Over the Edge - November 30 UNBC lifestyle ¢ RECYCLING JARROD WEISNER UNBC LIFESTYLE EDITOR anada’s Green University is aptly named for the environ- mentally friendly initiatives taken on campus and in residence; however they may be a darker side to the business of recycling your plastics and papers. Recently, recycling has become a major problem for UNBC, and I have personally seen this wide- spread dissent leak onto social net- works more and more as this school year wears on. I am starting to find that not only are there instances of recycling being disorganized, trash- filled, and overflowing (in the case of residence), but that people are simply choosing not to recycle as a result of these issues. President of UNBC, Dr. George Iwama, has made sure that UNBC has programs such as the “UNBC Green Fund” and other steps made possible by the new Green Cen- tre on campus to enable the campus to live and grow a little better knowing they are working towards minimal en- A HOW-T0-BUY GU Plan Ahead! JARROD WEISNER UNBC LIFESTYLE EDITOR xams are days away and you’ve realized you’re gradu- ating at the end of next se- mester. That’s cool, time to get a career going (if you don’t have one already!). Another thing to get? A gift for your best friend standing next to you on stage, of course. But maybe you’re unsure or just not good at gift- giving in the first place? Truly, what else could be so demanding as find- ing an object or presentation to please others? Graduation presents. Big or small, they contain a clear message that is easily seen by other eyes and to the graduate themselves. Whether it represent a person anecdote about vironmental impact. However, it has come to my attention that because of a combination of absolute lack of responsibility on students’ parts to recycle properly (ahem ahem resi- dence goers) and the sheer amount of trash that ends up in recycling facili- ties all over campus, things are sim- ply not working as planvned. I have decided now to personally launch a full profile view into the recycling issues on campus to defend UNBC from such fatal mistakes being made on a regular basis. I will be working with UNBC Housing, Green Centre representatives, and providing our faithful readers with some possibly shocking first hand-results. I will be talking with UNBC recycling part- ner Cascade to ensure that all proper steps are being taken in the recycling process, and that students and faculty alike can feel better about throwing their bottles and mixed paper away. My investigation focus will be pre- your time together, or perhaps a cer- tain amount of goals accomplished, this gift provides the graduate with a true understanding of character and worth. I remember two years ago an older friend of mine graduated from culinary school, and his grand- mother always heard from him about his lack of time to make a proper meal and instead buying Subway on the way to school. At least it was healthy, right? She ended up giving him five hundred dollars to Subway to see that if he had to eat out during his gradu- ate culinary arts schooling, he would continue to eat healthily. How useful would something like this be to some- ON CAMPUS Part One of Three TRAVIS HOLMES ventative measures on campus as well as physical confirmation at Cas- cade to confirm our recycling is not simply being disregarded because of the amount of trash it may or may not contain. After several personal complaints I have received and the amount of disdain some have for cur- rent recycling practices around cam- pus, I feel as though it is time for a little “checks and balances.” UNBC is encouraging us to think of the future at all times, and sometimes the future needs s protecting. Do you have a positive or negative story or comment about how recyc- ling at UNBC is handled? Want to get involved with making UNBC better? Please send all comments, questions, and information to unbclifestyle@ gmail.com or straight to my personal inbox at weisner@unbc.ca. I'd love to hear it. unbclifestyle@gmail.com Until next time, Jarrod Weisner Editor of UNBC Lifestyle Christmas in Residence, A Letter From Me. (Where Is It?) Now that it has reached a time of the year and bypassed everything else, Christmas explodes everywhere. It’s in your shopping malls, your dog at home may be wearing it, and if he is, you can certainly hear him complaining about it in the background when you call home. Yes, Christmas is everywhere around us right now, but where is it where we live? Unfortunately, UNBC Hous- ing puts up with only so much vandalism in the dorm hallways that sometimes it is almost ne- cessary to fully rid a building of any decorations that can be stolen easily. While some people hate Christmas decorations, I can say I’m one of many disappointed in the fact that we can’t have any for the sheer fact of them often going missing. A rant? Perhaps. Got an opinion? DE FOR THE NEW GRADUATE one else you know? In my experience, as a friend, I’d see this as the ultim- ate gift. Sandwiches are universally fantastic, and sometimes it’s surpris- ing at how much money we really do spend eating out when we’re on the go. Why not insert a little discipline in your life knowing you can always eat something like that and it’s already paid for? A lot of people move away after graduation, whether it be back home or to a bigger city or even to a smaller one. Sometimes it isn’t too obvious to people that the perfect gift is something else that may help us succeed somewhere else. A gift card can be used as a great example, espe- cially when you know the person well enough. However, this is not always the case. What about an international friend? What if your friend is from Europe and it’s completely different and things are all upside down? What about simply keeping in touch? The art of a letter has lost its merit among modern generations and you’d be surprised at how close pen and paper can really keep two people. Who has ever said they hate to get hand- written letters? Staying in touch with international friends from university can provide a unique window of op- portunity in the future to travel, work, and create a diverse life out of some- thing previously local. Sometimes it’s good to keep in mind that the graduates you know don’t always need a thing to re- member you by, and the only thing you need to have in common is that you succeeded in the end. The point is to keep a gift unique, useful, and perhaps sentimental all in one. Give something you yourself would love to receive in return! I find that it may be beneficial to each other if, every once in a while, you also remind each other that you worked through everything together.