten or
fifteen minutes for the number
ten bus to leave. It then
follows the number ten bus
route exactly, until it reaches
Pine Centre. The bus route
wastes so much time that they
can only afford to do it every
hour.

P-There may be complaints

over THE EDGE - Wednesday, November 30 , 1994 15

Run, walk, jog, bike, dogsled???

by Aaron Cumming and Laura Martin

about difficulty in
transportation for the UNBC
students, but I feel that the
transportation is adequate and
convenient.

C-Driving is expensive, biking
is out of the question (at least
during the winter, which in
Prince George is 50% of the
time), walking is, and the bus
service is lousy. I rest my
case, your Honour. By the
way, you forgot to mention
dogsledding.

P-Dogsledding would be
inappropriate. We do not want
to give the students from the
Lower Mainland the
impression that we live in the
middle of the Arctic, do we?
After all, Prince George is
located inthe southern half of
British Columbia, no _ the
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