OVER THE EDGE volume 11 issue 7 Editor-in-Chief Carolynne Burkholder Managing Editor Stephanie Wilson News Editor Kathleen De Vere Arts Editor Maggie Gilbert Sports and Clubs Editor Tyler Clarke Office Manager Travis Nielsen Photo Editor Travis Nielsen Production Coordinator Becky Booth Copy Editor Earson Gibson Ad Manager Russell VanderEnde Opinion Editor Jonas Gagnon Graphics Editor Vacant Technical Advisor Eric Chlebek Reporters Travis Nielson Adam Hussein Dana Schwehr David Drysdale Photographers Belinda Li Dana Schwehr Production Assistants JC Diachuck Belinda Li Contributors Dirk VanStralen Over The Edge is a member of the national student newspaper coopera - tive Canadian University Press (CUP). CUP links campus papers from across Canada and provides a newswire, con - ferences, and support for all mem - bers. CUP was founded in 1938 and is the oldest national student organi - zation in North America. For more information, visit www.cup.ca Over The Edge is published by Over The Edge Newspaper Society and is the student newspaper of the University of Northern British Columbia. Over The Edge was founded in 1994 as part of the university’s QuickStart program. In November 2004, the newspaper formed the independent Over The Edge Newspaper Sociey. OVER THE EDGE 3333 University Way Prince George, BC V2N 4A6 PHONE 960-5633 Fax 960-5407 EMAIL OVER-THE-EDGE@UNBC.CA How do | Submit to Over The Edge? Information for Future Contributors 1. All submissions to Over the Edge must be received by Wednesday at 12:00 neon in order to be published in the following issue of Over the Edge. No exceptions will be made. 2. All submissions‘to Over the Edge must be digital. No hard copies, please. 3. We love email. Send your work to us using the submissions page at web.unbc.ca/edge or email it to over-the-edge@unbce.ca. 4. Articles can also be hand delivered. Bring a disk with your work to our office. 5. Include your name, address, and phone number with your submission so we can contact you for clarification should the need arise. 6. Submissions should be saved as text files (.txt) to accommodate our finicky computers. Thanks. 7. Photo submissions should be accompanied by all information regarding the photo, (i.e. people’s names, date, and what they are doing). Digital photos or scanned images can be sent as high resolution and saved as .tif files. In most cases, we prefer un-photo shopped images. 8. If you wish to participate in the editorial process of your work, please submit your work before deadline and let us know that you want to be involved, We always need extra help. Contributors are also welcome to come on down and give us a hand during Thursday and Friday night production. 9. Story Meetings are held every Monday at 12:30. If you are not available at this time, please contact a member of our editorial staff and special arrangements can be made. 10. Over the Edge staff reserve the right to edit submissions for grammar, spelling, space, and content. 11. Try to keep your submissions short: 500 words for an article, and 500 words for a Letter to the Editor. If you feel you need more space, please consult one of our Editorial Staff. English Major? | Not-So-English Major but really love writing? OTE is now accepting short stories and poetry for its bi-weekly magazine, EDGE. If you're interested please send submissions or questions to: ey Setar ae. ca (Note: Please follow EDGE deadlines. ) Lessons in News writing #1: The Magical Art of the Lede. Ever wonder why you’re magically drawn to Over the Edge’s stories, even when the headlines don’t promise sordid tales of fire, murder or death? It’s because of an important little sentence called a lede (pronounced lead). A lede is the first sentence in a news article, and it services the dual purpose of beginning the story, and hooking the reader in - convincing them that the story is interesting, and worth reading. (Think of a lede as a thesis statement with a lot of punch.) Writing a good lede can be harder than it seems though. It must be interesting, well written, convey vital information about the story, and be short and to the point. Say you wanted to write a story about an invasion of Zombies at the UNBC Campus, and you came up with this lede: Due to complications involved with a terrible voodoo ritu - al, a miscast spell has resulted in the re-animation of the dead, and the resulting undead, commonly called zombies, have been seen at the UNBC campus, greatly threatening the safety of students and staff. Sure, that tells the story in'a nutshell, but it’s. a bit long, and if you: were just skimming the paper, the opening phrase “due to complications” doesn’t really convey the magnitude of the zombie invasion, so try this lede: The. dead aren't just confined to graveyards anymore - zombies have invaded the UNBC campus, and their presence is putting hundreds of lives at risk. This may be a bit more sensational, but it gets the gist of the story out in less than 10 words,.and the rest of the information about the voodoo ritual can be included in the second sentence of the story. The secret to a good lead is all that it is setup for the rest:of the story. Although this seems complicated, all it takes to become alede master is lots of practice, and the best place to get that practice Over the Edge. 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