Allie Dickson
Contributor

H ave you ever wanted fo get
involved in your community and
create change, while meeting up with
people of similar age and interests?

If you have, then Rotaract is for you!
Rotaract is a branch of Rotary for
young adults aged 18-30. It is a

great way to get involved with the
local, national, and international
communities that we live in, as well as
to further develop your leadership and
professional skills. Not only do you get
the chance to meet like-minded young
adults, there is also the opportunity

to generate actual change within the

CFUR TOP 15

1. Dr. Dog- B-Room (Rock)

2. Ryan Hemsworth- Guilt Trips 7.

(Electronic)

3. Son Of Stan- Divorce Pop (indie 8.

Rock)

4, Various- EDN- Songs From 9,

Hamilton, Vol. 8 (Mix)

5. Radical Face- Family Tree-

Branches (Folk-Oriented)

world that we live in.

The good news is that Rotaract is
coming to UNBC, and we would

like you to join us! Rotaract is an
international organization with over
9,000 clubs spread throughout the
world. Our goal at UNBC is to bring
the spirit of Rotary through community
involvement to all of the young adults in
the Prince George area. Membership
in Rotaract is what you make of it;
there will be weekly meetings and
many service opportunities, but being a
member does not mean that you must
participate in every event.

If you are interested in becoming a

6. Islands- A Sleep and A Forget

ting (Indie Rock)

Pop)

Songwriter)

Test Their Logic- Be (Hip Hop)

Shad- Flying Colours (Rap)

Best Coast- Fade Away (Indie

10. Juana Molina- Wed 21 (Singer

member or want more information,
please feel free to contact us at
rotaractprincegeorge@gmail.com or
look up our page on Facebook:
Rotaract Prince George.
Also, stay tuned for more
information about our first
club meeting, which will

be taking place at the
beginning of November

at UNBC Pizza wil

be provided as we go
over club structure and
membership, and answer
any questions that you may
havel For more information about
Rotaract or its parent organization,
Rotary, please go to wwwrotary.org|

NBC Life — Be The Change with Rotaract at UNBC

11.Kelela- Cut For Me (R&B)

12.Pelican- Forever Becoming (In-

strumental Rock)

13,Maple You Know- Funny Tar-

gets (Indie Rock)

14.80 Hideous- Last Night/First

Poem (Metal)

15. Reel Nighthawks- Wilderness

Milk (Indie Rock)

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What About Generation Z?

Fraser Hayes
CFUR Station Manager

hen | first listened to CFUR, |

fell in love. A radio station on
campus at which you can volunteer? It
was a dream come true for me. | have
always wanted to be involved with
broadcasting, and | feel like Cinderella
putting on her glass slipper whenever
| walk into the studio. The music here
is good, the hosts and managers are
great, and the whole aura of this fine
radio station is awesome. But what
about us young folk? I'm not going to
lie; it's a little hard to fist bump in a
truck with two 12’ subs and 5 friends
when only classic rock or folk are on
the radio. As an 18 year old from
Generation Z, | thought: “What would
university students want to listen to
when they're pre-gaming on Friday

nights¢” After all, CFUR is for you, by
you.

My name is Foster Schlienz, and | am
an aspiring broadcaster and EDM
enthusiast. | am a first year commerce
student right here at UNBC, and my
goal is fo bring a new sound and a

little youth to CFUR.

| know what youre thinking. I'm
probably just some Skrillex fanboy who
jumped on the bandwagon when ‘First
of the Year” came out. Don't know
who Skrillex is? Wait, | think | might be
writing to an audience unfamiliar with

the term “EDM...

EDM stands for Electronic Dance
Music. This genre has many, many,
MANY sub genres, including trance,
electro, house, electro house,
progressive house, tech house,

dubstep, glitch hop, and drum and
bass. You may have even heard some
EDM on the radio recently, without
knowing it was EDM. Do you know the
song “Clarity” by Zedd? It's EDM. ‘|
Need Your Love ft. Ellie Goudling” by
Calvin Harris? 100% EDM. “Wake Me
Up" by Avicii? Indubitably EDM. Even
the ‘00 cult classic “One More Time’
by Daft Punk is an early EDM song

(DP are arguably the EDM godfathers).

And these are just the tip of the
iceberg. Go to Beatport.com and youll
be immersed in a world of music you
didn't even know existed.

It’s all around us, and it's taking over
the planet. And we don't even know.

30 years from now, Generation Z is
going to look back and think, “What
were the classic EDM songs of our

youthe” Granted, there will never be
classic EDM as there is classic rock
from past decades. But thinking back to
my first year of high school, one song
stands out. “Memories’ by the ever so
famous French DJ David Guetta. If you
went to high school in the year 2009,
you know that this was THE song of the
year. Played at every school dance,
heard from the Grade 12's cars, and
blasted throughout every radio station
in the country at least 30 times a

day. This is a classic example of those
songs that are played endlessly on
the radio until you don’t want to hear
it anymore ("Dancing With Myself”

by Billy Idol anyone?) But will songs
like that last as long as classic rock
songs? As Beethoven's /th symphony?
Probably not. The world of music is
ever changing; new genres are being
created