MANPREET'S CRYING TOWEL

Editorial

..And in the sixth week, the
students of UNBC held in
their hands the first issue of
their very own newspaper.

What began as a dream
suddenly took shape and
became reality. After
watching Citizen Kane for
the fifth time this summer I
felt I was ready to start up a
newspaper. All you needed
was a staff, some capital, an
office and the proper
equipment. Easy, I thought.
That was my first mistake.

The first real task came
one bright sunshiny Sunday
afternoon in early
September when I
telephoned all of the 72
people who had signed up to
be part of the newspaper.
Needless to say it was
raining by dark.

We assembled (not all 72
of us!) the following day
and one idea _ sparked
another. The group
working for the newspaper
is truly visionary. The
paper is run by an interim
governing council
consisting of three coeditors
and we follow an interim
constitution (available for
viewing anytime. Ask
Charles Hogg 562-6795 for
more details). When we
aren't late for lectures in
classes without desks (a
common result considering
our meetings are scheduled
during class time and we
just have to go to these
meetings) we're out getting
money for advertising,
writing articles, and looking
for garbage cans and
clocks.

Great!, I thought. There
is a staff. Onto the capital.

This turned out to be much
more difficult. The Student
Association could not give
us any money because there
is no Student Association!
(Get moving, people, many

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FAX (604) 562 4234

clubs are waiting for
funding). If the Student
Association did not give us
any money to publish this
then how did you get a copy
of this paper in your hands,
you ask? We have a very
charming and capable
advertising department.
These people were out on
the town, bringing the
money in.

Community support has
been overwhelming, Thank
you, Prince George. Most of
these businesses wrote
cheques to the newspaper
and so the coeditors. and I
decided to open a bank
account. The bank
representative told us that
we needed a letter of
recognition from the
university before we could
open an account. No
problem. We went back and
asked Student Services.
They was more than helpful.
When we came back a few
days later to pick up the
letter they said that we had
to write a letter asking them
to write a letter to us!
Bureaucracy reigns
supreme, Talk about the
blind leading the blind. We
had no money for a while
until one of us learned how
to write a letter.

Third problem: an
office. The newspaper
office is decoratea in the
same fashion as most of the
university: the severely
underfurnished look.
You've probably walked by
and seen us sitting on the
floor in a room opposite our
“pub". Next time pull up
your jeans and join us!
(Bring a pillow!)

But that's quite all right
because the office is not
officially the newspaper
office until the Student
Association declares that it
is the newspaper office.

#268

There is no official Student
Association! What a vicious
circle.

As for equipment we're

still looking. Anyone |
willing to donate?
Take a walk through Rez

with Cicely Pritchard; hear
why Damien Joly left early
during Natural Born Killers;

see what the Environment |

Club is up to and the
Football "Club" (you're more
of a team); read the articles

on the state of the Student |

Association; there's
something here for
everyone,
No money, no phone, no
office and no equipment.
Welcome to the first
issue of Over the Edge.

Man's minds are raised to the

level of the women with

whom they associate.
Alexander Dumas

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JOAN & MICKEY MILLNS

304 George Street, Prince George, B.C. V2L 1R3
Bus: 562-3338 Res: 562-2799 Fax: 562-3372

TALENT NIGHT EVERY SATURDAY

over THE EDGE-Monday October 17, 1994 3
HEADS DOWN, EYES UP:

ay Dares Hees SAFETY IS FIRST!

Our campus is a pretty dangerous place
right now. We must be constantly aware of
nails on the ground and falling bricks from
above. Just the other day I almost knocked
some poor construction worker off his ladder
coming out of the washroom. This isn't the only
inconvenience however, all our classes have
been disturbed or are lacking in one form of
equipment or the other. We've seen heavy
machinery drive through our courtyard and been
delayed from moving into residences. We all
knew that in going to “Canada's newest U" we
would be pioneers facing many new challenges,
but I wonder how much our education might be
suffering under these construction woes. Don't
forget that we paid to go to this school amongst
the highest fees and tuition in the province and
deserve an environment safe and conducive to
learning. I urge my fellow students to speak up
if they see a construction situation that is a
threat to students. We must hold this school to
its commitment to educating us in a safe
environment. While some of the problems can't
be avoided we mustn't let our safety here become
one of them. Watch your fellow students’ backs,
we're all on the same team!

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