Page 4 -- Over The Edge -r April 1, 1997

Editorial

Going Up?

To open, thank you to
everyone who took the
time to fill out the survey
that we printed last issue,
the response has been
tremendous and it is good
‘to find out that many of
our old readers have
returned to _ flipping
through the pages of Over
The Edge.

| would like to take the
time this week to outline a
little bit about what we
thought of some of your
responses.

Firstly, many people
expressed an interest in
the improved quality of
the paper. This was nice to
hear, in that we don’t
often receive such
comments or input. We
have changed the look of
the paper several times in
our short three year
history, (four is you count
the REALLY old issues we
found in the library
stacks), and we haven't
always been sure how you
saw, (pun intended), the
publication.

Diversity? Okay, agreed,
some of our issues don't
seem to have a whole lot
of diversity, but that’s
where you can help us.
We have a relatively small
staff here at Over The
Edge, and some weeks we
get swamped, some
weeks we don’t. That's
not us complaining,
because | know for a fact
that many of us would
rather be swamped with
story ideas rather than
high and ary. If you want
to see more diversity and
know of an event that
would help us do so, at
the very least, e-mail us,
(Address list later), we'd
be happy to get someone

Over The Edge Salutes The Following:

All the new people
who have taken the time
to compliment us on the
rapid acceleration of the
paper's quality.

The Free Press for the
donation of a graphics
library to the office.

out there reporting, taking
photos or making
contacts. If you can't
write for us, this is an
excellent way to try and
ensure that we are able to
fulfill our mandate as the
‘voice of the UNBC
student body’.

Some of your responses
stated that you were too
shy to come in and talk to
us. That's okay, we DON'T
bite. Promise. lf all you
want to do is contribute
freelance, thai's fine too.
We don't expect people
to be exacily like us, we
don't expect everyone to
get in line and hold the
same opinion on
everything. In fact, we
have Business students,
Computer Science
students, Chemistry
students and, of course,

English students. There's’

always a difference of
opinions in the office. lf
you're not comfortable
with meeting here at the
office the first time, phone
or e-mail me. | would be
happy to arrange a
meeting at the cafe or in
the library to discuss how
we have been operating
as well as to hear some
feedback. | only look
weird, I’m an okay guy,
promise.

In response to the
overwhelming number of
questions regarding the
position of Over The Edge
with the Canadian
University Press (CUP), we
are a member. In
November of 1996, we
found the money to pay
our membership fees and
join. This has contributed
to the improvement of the
paper significantly over
the past few issues. We

Jeremy Fung for the
effort he put into the
paper lately, as well as

the interest shown.

Whoever put us on |
all those great news:
lists your actions have

About the Student
Society Report in the
last Issue.

have attended several
conferences and have
access to. the many
different services that CUP
offers.

Anyways, | hope that |
have been able to interest
some of you about what
we do here and | hope to
see you all soon!

9%

There was a misprint in
the last column , on page
11, concerning the
purchase of “5 pull-out”
filing cabinets by the
Northern Undergraduate
Student Society (NUGSS)
ata cost of $599 each.
It should have read that
NUGSS is going to
purchase “One five-
drawer pull-out filing
cabinet at a cost of
$599."

Editorial Board Access Listing

Paul Berard
Editor in Chief

Over The Edge Office (250)-960-5633

Paul Berard - berap000@unbc.edu
Brandi Baker - bakebOOO@unbc.edu
Sheila Wanner - wannsO00@unbc.edu
Catherine Kendall - kendcO00@unbc.edu
Emily Bulmer - bul meQO00@unbc.edu
Dionne Olsen - olsed000@unbc.edu
Vince Yim - yimvO0O0@unbc.edu

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