Ocrosar 8, 2003 News 5

Multicultural Day at UNBC

Shinerama
is a bunch
of shoe
shining fun!

By Joanne Lee

On September 20th, many of us
gathered in the Winter Garden
area to begin a little adventure,
one we like to call Shinerama. We
met up with our groups and
headed to the cafeteria where
there was a pancake breakfast
and a few inspirational speeches.
I spent some time struggling with
the t-shirts but afterwards, we
were finally off! Some groups
were sent to gas stations to do car
washes but most groups, like
mine, were equipped with shoe-
polishing kits. Groups were
placed all throughout the city, the
location my group and I had was
3rd Ave. At first we thought that
it was great and convenient
because of the farmer’s market
but much to our demise we
noticed a lot of people turned
their heads and did as much as
they could to avoid us, some peo-
ple even ran to the other side of
the street in attempt to escape us.
However after trying a few of the
shops, we found people were
quite generous and for a group of
only four, we did quite well. The
complementary dinner was quite
a blast and after we finished eat-
ing, door prizes were given out
and there was even a chance for

participants to enter in a scholar-
ship draw. In total this year we
raised $1100, which is 100 dollars
over this year’s goal! I think a
special congratulations to the
Medieval club is in order, they
alone raised $800.

For those of you not familiar
with Shinerama, it is a fundraiser
for Cystic Fibrosis, which is an
inherited disease that begins to
show itself in someone at a very
early age. Cystic Fibrosis mainly
affects the lungs and digestive
system, it makes it very hard to
digest and absorb the right nutri-
ents from food. It also causes a ~
thick build-up of mucus, which in
turn makes it very hard to clear
bacteria and causes infections.
Right now about 3300 Canadians
suffer from Cystic Fibrosis; a cure
has yet to be found ,

Shinerama happens each year,
it’s fun and for a good cause. It is
something that I would recom-
mend getting involved in because
not only do you have a good time
but in turn you help someone out.
Plus you also get free meals and a
t-shirt! This year I met a lot of
people and even managed to
make a couple of friends, all of
which definitely made it ‘worth
coming out to.

Nugss EGM Happens

NUGSS EGM Is a mediocre success, low
turnout marks student apathy

By Stephanie Wilson

The Northern Undergraduate Student Society
(NUGSS) held an extraordinary general meeting on
September 26th in the Wintergarden. Three items
were up for discussion: bylaws regarding regional
campuses, the University Caucus, and bylaw updates.

Under the new bylaw, regional campuses will be
divided into two groups: Group A campuses will be
those campuses that do not have an organized and
recognized student group, and that is not unique in its
own way. Group B campuses will be those campuses
that do have an organized and recognized student
group, that elects its members, and collects fees on
behalf of its members or in part through another
group. Essentially, regional campuses have been
divided into those with organized and recognized
student groups and those without such organizations.
Of the NUGSS fees collected from Group B campuses,
a portion will be retained by NUGSS and the remain-
der will go to that campus’ student association. Right
now, Quesnel is the only Group B campus. 75% of fees

collected from Quesnel students will go to the
Quesnel Student Association and NUGSS will retain
the remaining 25%.

The proposed University Caucus was also
approved. The University Caucus will be composed
of the NUGSS Director of University Affairs (chair),
Director of Finance and Operations (associate chair)
Director of External Affairs, and two additional
NUGSS members, student Senators, student represen-
tatives on the Board of Governors, also members from
recognized clubs. Duties of the Caucus will include
advising the NUGSS Director of University Affairs
and acting as a forum for communication and delib-
eration between NUGSS, Senate, the Board of
Governors, and clubs.

Also, existing bylaws were updated to reflect the
new bylaws and for clarification.

This EGM had an extremely low turnout, with
approximately a dozen students in attendance at the
meeting’s peak.

Photos by Dana Schwehr

Multicultural Day, held on September 22, was a celebration of the diversity within our student body. There were
demonstrations of traditional food, costumes, music and dancing from many different cultures.

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