News E.A.R.S. Update by E.A.R.S. After less than week, the EARS awareness campaign has increased membership’ by almost a third. The Educational Alternative Radio Society is currently searching for Dus, only months away from broad- casting. In two years, campus/com- munity radio has gone from a loose dream to becoming a reality. At the beginning of sum- mer EARS received "official society status" and a bank account -- today, thanks to fundraising and NUGSS, they have almost 4000 dollars. Now a real presence on campus (with an_ office by the Newspaper -- sorry for eating your space, Over the Edge) broadcasting begins the moment after receiving CRTC approval. Until then, Internet radio will allow DJs to test their talents. If you are interested, drop by the office and fill-out the DJ application form. EARS meets every Monday at 5:30 in the rooms behind the First Nations Center. Three sub-committees (Technical, Content, and Public Relations) also gather regularly. Although originally spearheaded by David Russel and Dave Schindler, the group has grown to include a wide range of peo- ple -- from Professors to Singers, to High School Teachers, to veteran radio hosts. As active volunteer Simon Goring says, "Gee Whiz, this is exciting!" Many other students are already realizing the potential radio for and by ordinary peo- ple. "It's going to be awesome" says Tracy Murphy, a new member of EARS. Tracy sees radio "for music, for political forum, and hopefully with a women's perspective." Her vision of EARS is as valid as anybody else's: EARS is Radio produced by its audience. Simply put, according to anoth- er EARS member, Kelly Wintemute, "Radio is one of the only venues for underground arts and culture -- without radio life would be dull”. Women join internationally to march against poverty & violence By Tina Christopoulos, The Link and Pauline Hwang and Maya Berger, the McGill Daily MONTREAL (CUP) Women all over the world have joined together this week in the World March of Women 2000 with the hopes of putting an end to the feminization of poverty and vio- lence against women. Millions of women in 157 countries are joining this week's march, which was born last spring when 140 women from 16 countries met in Montreal. It was inspired by the 1995 Bread and Roses March against poverty held in Quebec City. "At first we thought it was ambitious, so we set our goal at 40 countries," says Montreal organizer Mela Sarkar. "But now, almost all [the] countries in the world are participating." Women in Brazil are holding demon- strations in the capital cities of every state. A Golden Book of Women's Grievances will be delivered to the president of Gabon. Women from around Europe will gather for a mas- sive March and celebration in Brussels. Moroccan women are holding a music festival, and Hong Kong streets will be filled with thousands of purple roses in a campaign against the sex trafficking of women and children. Spanish women are calling a general strike on the work and domestic fronts in Galicia. Although this unprecedented event is an international effort, the focus is on inclusive, community-based actions, says Alexa Conradi, a Quebec orga- nizer and a member of the Federation des Femmes du Quebec. Each country was allowed to desig- nate its own days of action in the hope that everyone would have the chance to participate in a global dis- play of women's solidarity. Continued page...14 By Lorenzo Sia As Students we are often call to make important contribu- tions like voteing to Canadian society/politics. Eventhough we may be making min- imum wage I'd like to see that my buck used properly so here is a revision on what is going on outside our UNBC walls be cause soon we will be called to the dread- ed box again. Brian Tobin resigned as premier of Newfoundland, only to take up a posting as Minister of Industry for the government's cabi- net. Paul Martin, Minister of Finance, delivering a mini- budget to the House of Common, favor- able to Canadians. It all points to one thing: federal elec- tion. Three years and four months after Jean Chretien and his Liberals won the majority of the seats of the House of Commons, _ today his actions show that in all likelihood Over The Edge Canada _ will be heading toward another federal election. Last week, Brian Tobin stepped down as premier of Newfoundland, Candidates _ east- ernmost province. Chretien invited Tobin back into cab- inet as Minister of Industry, which has angered the Official opposition. In a recent broadcast, Chretien justified his actions to exam- ples like Gilles Duceppe, who was appointed the leader of the Bloc Quebecois when Lucien Buchard stepped down in 1995 to become premier of Quebec. Duceppe, at the time, was not an elected member of the House at the time. More recently, Paul martin, Minister of Finance, reported to the House a mini-bud- get which com- prised tax cuts and an $11 billion dollar reduction of Canadais $500+ billion dollar nation- al debt. Martin also announced that the debt will be reduced by at least $4 billion every year after the You. The Shadow is upon us again! next fiscal year. The opposition in the House has_ had mixed reviews. Stockwell Day, leader of the Canadian Alliance and of the Official Opposition, denounced this as a pre-election _ plat- form. Alexa McDonough, leader of the New Democrat Party, argued that the mini-budget did not have provisions for health care or social programs for the under privileged. Joe Clark, leader of the remnants of the Progressive Conservatives, argued that Chretien wasnit doing his job as Prime Minister; Clark argued that Chretien was putting his party's interests first over the people's. Chretien has denied Clark's alle- gations, and contin- ues to promote the idea that having a federal election in the dead of winter would be = auspi- cious. Needs If you can blink you can help!