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October 30, 1996 Over The Edge 5

Editorial

Well, it’s time that this
particular column got a little
sarcastic.

The speeches by the
Northern Undergraduate
Student Society (NUGSS),
held on Monday the 28th
were a marginally organized
success. .

It brought tears to my eyes
as I listened to the
pathetically inadequate
sound system attempt to
amplify the various
candidates. The only
speakers who did not use the
microphone were Brian Cole
and Paul Gruner and, to their
credit, they were relatively
audible.

The turnout was mediocre,
to say the least. Some
students I talked to
afterwards still did not know
what the student society did
for them, let alone why they
should vote. After listening
to the speeches, I might

credit that fact to the amount
of information given out by
each candidate. Some people
didn’t even introduce
themselves, their major or
their focus for their
campaign.

Ultimately, some
candidates didn’t even know
that they had to give the
speech that day and hadn’t
prepared a speech!

The open question period
was conducted somewhat
more coherently, but I found
myself hearing the same
points made by all of the
candidates. Very few showed
the initiative to make their
presentation more interesting
and some of the candidates
seemed very ‘depressed’
about their job.

The crowd that had
assembled heard that the
current NUGSS staff was not
impressed with the number
of new people running for

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positions. To the crowd’s
credit they didn’t leave when
the accusations were made
by various members of the
board. Unfortunately, the
argument quickly became
monotonous and I spoke with
several people afterwards
who found the accusations
either insulting or annoying.
After all, if the student
society is such a good place
to be, (as NUGSS would like
us to think), why are the
people complaining that
there is no competition?
Brenda Haggerty, the current
Director of Social and
Promotions was the only
person who abstained from
expressing this particular
view.

_ If this is the best that UNBC

can sport for such future
events, well, I can foresee a
long, slow process to UNBC
ever becoming a school
where people can be proud to
attend. .

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