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Over The Edge is the University of Northern British Columbia's
independent newspaper Our office is located on the 2nd
floor of the NUSC building in room 6-350.We are an equal

opportunity publication which represents students in the UNBC
and Prince George community. Our publication supports
student writing by welcoming news, arts, sports, culture and

opinion articles as well as photography, comics, and creative
writing submissions. Every year we provide employment as

editors, designers, and managers to students with a passion for

journalism and are always looking for motivated individuals to

work and volunteer in our collaborative environment Over The

Edge offers competitive advertising rates for space in our print

publication as well as online.

Support is always needed and no experience is required, helo
make Over The Edge Newspaper better We want to hear from
you! Call us at (250) 960-5633, tweet us @overtheedgeunbe,
email us at ote-newspaper@unbe.ca and be sure to like us
on facebook. For more information, please visit our redesigned
website wwwovertheedgenewspaperca.

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I: honour of Over the Edge’s 20th
anniversary and the fact that
this issue marks our 200th issue,
we have compiled a list of our New
Year’s resolutions for 2014. Over
the Edge is committed to ensuring
we follow through on these 10 key
goals for 2014.

1. Improving our notoriety ona
national scale through Canadian

New Year, New Pawblems: by Shelley Termuende

University Press and the
National Wire.

Over the Edge is
a member of
the national
university and
college student
newspapers
co-operation,
which helps
to provide
services and

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for its member

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One of the awesome

services CUP provides is

the opportunity for members’
content to be published on a
nationally renowned newswire
service which allows our stories to
be republished in other members’
papers. This year alone, we have
had our OTE content published
on the wire increase by 100%. Last
year, we had zero articles released
to membership. This year we have
had a steady stream of one article

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per issue, on average, proving to
be strong enough for publication
on the wire. It is no question,

this increase in useable content

is due to our amazing writers,
contributors and editors. Their
continued dedication to strong
and informative content means
our national influence and respect
will only get better with each OTE
publication.

2. Establishing strong
relationships with local businesses
to improve our reputation,and ad
revenue.

This semester we have garnered
an unprecedented amount of ad
revenue for our organization. As

a non-profit, we are dependent

on ad sales to keep us afloat. The
majority of our student levies are
currently being used to produce
the bi-weekly print publication,
and therefore we are relying on
additional advertisements to secure
our honorariums, attend Canadian
University Press regional and
national conferences, and finally,

pay for our software and capital
requirements such as Adobe Suite
and Cameras. Ensuring we have

a steady stream of ads means we
can have our revenue match our
expenditures.

Promoting ourselves within the
community is a huge priority when
it comes to securing our name
locally. We can say great things
about our publication but unless
we can prove it, our word does not
get us very far. This past year, we
have had the pleasure of working
with great community members
while planning and conducting
last October’s Western and Prairies
regional conference. In addition,
the support of the community

has made it possible to achieve so
much, for our little paper, through
ad revenue and contributions,

that we have to offer our extreme
gratitude and thanks for their
continued support throughout this
year and into next.

3. Supporting local food
providers.