February 9, 1998

Over The Edge Page 3

A Tale of Two Papers

by Nicole Larson

Somewhere in the depths of
CNC, in a windowless office
vaguely reminiscent of
Ormell’s 1984, the “CNC Free
Press” has once again begun
production, well, almost. In
November of 1997 that
student press outlet was™
shut down and editor)
Kalinda Link was fire
after some questionabl
material was published ing
a farcical horoscope col-|#m,
umn. The newspaper,§
under the leadership of
the new editor, Carli”
Staub, has once agai
begun production and is®
scheduled to release its”
first issue on February 16.#
This start up date is a fu
month later than the date;
projected by CNCe
Student Administration™:
Council President Lair
Lynch in November and is™
also almost a full monih®
after the inaugural issu
of “The Rough Draft,”
pirate paper produced by
Link and many members of
last semester's CNC Free
Press, was released.

Despite a staff of only five,
first time editor Carli Staub is
enthusiastic about her new
position and the new opportu-
nity that this presents for her.
“| was thinking about con-
tributing right around the time
the paper ended and then a
friend mentioned that | should
apply for the job,” said Staub,
when questioned about her
decision to apply, “I’m really
glad | got the job, it’s really
exciting.”

The CNC _ Student
Administration Council has
also hired Wayne Wright, a
freelance graphic artist who
worked for the Prince George
Citizen for 14 years, to act as
a “Business Manager’ and to
look after a great deal of the
actual production and layout
of the paper since this is
Staub’s first experience work-
ing on, let alone editing, a
newspaper of any kind. “He
(Wright) takes care of the
production aspect so we can
focus on the contribution
aspect,” said Staub.

Wright himself is excited
about working with a student
press. “It's an interesting

prospect, all the way around,”
he said when asked about
helping The CNC Free Press
get back on it’s feet, “With all
the people bringing knowl-
edge from high school.”

a

“The Rough Draft’ is a differ-

ent story altogether. Run by
Kalinda Link, “The
Rough Draft” has
already put out
one issue and is
working on a seéc-
ond which will hit
newsstands on
February 23. The
new staff of “The
Rough Draft is
quite similar to the
old staff of last
semester's CNC
Free Press, with
one difference: it
has grown.

“There seems to
be lots of enthusi-
asm on campus
for our paper,” said
Link, “We've even
been approached
by about five new
writers.”

Link also appears
to feel that her
new paper can
stand on it’s own.
She did not push
forward the date of
publication for her
next issue when
she heard the
“The CNC Free
Press’ will be pub-
lishing on

Canada’s

www.athabascau.ca

February 16.

There seems to be no ani-
mosity between the two
papers running out of the
CNC campus. Neither Link
nor Staub views the other
=) paper as a threat, in fact
Staub was full of praise
‘for the new paper say-
ing, “I think it’s good for
the students, it’s anoth-
‘er facet of the school.”
‘However, when Paul
Perkovic, the CNC
Student Administration
Council’s member in
charge of the student
newspaper was asked
for his views on “The
Rough Draft,” he
declined to comment.
For now all there is left
do is wait. Until the
serelease of the new
CNC Free Press,” one
can only conjecture on
how good it will be.

e two editors get
along and hopefully neither
will step on the others toes.

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