March 23, 1999 NEw's Over The Edge Page 3

BUGSS Dinner a Hit

By Joe Nygren
What a success! The first annual BUGSS semiformal
banquet was a terrific achievement. As 102 sharply
dressed students, 17 faculty/administration and 91
affluent members of the local of the business commu-
nity mixed, mingled and got to know one another.
After a half-hour or so of socialising, dinner was
served, where at tables of eight, four students and four
business people would sit, eat and chat.
After dinner and desert, BUGSS President Bjorn
Butow gave an admirable speech, describing who

BUGSS is, our goals and the importance of an event
such as this. Following Bjorn’s speech were two brief
presentations given by Ron Brown, Dean of the
College of Science and Management at UNBC and
Lorne Calder, president of the Prince George
Chamber of Commerce. Next, our guest of honour,
Dale McMann, CEO of Prince George Regional
Development, took the stage, delivering a remarkable
speech on attracting investment to the north. Included
in Mr. McMann’s speech, was the importance of the

existence of our school, UNBC, and its achievements.
BUGSS would like to extend a final thank you to
Jeremy Fung and Sarah Steel for the exhaustive
amount of time and effort both of them exercised to
help make this wonderful event a reality. BUGSS
plans on hosting this event annually, so we all can look
forward to another dinner opportunity next year.

Moving Pictures: Canadian Films on Tour come to Prince George

By Andreea Staicu

The Third annual film festival took place the week-
end of March 12-14 with a theme of “Sex, Religion
and Millennium Fever.” The festival brought a wide
variety of audiences all weekend long from UNBC
and CNC students to self-employed and hard work-
ing townies.

The money raised this past weekend is going
towards a new audio system for CNC’s Cinema. |
think that is a great idea. What really amazed me
, throughout the whole weekend was the great cul-
tural importance in all of these films. The divine
images of our country were easily displayed
throughout the minds of the audience. | never real-

ized that there were so many beautiful places in
this community until this past weekend.

Academy award nominee, Jonathan Tammuz was
present on Saturday night for the introductions of
his film “Rupert’s Land.”

Almost all of the movies were made in Canada
except for two. “The Red Violin” was filmed in
France and Italy and, “Regeneration” was filmed in
England and Scotland. The film festival this week-
end was fantastic. Every scenario imaginable
viewed by the audience and every minute of it was
enjoyed.

Brief Film Synopses:

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Exotica: A film about a “gentlemen’s” club that ful-
fills a need and urgency that only deep mysteries
can satisfy. A great film, | really enjoyed the way it
was filmed; it had a different perspective from most
of the other ones.

The Red Violin: Takes place over three centuries.
Along the way, the audience witnesses the loves,
hopes and fears of the violin’s owners. It was the
greatest film that I’ve ever seen in a long time, it
almost made me cry.

Of all of the movies | saw this weekend | thought
that the Red Violin was the best and would recom-
mend it to anyone who had the chance to see it.

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