The Venomous

shane Schepens

| did not realize that Shane
Schepens is one of the most
fair and unbiased journalists
working today until | read his
masterpiece, “What Have
Your Reps Being Doing??.” If
there is some extra cash in
the BANK OF SHANE,
NUGSS (Northern
Undergraduate Student
Society) should establish a
Noble Laureate of Journalism
to recognize an exemplary
journalist like Mr. Schepens.
But first, let me point out
some of the facts. | have to
recognize that Mr. Schepens
is one of the hardest working
directors in the NUGSS
office. | am confused some-
times whether he is the
Director of Finance and
Operations, Director of
University Affairs, or the
Director of Media Affairs —
he does a zillion things at the
same time. But the fact is that
his main function is to be
responsible for finance, and
there has been a lot of con-
troversy regarding the finan-
cial situation of NUGSS. For
example, certain clubs head-
ed by a NUGSS director and
his friends have spent more
than $500 on color photo-
copy for an event that was
designed to make profit. Did
he point out this in his so-
called “What Have Your Reps
Being Doing??.” Does he
hold the abusers responsible
for their actions? The fact is
that Mr. Schepens does not
have the guts to do so.
Furthermore, he does not
have any policy in place to
prevent such abuse. If he’d
paid attention to his own
duties instead of bossing
other directors around, such
abuse wouldn’t have hap-
pened.

NUGSS has provided fund-
ing for the Directors of
Internal and External Affairs,
some of the newly elected
members, and some other
studenis to attend confer-
ences in Ottawa, Vancouver,
and San Francisco. | think
this is the purpose of the
Student Venture Grants, and
| have nothing against it. But
ironically, Mr. Schepens

enthusiastically voted for
some of the directors and
their friends but did not vote
for Emil Tarka and other per-
sons whose faces were unfa-
miliar to him. Is this what you
mean by “fair minded,” Mr.
Schepens? For a man who
has prided himself on his
ability to ‘equally represent all
students,’ as you remarked to
me in a nasty email in which
you suggested that | either
resign from NUGSS or con-
form to your corrupt attitude,
you have revealed yourself to
be a hypocrite of the highest
order.

Furthermore, Mr. Schepens
has misled his readers by
providing the false informa-
tion that A.J. Delisle has
moved a motion forward for
NUGSS to pay approximately
$1000 for his university
team’s hockey jerseys. In
fact, he hasn’t moved this
motion at all; he only intro-
duced the idea to the board
for consideration. As a busi-
ness student, A.J. under-
stands how to save more
money for students and
NUGSS in the long run.
Instead of NUGSS funding
$2500 to the team every year
and each player paying near-
ly $400, NUGSS could buy
the team jerseys and rent
them back to the players fora
$100 income each semester.
NUGSS can make money in
this way, and all the money
spent on the jerseys could be
recuperated in five years.
Since you are a business stu-
dent, | wrongly assumed that
you might know more about
business than | do, Mr.
Schepens! Instead of contin-
ually pouring money out of
the BANK OF SHANE, you
might try pouring some back
in. | am sure that A.J. Delisle
knows how to do this, and it
is unfortunate that he is not in
the position of Director of
Finance and Operations; he
was on the Monetary Affairs
Committee (MAC) under your
command, but sadly, you
kicked him out. It is also very
sad that the students did not

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Opinion

The “Sorority Whore”:

An Insult to Women on a Different Level

Yes! That “warm and fuzzy
feeling” induced by the orga-
nizations of UNBC that pro-
mote awareness of women’s
issues. I’m sure we all fell as
equally touched and inspired
as Joyce Roth when walking
the halls of UNBC. However,
including the UNBC Sorority
on the list of these organiza-
tions is laughable.

| agree with Roth, labels such
as “whore” and “slut” are
incredibly degrading for
women. | can’t tell you
enough about the “warm and
fuzzy feeling” | had after the
Sorority President imposed
them onto me. | joined the
sorority because | wanted to
get involved with functions at
the university, as well as do
some charity work. | also had
the misconception that it “pro-
moted women and women

related issues.” However, the
continuous slander and ill-
natured motives of some
sorority members became
unbearable after this final
degradation was made. So |
wore this label, so kindly
given to me, not because |
have low self-esteem, but to
make a statement about the
moronic declaration made by
people that would attempt to
violate my integrity with such
immature means. It seems
the only charity work they do
is to be each other's friends.
Joyce Roth, instead of the
intended audience, was
offended by the message of
my shirt. | am very sorry if my
message offended anyone
who misunderstood it. It is
unfortunate that | received a
personal attack by someone
who was unaware of the situ-

Sorority Response to “Sorority

Whore”

This is concerning the article
“Sorority Whore” in the last
issue of Over The Edge. |
would just like to state that
the girl who wore the shirt to
Sergeant's is not presently a
member of the UNBC sorori-
ty. Sorority members who
were at Srg’t’s that night and
those that heard of it later

UNBC Sorority Historian

were shocked and disap-
pointed concerning these
events. The UNBC sorority
has and will continue working
on maintaining a positive
image within the school and
community.

Sarah Petersen

ation. Maybe if she had
approached me, in what |
assumed would have been a
civilized manner, | could have
explained this to her. She
would have realized that my
message was not an attack
on women, but a defense
against the unjust stereo-
types imposed onto them.
Once again | apologize to
those, and only those, who
lacked knowledge of my situ-
ation and may have been
offended. | hope this clarifies
any misconception, especial-
ly those that result in inaccu-
rate newspaper letters. To
me, these judgmental ways
of thinking and acting are
“immature”, “lacking in good
taste” and “promote a Stone
Age mentality.”

Sorority Whore

For the
sorority
Cartoon
Feature
“Sorority
Abhorred”
see Page

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