Over THE EDGE Volume 14, Issue 11 February 13-27, 2008 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Open EDITOR-IN-CHIEF (ACTING) Andrew Kurjata MANAGING EDITOR Alzaar Shaam Semere PHOTO/PRODUCTION COORDINATORS Haakon Sullivan Tyler Clarke NEWS EDITOR Simran Lehal ARTS EDITOR Tabatha Lundholm COPY EDITOR Rebecca Carmichael DISTRIBUTION MANAGER Taylor Pratt ADVERTISING MANAGER Tabatha Lundholm FEATURES AND OPINIONS EDITOR Andrew Kurjata SPORTS AND CLUBS EDITOR Andrew Bailey TECHNICAL ADVISOR John Sonnenschein OFFICE LOCATION 7-219 MAILING ADDRESS 3333 University Way Prince George, BCV2N 4A6 PHONE (250) 960-5633 FAX (250) 960-5407 E-MAIL over-the-edge@unbc.ca Over the Edge is the official independent publishing media of students at the Univer- sity of Northern British Columbia. As such, it is our mandate to report on issues of interest to students in the North- ern 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 advertis- ing to Over the Edge. Over the Edge is published every second week during the fall and winter semesters. Cover Photo PGPIRG volunteer Katie England works at lining the path leading up to the PGPIRG compost sight by resi- dence with a snow wall, in hopes of preventing snow from blowing into it. Photo taken by Tyler Clarke, Photo/Production Coordinator Hi there, This is normally the spot where the editor-in-chief fills up space with an edi- tor’s message from, well, the editor-in-chief. But that won’t be happening this week. As you may have heard, Mr. Cody Willet has made the decision to step down from the EIC post, due to the fact that he won’t be able to take the role in the com- ing year, given that he will be moving to China to teach English. Having previously stepped down from being EIC myself in order to move to China (what are the odds?), I definitely re- spect his decision. Being editor-in-chief is a lot of work, and when I was doing it the position didn’t include the creation of a new relation- ship with university administration, receiving semi-threatening anonymous letters, recover- ing from debt incurred due to the former busi- ness manager taking off with twenty grand, or working with the RCMP in an attempt to re- cover said twenty grand. Cody stepped up to these challenges and saw them through to their conclusion, and should be commended and thanked. Over the Edge is alive and kicking thanks to his tireless efforts, and his presence will be missed. Cody also had a number of good ideas about the direction Over the Edge might go in the fu- ture, which resulted in the OTE IS DEAD cover story you may have seen last month. OTE was not, of course, actually dead, but it had been decided that we would move into an online format with a monthly magazine for those who wanted a hard copy. I supported this idea, as did other editors, for a number of reasons” which you can read about in that issue if you so choose. However, since you are now reading something that is not online and is not a maga- zine, you may have guessed this reformatting has not happened. Very astute. It turns out that Editor’s Message In other housecleaning news, we had our An- nual General Meeting on January 31, and ac- tually managed to get 1% of the student body to come listen to it—kudos to all of you for taking an interest. Aside from the fact that we were sticking with the biweekly format, the other big news was the budget, the creation of a Faculty Advisor position, and the go-ahead to one day create the position of General Manager. The details of all of these can be found within the pages of this issue. If you have any com- ments, questions, or concerns, you are strongly encouraged to voice them by dropping by the office or email over-the-edge@unbce.ca. In the meantime, we will be soldiering on through the rest of year via editorial commit- tee. However, we are always looking for new you people like this newspaper more than we —blood. If you think you might want to try your had guessed, and there was a public outcry against losing the biweekly format. We have heard your concerns, and as a result will not be making any drastic changes. We are still mak- ing a website, but it won’t be quite as compre- hensive as we had envisioned. In the meantime, you can count on a new issue of Over the Edge every two weeks from now until the end of the semester. No changes to this will be made un- less there is strong public support for it. Wolfpack members battling over fuedal superiority Writers Wanted Over the Edge is a volunteer-run organization open to all UNBC stu- dents. We also welcome outside contributors. If you are interested in becoming a staff member, a writer, a photographer, or a columnist, it’s as simple as coming by the Over the Edge office located across from the Wintergarden and letting us know. We’ll tell you what’s available and how everything works. If you have a story proposal, a letter to the editor, a photo, a short story, a poem, a omic, an opinion, a question, or a com- plaint, please send it to over-the-edge@unbe:ca and it will most likely be published in the next issue (unless you don’t want it to be, in which case we’ ll keep it secret). Over the Edge is.published biweekly during the fall and winter semes- ters. The next publishing date is: Wednesday, February 27. If you would like to have something published in this issue, please send it to over-the- edge@unbc.ca by February 20. hands at an editor’s position next year, it would be a good idea to come out now and see what it’s like. It’s challenging, yes, but also reward- ing. I know from personal experience that put- ting “editor” on your resume gives you a huge advantage over the competition. Plus, you get to go to concerts, movies, and sporting events and say you’re working. Audrew Rugata : , : Puoro Courresy or Mitce GRANT