January 27 2003

The History of the
Neck in Britain

By Emerson Kiuge

The history of the neck in
Britain is somewhat of an elu-
sive subject, prone to wild
speculation and hearsay. As
this will attempt to be a purely
narrative piece, such idle
imaginings will be kept to a
minimum and the facts of the
matter will be made as promi-
nent as possible.

It is impossible to relate the
history of the neck in Britain
without first mentioning the
history 6 its invention, popular-
ization and refinement 6
behind the pressure to adopt
it. How the neck came about,
how it changed over time and
how it spread throughout the
civilized world is just as impor-
tant to its role in British history
as the factors relating to its
introduction.

Evidence from temple carv-
ings and relief pictograms give
credence to the notion that the
first people who made wide-
spread use of the neck were
the Egyptians. Though it is not
certain if the Egyptians actual-
ly invented the neck or if it was
adopted from a sub-Saharan
tribe, it is known that the avail-
ability and use of the-neck by
the common man in ancient
Egypt was a major factor in
their rise to power. Greater
visual range in battle and bet-
ter observation of fields
allowed the Egyptians to both
dominate their enemies in war
and out-produce any of their
rivals in terms of agriculture.

The next stage in the spread
of the neck was its rapid
spread throughout the
Mediterranean after being
adoptec by Roman centurions
while on campaign in Greece.
With the Roman Empire the
neck spread and was popular-
ized as the legions advanced
throughout Europe and the
Middle East. The Germanic

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tribes, the Spaniards, North
Africans and Arabs were all
quick to adopt the neck having
realized its advantages in vir-
tually all areas of life.

This is where the history of
the neck in Britain first begins
to directly involve Britain. After
having concurred any given
area, the Romans typically
were resident in that geo-
graphical region for several
hundred years. This gave the
local people great exposure to
the neck and allowed its

peaceful dissemination
throughout the indigenous
population.

After the fall of the Roman
Empire, communication within
Europe ground to a halt which
set the stage for neck differen-
tiation. The French, Spaniards,
Germans, Greeks and Italians
all developed their own distinct
style of neck, man of which
became national symbols. The
four red horizontal stripes on
the flag of Catalonia, in Spain,
are representative of the
necks of four brave fighters
who lost their lives fighting for
its independence.

During the renaissance,
neck usage was restricted to
the middle and upper-class
who almost uniformly adopted
the French neck, which had
undergone the highest level of
neck refinement during the
dark ages. During this time,
many artists and poets used
necks to free their heads from
the constraints of the body and
allow their creative expression
to flow.

The reason why Britain
resisted adopting the neck,
even during the renaissance
also had to do with France.
Anti-French sentiment, and
thus, anti-French neck

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Disaster at the Luau

By Dana Schwehr

| am the first person to real-
ize that alcohol has the ability
to make people behave like
idiots. | just never realized how
disgusting a large group of
people could be if you let them
all consume alcohol together. |
am referring to the Residence
Luau party that happened on
the 18th of January this year.

The people that worked to
bring this events to the stu-
denis of UNBC residence
worked extremely hard to
make the event successful.
Hours went into making and
putting up decorations, as well
as organizing, selling tickets,
and collecting door prizes. The
people who attended the func-
tion made it very clear that all
this work meant absolutely
nothing to them, and they only
wanted a place where they
could drink themselves uncon-
scious.

Decorations that took hours
to make, or were donated by
Love ‘n Lace to be used for
future events were stolen or
destroyed. Some _ people
decided to display their disre-
spect for others by having sex
in the washrooms. The
Wintergarden, the source of
alcohol for the event, had to be
shut down because people
refused to adhere to the rules
of the establishment, and keep
their beveragés inside the
Wintergarden. Maybe they did-
n't realize that it is illegal to
take alcoholic beverages out-
side the confines of the
Wintergarden, but one would
think that if a person was
asked to stop certain behavior
because it was against the
rules, then that person would
stop. Of course, when the
Wintergarden was shut down,
more than half of the people

cursed the organizers of the
event, and left. Those who
remained continued to make
an enormous mess.
Considering the way people
behaved at the luau, it will not
be a surprise if the businesses
in Prince George want nothing
to do with any event put on for
the UNBC residence in the
future.

Obviously, the luau was not
an event that people actually
cared to attend.

Their extreme lack of
respect and maturity made
that very obvious. It would be
appreciated in the future, that
if you only want to attend an
event in order to get drunk and
cause as much damage as
possible, then go somewhere
else. Don’t ruin future events
for everyone else.

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