Memo From the Boss Hey all, welcome to the 2! OTE of 2010. We are thrilled with all the posi- tive feedback we have been getting and hope to continue to impress through this new decade. Volume 16, Issue 9 January 27, 2010 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Andrew Bailey MANAGING EDITOR Stephanie McCullough (Vacant) As always anyone look- PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Haakon Sullivan (Vacant) ing to join our fantastic- ally awesome team needs to look to the left hand side of this page and find a position marked vacant GENERAL OFFICE ASSISTANT Kali Flick COPY EDITOR Helen Hogeterp NEWS EDITOR Shelby Petersen ARTS EDITOR Vacant SPORTS EDITOR Andrew Bailey (Vacant) PHOTO EDITOR Aria Hannolyn Cheng AD MANAGER Vacant CLUBS EDITOR Vacant CONTRIBUTORS Tyler Clarke Everald Creary Margaux Schilling Deadline for submissions for next issue is Wednesday February 3rd, 2010 Over the Edge is the official independent publishing media of students at the University of Northern British Columbia. As such, it is our mandate to report on issues of interest to students in the Northern 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 advertising to Over the Edge. Over the Edge is published every second week during the fall and winter semesters. SHELBY PETERSEN NEWS EDITOR As you may have guessed, Over the Edge is not the only student newspaper in exist- ence. Across the country there are count- less student publications being put out whether they be dailies, weeklies, or monthlies. What you may not have known, however, is that most of the student publications across the country are part of a larger non- profit organization called the Canadian University Press (CUP). CUP was founded in 1938 and is the oldest student newswire service in Canada as well as the oldest student or- ganization in North America. CUP has its main offices in Toronto and has over 90 members, Each year CUP hosts a national conference which also doubles as the organization's annual general meeting. Most notably, CUP provides member papers with access to the newswire, called The Wire, which is a place for all of the member papers to upload articles for publication across OFFICE LOCATION 6-350 MAILING ADDRESS 3333 University Way Prince George, BCV2N 429 PHONE (250) 960-5633 FAX (250) 960-5407 E-mail over-the-edge@unbc.ca the country. Over the Edge has been known to use articles from The Wire when they are interesting or relevant to stu- dent life at UNBC. When the articles are used in Over the Edge both the name of the author and the author's paper that they are interested in fulfilling, Applicants need to in- clude a resume as well as writing samples and can submit these either electronically at over-the-edge@unbe.ca or by coming into our super deluxe office in the sky located in room 6-350, Hope your semester has started off well. Or at least bet- ter than mine as with my newspaper responsibilities com- bined with helping out at the epic JDC event I have yet to attend a class. But seeing as it’s my last semester here after eight years of glorious undergradding I'm not going to be too concerned, other than the usual anxiety about leaving the mecca of Prince George as this city is easily the best on Earth. Canadian University Press National Conference | OVER THE EDGE are listed. This year the conference was held in Edmonton by the University of Alberta’s student newspaper The Gateway. ‘The conference ran from January 14-19", Delegates at the conference were housed in the Radisson Hotel where they would be able to participate in a variety of workshops in- dented to improve and teach valuable skills in the field of journalism. The theme of the conference was “Natural Se- lection” meaning that journalism is an ever changing field, especially with recent technological advancements (the blog, twitter, etc) and the economic crisis, and only those who can adapt to the new ways can survive. The Gateway was able to book some pretty notable key notes including Andrew Potter who wrote The Rebel Sell and now works for McLean’s Magazine and the Ottawa Citizen as a political reporter. Most notably, however, was Adrienne Arsenault who is a foreign correspondent on CBC’s The Na- tional. Arsenault spoke about the changing role of the media and her experiences in journalism during her eighteen years as a reporter for the CBC, “we [journalists] are heading into a world where we are going to have to do everything — cut, film, write, and report. We wont have time to think, and we have to adapt.’ January 27, 2010 + Over the Edge Much love to the fantastic students who gave their time to ensure the greatness of the UNBC hosted JDC Wes competition, mad respect for all of you, it was a truly mem- orable event. My heart also goes out to all other Jersey Shore fans who find themselves without their Thursday nights of greatness. Possibly one of the greatest shows o all time with by far the worst finale/reunion show I have ever seen. Enjoy the paper all, and thanks for picking it up, there's a lot of great stuff in this one so you're welcome. Andrew Bailey PHOTO SUBMITTED BY SHELBY PETERSEN Throughout the week delegates were able to attend a myt- iad of workshops to hone their skills further. Each work shop dealt with a specific aspect of journalism, including but not limited to, new media, photography, political reporting, and sports writing. Each of the workshops was taught by journalists from a variety of different papers including Jef- frey Simpson from the Globe and Mail and Archie Mclean from the Edmonton Journal. Ironically enough, the hotel was not prepared for the 300 plus delegates who checked in and subsequently signed onto the wireless internet. The high volume of laptop users caused the hotel’s routers to break and the hotel to be without inter- net for the majority of the conference. Overall the conference was a success with all the motions presented at the AGM being passed unanimously. A new president and national bureau chief were also elected for the 2010 term. It was also announced that next year’s confer- ence will be housed by the McGill Daily in Montreal, which is sure to be an interesting week. The Wire will also add a regional section to ensure that more local stories are pub- lished and smaller communities have a voice, which is not only good for Over the Edge but Prince George as well.