November 4 2002 NEWS Over The Edge Page 3

Save the World... or a Part of It

ENVS 205

Seeing as Waste Reduction
Week has just passed,
(October 21-27) it seems prop-
er to address what a group of
students has put aside their
time for. They are trying to gen-
erate awareness with regards
to consumerism and waste
production. You might have
noticed the table set up in the
Winter Garden with tonnes of
information and pamphlets on
the topic. This group’s achieve-
ments are set up through
activities like the kiosk in the
Winter Garden, and a Poster
Campaign which will address

paper towel usage, the Tim
Horton’s/Star Bucks
Disposable Cups (Did you
know that you get a discount
on coffee for bringing your own
cup?), the plastic bags at the
books store, and the tonnes of
wasted unwanted receipts.
Keep an eye out for people
and their posters for the
remaining few weeks of this
fall semester. Apparently none
of the signs have survived in
the men’s rooms...| guess peo-
ple want to look at them at
home (who knows).

One group has proposed to
construct plans for a designat-

ed mountain bike area in
Paderni. Right now the group
is looking for a city that has
gone through with a project
similar to this one. They will
then use this city as a model
city for Prince George. As it
stands, the area is crown land
right now, and is being used
mainly for a park and recre-
ation area. With the completion
of the model the city council of
Prince George will look at the
plans and decide if it is neces-
sary to set aside an area in
Paderni for strictly mountain
biking.

The Transportation group is

Quesnel Campus: The
Quebec of NUGSS

by Stephanie Wilson

In an unprecedented move,
Quesnel regional campus stu-
dents have formed an alterna-
tive student association, the
Northern Cariboo Student
Association (NCSA), and
requested 80% of their
NUGSS fees back. UNBC and
CNC courses are offered at
the Quesnel campus, but only
those enrolled in UNBC cours-
es pay the $22.00 per semes-
ter student fee, while Quesnel

students have no student soci-
ety. The issues are over an
apparent lack of services to
the campus. According to
NUGSS Director of Finance
and Operations Chris Reid,
“NUGSS recognizes there are
limited tangible services
offered to regional campuses.
NUGSS is committed to com-
munication [with the Quesnel
campus], but [NUGSS] is not
there to provide money.
NUGSS will address the

issues as long as they are will-
ing to work with NUGSS.” The
NCSA has applied for society
status, but it may take some
time before they are granted
that status. Under the current
University Act, only one stu-
dent society can collect stu-
dent fees as a student associ-
ation at the undergraduate
level. No one from the Quesnel
campus could be reached for
comment before press time.

focusing on improving alterna-
tive transportation available to
students and residents of
Prince George. Included in
their efforts is the hosting of an
All-Candidates forum, together
with PGPIRG. About 5 candi-
dates running in the upcoming
municipal elections are
expected in the Winter Garden
on Nov. 6th, 2002. Candidates
will sit down in groups with all
who wish to participate and
discuss several issues relating
to transportation in Prince
George and how it fits into
their platform. Questions
raised are likely to be: What is

This is a stude

the biggest transportation
issue? Are residents equally
represented currently? Does
our system support multi-
nodal transportation? What
are the plans for alternative
transportation? Everyone on
and off the hill is invited to join
the forum.

For information on lending a
helping hand with any of the
current projects call Howie @
563-3953 or Silke @ 649-
0194. More projects to come
next week!