OVER THE EDGE |
~ 13-27, 2008

wea 2 Additions to the University

will Enhance Student Life

HaAKON SULLIVAN

Srare Waiver

With the lives of students be-
coming more complex and more
stressful, more space is needed to
cool down and relax as well as hav-
ing some extra space to study for a
midterm or write a paper. At UNBC
there are two projects in progress
that will satisfy the need for spaces
such as this. One such project is the
Northern University Student Center
(NUSC) which has been planned for
in the last year by NUGSS. The sec-
ond project is an expansion in the
library that will enhance the benefit
of studying in the library.

The new student center will have
a wide array of services that any
student can take advantage of. This
$2.3 million facility will contain
large rooms for clubs and offices as
well as numerous food services such
as a sandwich bar, a coffee bar, and
a pub. No franchises will run the
food services in the building (mean-
ing no Subway as rumored) mean-

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for students in this facility. Also, the
pub has potential to be the largest
in town thanks to its large event
space, meaning that pub nights
will no longer have be to held off
campus. The food service contract-
ors in UNBC need not worry about
losing too much money over these
food services as a non-competition
clause has been inserted into the
building lease.

NUSC will not be completed by

this semester as planned earlier but
construction will begin this month
with it being completed this Sep-
tember. The delay was caused by
taking time to work out the lease
agreement with the legal counsel
and the bidding process for con-
tractors took longer than expected.
Also, as with all other construction
projects in BC, the cost of con-
structing this building has risen past
initial estimates. To help counteract
this, NUGSS has been hoping for

more sponsors to take a share in the
costs of the construction. Even with
the increase in construction cost,
NUGSS has assured us that they
still have fiscal responsibility as one
of their top priorities and all is well
with the NUSC budget.

The expansion to the library is
being constructed and will consist
primarily of four new bookable
study rooms that will hold one to
four people each. There will also be
a comfortable study area furnished
with leather furniture that the library
purchased a couple of years ago and
more study carrels for the studious.
“Coffee Bar” style seating will also
line some of the windows on the
east and west side of the floor.

The map area is being relocat-
ed into this space to allow for the
storage of air photos in high dens-
ity shelving which is much needed
since they are currently sitting in
boxes on the floor making it difficult
to retrieve particular photos. More
shelving space will also be used to
store the print journal collection and
there will be more shuffling of in-
formation among the other areas to
fill in the empty spaces left behind.
Construction of the expansion will
be completed on February 15.

With these additions to the uni-
versity, the social and the study ex-
perience in UNBC will be greatly
enhanced, creating a university that
offers memories and knowledge
that can never be forgotten.

NUGSS Implements

Changes

Simran LEHAL

News Epiror

NUGSS introduced directorial
changes while promoting upcoming
events at this year’s Annual General
Meeting (AGM). Although ,,
the AGM was postponed for
a week after the minimum
amount of students needed in
attendance the first time was
not met, many nevertheless
turned out in the Wintergar-
den to hear new plans being imple-
mented by their student govern-
ment.

NUGSS proposed, and success-
fully passed, a new position that
will merge the current CASHS
and CSM representatives into one.
Although some concern has arisen
over the potential decrease in di-
versity of students represented by
NUGSS, the new board vacancy
will be filled by a second Associate
VP Social. This second VP Social
will undoubtedly help the current
director increase NUGSS’s pres-
ence on campus.

During the AGM, NUGSS also
presented their auditors report for
the year. Currently, NUGSS has
a $126,000 surplus which will be
used to help fund the new North-
em Undergraduate Student Centre

This $2.3 million facility will contain
large rooms for clubs and offices as well party will be March 15 at
as numerous food services such as a
sandwich bar, a coffee bar, and a pub.”

(NUSC) opening this fall. Con-
struction of NUSC is.to commence
within the upcoming weeks.
Regarding transit and transporta-
tion issues, NUGSS has. responded
to student concerns about paid park-

ing at the Northern Sport Centre. 70.

stalls near the eastern end of the lot
are available on a first-come-first-
serve basis for all students with a
valid UNBC parking pass. As well,
NUGSS is currently preparing for
a U-Pass transit referendum to be
held in early March. Under the pro-
posed deal, for a tuition fee increase

of $48 per semester, all UNBC stu-
dents will be able to access all Prince
George buses during the term.
NUGSS is also preparing for sev-
eral upcoming events for the stu-
dent body: Winterfrost will be held
March 1 at the Cariboo Steak
House, a St. Paddy’s Day

the Hart Community Centre,
and preparations for another
NUGSS Idol are commen-
cing. Event successes for the
year have included a good :student
body turnout for the dodgeball tour-
nament and the first successful pub
crawl.

NUGSS is planning on injecting
fresh blood into their organization
with the commencement of the
upcoming election period. Nom-
inations must be brought to the
NUGSS office the Friday before
Reading Break.

Although NUGSS curiously failed
to provide a formal question period
at the end of their AGM, NUGSS
has commented that directors are