Over The Edge

UNBC Medieval Club Brings Glory Home
Again

Nov 1, 1999

by Nicole Tonn

The weekend of
October 23 saw the
UNBC Medieval
Culture and Combat
Club travel to Kamloops
for Freeze Off 1999. We
crammed seven people
into a Volkswagon Van,
five twenty pound bags
of armour into our
trusty pick-up, and
headed off for a week-
end in the tournament
capital of BC.

There were approxi-
mately 120 people at
the event, 28 of them
fought in the funny
weapon _ tournament.
The tourney was dou-
ble elimination, mean-
ing each fighter could
compete until they had
lost twice. After being
knocked out the fighters
could take lessons from
the many knights at the
event. Caliban placed
3rd overall and another
fighter made it to the
fifth round. Of course all
the Wolf Pack Warriors
fought valiantly and

with honour.

Once the tourney was
over, we all sat down to
an amazing feast. The
meal consisted of four
removes. There was
bread and _ cheese,
pasta, soup, ham, roast
beef, chicken, potatoes,
assorted vegetables,
and of course, dessert
(everything chocolate
under the sun). Our
hosts worked hard to
put together an amaz-
ing event.

During the feast, in
between the removes,
there was a_ bardic
competition. The com-
petitors could perform
any form of period
entertainment. There
were dancers, story-
tellers, a jester, and
several singers. One of
our members entered
this contest, and placed
first out of 15 con-
tenders. She received a
glass, and a token (edi-
tor's note, the author is
being humble it was
Nicole).

After all the feasting
and toasting had been

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done, we headed back
to the motel (two
rooms, 13 people), and
celebrated the suc-
cessful day in typical
Wolf Pack fashion. For
those of you who are
not aware of what this
entails, it has a lot do
with consuming various
substances, and of
course, is always done
in a safe manner.

We dragged our butts
out of bed early the
next day (hung over
and not at all comfy
feeling), crawled into
the VW van, and set out
on the long journey
home. Congratulations,
Wolf Pack, on another
successful weekend.

Caliban soundly thumps his first

knight

Position: Management Co-op Student

Company: Enterprise Rent-A-Car
fe Work Term: 4

photo by Amanda Smedley
Viadimier of the Wolf Pack clashes with Petro the gypsy

(back row) Caliban, Shanos the Ogre, Argile.
(front row) Tarquin, Viadimier

Location; Richmond, B-C.

Employment Period: 6 months

Co-op student Bo Stembridge is a force to be reckoned with. His vitality and
enthushgaif-are evident in the first moments of meeting him. Bo is Bachelor of
Commerce student majoring in Marketing who spent April to September work-
ing for Enterprise Rent-a-Car in Richmond, B.C. In a co-op position he was
responsible for the daily functioning of the business, as well as sales @imi¢iinar-
keting:

Bo’s. work experience enhanced his employability, professionalism, and the
desire to continue his Marketing degree. He has learned the essential skills-of
responsibility, managesrkt, and organizational ability. When asked how Co-op
Education enhanced: his academic learning Bo stated; “ Hands on-experience.
The experience of working in a ‘real world’ environment.” Bo’s survival tips and
advice to future co-op students:

“Always be on time and put in what you expect to get out of it.”

Bo’s top: Three reasons to opt for Co-op:
1. Looks great on a transcript:

2. Gives you something to do in. the time away from studying.
3. Gets you doing something other than flipping burgers!_

Dana Larsen fast
break dunk vs.
Kwantlen college.
The last basket of
the game. photo
submitted