Student Union Bull

By Aaron Mahoney

During the January 16
Northern Undergraduate
Student Society (NUGSS)
board meeting, President Dr.
Charles Jago notified the
board that he would be ask-
ing the Board of Governors to
consider allocating land for a

Student Union Building
(SUB) at UNBC.
NUGSS Director of

University Affairs Moezine
__Hasham said he.is very posi-
tive that the Govemors will
approve the request.
Hasham said that President
Jago told the board that the
university had planned to
build a classroom building
behind the Wintergarden but
will recommend to the
Governors that it would be a
good location for the SUB.

“| had hoped that on the
tenth anniversary of the uni-
versity that a SUB building
would be built,” said Hasham.
“It might still happen.”

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Hasham said that he is not
sure if UNBC will require
NUGSS to purchase the land,
if it could be leased, or if it
would be donated. Hasham

“The building will have to
follow UNBC guidelines in
terms of design,” said
Hasham.

He said while no proposals

The proposed location of the student Union Building

said students have con-
tributed $600,000 towards
the building through $15 fee
each semester per student.

NUGSS

By Aaron Mahoney

A regular meeting of the
Northern Undergraduate
Student Society was held on
January 16, 2001.

All directors were in atten-
dance with the exception of
Nedinska MacEachern
Director of External Affairs.
Speaker of the Board Rob
MacEachern and
Administrative Assistant
Regan Gasbutt were also in
attendance.

The board reviewed and
then adopted the January 9,
2002 minutes unchanged.

Board received a presenta-
tion from UNBC President Dr.
Charles Jago concerning the
allocating the of land for a
Student Union Building.

The board received a
report from Finance Director
Khumo Phake concerning a
request for funding from the
Women’s Centre for
Jezebel’s Jam music festival
on March 2. The board tabled
the request pending more
information.
Director of

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Campus

Activities Melanie Morgan
notified the board of a
request from the International

_ Studies office concerning a

cost sharing proposal for an
speaker. The board decided
to table the request pending
more information on the
$1800 cost.

Morgan stated that she has
talked to UNBC concerning
showing the Olympic Games
on a big screen TV in a pub-
lic area.

Morgan brought to the
board’s attention the winter
olympics new name of
Frostfest. Morgan also
broached the topic of holding
the next Backyard Barbeque
at the Multiplex as opposed
to UNBC to ‘avoid potential
problems. Director of Internal
Affairs Kelsey Dryden and
CSM representative Imran
Jessa agreed that moving the
event to the Multiplex would
be a bad idea.

Director at Large Dan
Wingham was appointed as
the NUGSS representative
on the UNBC security con-

have been considered, the
cost of a 1-2 story building
would be in the $2 million
range. Hasham said he

ding for UNBC

would like to see a 3-4 story
building at a cost of $5-6 mil-
lion range.

Hasham said NUGSS has
been holding preliminary dis-
cussions with financial institu-
tions concerning a mortgage
to pay for the construction of
the building.

Hasham: said the SUB
would provide a lot more
space for clubs, NUGSS,
EARS, Over The Edge, a
food court and a bigger cor-
ner store. Hasham thought
the corner store could pro-
vide more staple items.

“And a fully licensed pub,”
he said. “lt would really add
to the quality of life on cam-
pus.”

“’'m optimistic that the
Governors will pass this,” he
said.

NOTES

tract review.

EARS manager Dave
Russell presented a brief his-
tory the radio station and the
CRTC process the station is
currently undergoing. Russell
told the board that EARS had
been donated a transmitter
and requested that the fund-
ing allocated by NUGSS for
the purchase of a transmitter
be used in EARS general rev-
enue.

After removing Russell
from the meeting, the board
decided to table the funding
request until EARS has pre-
sented a budget to the board.

The board received a pro-
posal for converting the
NUGSS webpage = from
Microsoft Word documents to
Adobe Acrobat PDF docu-
ments. The board approved
the proposal and approved
the spending of $76.

The board reviewed the
current policy where NUGSS
directors must resign if they
are unable to maintain a min-
imum grade point average.
General Manager April

Hawes notified the the board
that the Registrar Office
would be enforcing the acad-
emic probation policy.

The board received a
request from a student for
assistance with travel
expenses to a conference at
UVIC. The board approved
spending of $100.

The board reviewed new
business concerning a
venue for the upcoming
Backyard Barbeque. Director
Phake asked the board to
consider a proposal to hire a
consultant to collect informa-
tion on the event.

Director of University
Affairs Moezine Hasham noti-
fied the board that land for a
Student Union Building will
be discussed in the upcoming
UNBC Board of Governors
meeting and he is optimistic
that land will be allocated.

The board then closed the
meeting to the public and
went in-camera.

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