Women’s center and Over
the Edges budget to be cut

By: Christopher Schulz
On the 28th of January
Northern Undergraduate
Student Society's
(NUGSS) Annual
General Meeting is tak-
ing place. The main goal
of the AGM is to give stu-
dents an opportunity to
debate and then vote on
new amendments to the
NUGSS constitution.
One of the main issues
at this year’s AGM is a
familiar one: how much
funding the Women’s
Center and the student
newspaper, Over The
Edge, should receive.
Currently the woman's
center receives 5% of
the total NUGSS budget,
the paper 4% or $7500,
whichever is greater.
NUGSS'’ reasoning for
the proposed cuts: the
Women’s Center and
Over the Edge receive
more funding than the
other 60 clubs on the
campus combined; they
hope that the proposed
cuts will encourage the
Women’s Center and
Over the Edge to
become more indepen-
dent.

NUGSS originally pro-
posed to change that fig-
ure from a percentage to
a flat figure of $7000 for
the Women’s Center

and $7000 for the Over
The Edge. However this
has now changed.
NUGGS treasurer Chris
Reid now intends to
change the classification

“(The Women’s
Center is] a well
used space, we
shouldn't have to
keep proving
that.”

Tanya Kirkland
Women’s Center’s
coordinator

of the Women’s Center
and Over The Edge from
a club included within
the constitution to a stu-
dent service not
enshrined within the
constitution. This simply
means that the two ser-
vices would have to go
in front of NUGGS every
year, asking for a certain
amount of money. They
would then have to justi-
fy the amount by proving
to NUGGS (among
other things) that they
are financially sound
and that they are an
adequate resource.

In response to the pro-
posed motion, the
Women’s Center’s coor-

dinator, Tanya Kirkland
says she, “does not want
to become a service [not
enshrined within the
constitution] it changes
our funding. We'll have
to justify our funding
every year.”

“TThe Women’s Center
is] a well used Space, we
shouldn't have to keep
proving that,” Kirkland
added.

Over The  Edge’s
response has not been
enthusiastic. Nicole

Larson, editor of Over
the Edge, emphasized
the bad timing of the pro-
posed cuts; and reminds
NUGSS and the student
body that Over The
Edge has never had a
paid employee and that
2/3 of their funding is
already generated in
funding outside of
NUGSS, mostly in
advertisement _ sales.
“The paper is a
resource,” said Larson,
“We are student orient-
ed; we give students a
chance to hone their
writing skills and to think
analytically. We are a
valuable service.”

In response NUGSS
treasurer, Chris Reid,
said that the paper is
doing a great job but
also stated that Over

BUCKING THE SYSTEM SINCE 1994

Leaping into this issue

potential to make
money, it just takes the
right person in there.”
Nothing is final yet, but
students are invited to
attend the AGM where
they can debate all of
the issues, as well as
these two. The meeting
begins at 10:00am in the
Wintergarden.

Jeff Clark tests his skill while on a UNBC snowboarding
Club trip into the backcountry. Submitted photo.

The Edge has “Huge

BOOS. S,

FREE!

UNDER THE
COVERS

Page 3 -
Minister of Advanced Education
answers YOUR questions!

Page 6 -
A Baywatch Album? Huh?
Page 12 -
UNBC students are underslept...
Check out the details
(if you can stay awake!).

ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS

Attend the Northern Undergraduate Student Society’s Annual General Meeting
January 28 at 10 am in the Wintergarden

Constitutional and Bylaw amendments well be proposed for the Women’s Centre
and the student newspaper Over The Edge.

Your chance to voice your opinion about the society.