Volume 16, Issue 6
November 25, 2009

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Andrew Bailey

MANAGING EDITOR
Stephanie McCullough (Vacant)

PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
Haakon Sullivan (Vacant)

GENERAL OFFICE ASSISTANT
Kali Flick

COPY EDITOR
Helen Hogeterp

NEWS EDITOR
Shelby Petersen

ARTS EDITOR
Samantha Farrow (Vacant)

SPORTS EDITOR
Andrew Bailey (Vacant)

PHOTO EDITOR
Aria Hannolyn Cheng

AD MANAGER
Vacant

CLUBS EDITOR
Vacant

STAFF WRITERS
Graham Mack

CONTRIBUTORS
Mark D. Thompson
Ecaterina Ciugureanu

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Memo From the Boss

A Year of Being the Arts

SAMANTHA
FARROW
Sem ARTS EDITOR
I started
my position
as Arts
Editor a
year ago November, so I
have had this position for
roughly one year and one
month, This has truly been
an amazing position, inter-
viewing Brian Vollmer of
Helix last year by phone,
attending concerts as part
of the press, helping host
the CUP last February and
meeting some truly amaz-
ing people, including the
staff at OrE. I have written
about a little of everything:
music, books, comedians,
life, the Legion, movies,
T.V. shows, Canadian art-
ists. This has truly been a
unique experience,
Interviewing Brian Voll-
mer last year was definitely
one of the top as far as this
position. It was my first
big interview and in the
80's, Helix was pretty fam-
ous. I still have Brian on
my Facebook friend's list.
I remember being nerv-
ous as all bloody hell; after
all, what am I supposed to
ask someone whos met or
played with most of the
whos who in rock? Jour-
nalism was not my area of
expertise, either. Although
I love to write, by trade, I
am a social worker. I did
it though, and with that,
got over a lot of my fear of
interviewing people.
During our AGM last
spring, I had someone come
up to me to tell me that be-
cause of my article on Stu-
art McLean, the Canadian
story teller, they had now

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All right yall lets
make this quick because
I'm writing this on my
birthday and it’s Sunday
so I should be watching
football. OTE has had a
fantastic semester and
we thank all of you for
the tremendous support
we have been receiv-
ing from the student
body. The high fives and
kudos have been huge

become a fan. Last week,
our Editor in Chief said
something about going to
the Legion. I'd like to think
it was my wonderful article
about the Legion in Smith-
ers that led him there, or
maybe it was his nose for
lower drink prices, I am
not sure, but I am hoping
that a few of you went and
checked out the Legion
here. It feels good to know
that there were people out
there who read my articles
and I appreciated hear-
ing comments like the one
above.

As for the OE staff, they
truly are a dedicated team
that works well together.
The meetings were always
efficient and comical, most-
ly due to the hilarious Mr.
Bailey, or Madame Bailey,
his alter ego, The rest of
the staff was pretty hilari-
ous, too, and we all pulled
together to produce this
fine newspaper you are
currently reading. Haakon,
our acting Prod guy, really
saved our necks by step-
ping up and taking the pos-
ition when we needed him
to, Stephanie's awesome at
balancing the books and
keeping the finances in line
as the Managing Editor.
And what would OtE be
without the Sex and City
column, written by Kali,
the General Office Assist-
ant? Then there's Shelby,
who covers the news, and
does a great job of it. As for
Helen and Aria, the newest
members of OtE, they're
fitting into their new pos-
itions of Photographer and
Copy Editor perfectly, wish
I had have been around
long enough to get to

December 9th, 2009 + Over the Edge

for us this year and we look forward to continuing giving

So that’s it for 2009, thanks again for reading and good
luck with your finals. Happy holidays to you and yours and|
we will see you in 2010. Quick apology goes out to UNBC
hugeanaut Craig Lunty, I know you will be disappointed

the students what they want from us in the next year.

One announcement to make this issue is a tremendously
sad one as Samantha Farrow has officially resigned from
her position as Arts Editor. We will miss Sams incredible
arts coverage in our pages and I know you readers will too.

sweetheart but unfortunately there will be no crossword in
this issue. I did make one, however due to scanning difh-
However with rain comes sunshine, as the Arts Editor pos- culties it could not be included, These same scanner issues
ition is now open. Anyone interested in covering local arts | made it impossible for Captain Awesome’ adventures to
events and most notably receiving free tickets to concerts _ be continued in this paper. Tune in, in 2010 when scan-
and shows etc should send in a resume and 3 writing sam-
ples either by email at over-the-edge@unbe.ca or come

into our office in room 6-350 for more information, We

ners will work and every day will be a holiday. Peace, love,
sports.

look forward to meeting you and reading your work.

know them better. Hope-
fully, they'll be at our staff
Xmas party,

As for me, I am off to do
a practicum in my home-
town, which as my loyal
readers know, is Smithers.
Who knows? Maybe I'll go
night sledding again; those
of you who read my article
about it in January know
that could mean broken
limbs or other dangerous
consequences. If you read
my article on Susan Juby,
who wrote Alice, I Think,
and picked up her book,
you know what life is like
in Smithers. I am looking
forward to it, I’ve been
gone for six years and I
think it’s time I go back
and give to the community
I called home for so many
years. I hope that my arti-
cles have amused some of
you, informed you, and
encouraged you to check
out some things you
wouldn't have checked out
otherwise. I have enjoyed
my year and a month here,
and I hope that whoever
takes this position over
loves it as much as I did.
By the way, that was a hint

for one of you out there

who have an interest in Here is the moustache of the hour! The winner of our last PHOTO SUBMITTED BY DEVON FLYNN
the Arts and writing to contest sits on the face of one Devon Flynn who should
apply, preferably before I come by the office to make sure that the ‘stache gets the

leave on January gt , sol prize it deserves.
can briefly show you the
ropes. It is a paid position
and you get to attend a lot
of cool stuff for free. Not

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are amazing) and business
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