Volume 14, Issue 13 March 12-March 26, 2008 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Open It’s been busy times around UNBC over the last two weeks. First of all, there were the NUGSS elec- tions. Despite relatively few contested positions, campaigns were more extensive than in recent 7 UNBC history—it was difficult to look anywhere | without seeing a poster urging you to vote. On top of that there was the U-Pass referendum, which laud- ably had people presenting information for both the “yes” and “no” sides—regardless of where you stand on the issue, it always good to hear both sides of the argument. Unfortunately, you’!l probably already have heard who won by the time this paper comes out—one of the limits present in having a biweekly newspaper. Which brings us to the second major event: the launch of an Over the Edge website. You probably remember a proposal earlier this year to do away with Over the Edge the newspaper and replace it with a website and a monthly magazine. This, of course, did not happen due to strong reader response worried about the loss of physical reading material for the bus. However, the negative response was not against the idea of a website, it was simply against the loss of the paper. And so the website, in a somewhat modified OT] tld tivstl 0) EDITOR-IN-CHIEF (ACTING) Andrew Kurjata MANAGING EDITOR Alzaar Shaam Semere PHOTO/PRODUCTION COORDINATORS Haakon Sullivan Tyler Clarke NEWS EDITOR Simran Lehal ARTS EDITOR Tabatha Lundholm COPY EDITOR Rebecca Carmichael DISTRIBUTION MANAGER Taylor Pratt ADVERTISING MANAGER Tabatha Lundholm FEATURES AND OPINIONS EDITOR Andrew Kurjata SPORTS AND CLUBS EDITOR Andrew Bailey OFFICE LOCATION 7-219 MAILING ADDRESS 3333 University Way Prince George, BCV2N 4A6 PHONE (250). 960-5633 FAX (250) 960-5407 News- -Spring into Green March 20 with the First Annual Green Day -Norway builds an underground seed vault in advance of future threats to the global food supply -Over-the-Edge is online: check-out blogspot.com/” for more content -Freshwater fisheries of BC talk — Friday March 14, 3:30 pm, room 7-150 -Obama and Clinton neck-and-neck; unlikely either will clinch the nomination before August -It was a leaked NAFTA memo from the Canadian government that may have hobbled Obama’s campaign giving Hillary a boost. -Parliament in a rucus over allegations of attempted bribery by the Conservative party to gain Chuck Cadman’s vote to call an election in 2005. -A recently released federal report says that Canada may be up for violent storms and water shortages because of climate change. Writers Wanted Over the Edge is a volunteer-run organization open to all UNBC stu- dents. We also welcome outside contributors. If you are interested in becoming a staff member, a writer, a photographer, or a columnist, it’s as simple as coming by the Over the Edge office located across from the Wintergarden and letting us know. We’ll tell you what’s available and how everything works. If you have a story proposal, a letter to the editor, a photo, a short story, a poem, a comic, an opinion, a question, or a complaint, please send it to over-the-edge@unbc.ca and it will most likely be published in the next issue (unless you don’t want it to be, in which case we’ll keep it secret). Over the Edge is published biweekly during the fall and winter se- mesters. The next publishing date is Wednesday, March 26. If you would like to have something published in this issue, please send it to over-the-edge@unbe.ca by March 19. he E-MAIL over-the-edge@unbc.ca Over the Edge is the official independent publishing media of students at the Univer- sity of Northern British Columbia. As such, it is our mandate to report on issues of interest to students in the North- ern Region. We encourage all students, both on the main and regional campuses to submit to Over the Edge. Over the Edge is part of the Canadian Uni- versity Press network of papers, otherwise known as CUP. - CUP is an organization that is entirely owned by member papers, and provides such services as a news wire and advertis- ing to Over the Edge. Over the Edge is published every second week during the fall and winter semesters. Cover The Timberwolves celebrate a groundbreaking victory. Picture taken by Andrew Bailey, Sports and Clubs Editor “http://overtheedgepaper. Editor’s Message overtheedgepaper.blogspot.com has a very simple philosophy behind it: as events related to UNBC happen, we will keep you updated. All too often there is a concert or a lecture or an election that deserves publi- city, but due to publishing schedules and deadlines, it simply doesn’t get covered because by the time we could write about it, it’s already long over. This is a problem no more. Within a matter of minutes we’ll be able to write a quick entry on the site, and anyone visiting will instantly be informed about it—plus, you'll be able to comment online and share stories using services Facebook and Digg. The site also links to our Fa- cebook group, where you can post story ideas, and our Flickr collective, where budding photographers can share their talents. The point is this: | Over the Edge is made by students, for students. Taking it online should up the interactive components of making the paper for those of you who would like to contribute but can’t make it out to meetings. However, par- ticipation is key: we want to make this a great site, but if only six people visit every week, it’s hardly worthwhile. Please check it out, and if you have any suggestions for how to make it better, let us know: our email is | still over-the-edge@unbe.ca. Levi Barlow dis- plays his Bio-Gas Generator at an elementary school science fair, held at UNBC Saturday. In Barlow’s_ display, household waste is used to power a lamp for upwards of 10 minutes. PyHorTro TAKEN BY TYLER Crarke, Puoto/ PrRopuction CcooRDINATOR Sinee 1994/ Over the Fdg provided UNBC with news, culture, and controversy.