Over The Edge Page 2 NEws . March 23, 1999

Tension splits on NUGSS Board

By Christopher Schulz
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and the forty five min-
utes missed by Mike
Lau, Director of Sports
and Clubs, and Amy
Dash, Director at large,
it was a day like any
other. However, some-
thing was definitely
amiss during this meet-
ing. Things first got
heated as the issue of
the Games Room was
being discussed. It
seems there was a
problem with the Rugby
club because they pur-
chased a filing cabinet
and placed it in the
Games Room without
first obtaining permis-
sion from NUGSS.

The argument grew
quite heated as the
board debated an
appropriate response.
Voices were raised and
some profanity was
used, but in the end the
board managed to find
a solution they all
thought to be more or
less fair.

Later, Chris Reid,
NUGSS treasurer, sug-
gested that the board
participate on some sort
of common activity on
the weekend, to foster a
stronger sense of co-
operation. All agreed,
prompting apologies
from certain members
of the board regarding
their behaviour. Just as
things were winding

down, Mike Lau and
Amy Dash arrived at the
meeting. Lau requested
that the Board discuss
the Sportsplex (he was
sleeping when the issue
was brought up); they
agreed to discuss the
issue. Lau was con-
cerned with the lack of
support NUGSS_ had
shown for the construc-
tion of a UNBC
Sportplex.

The discussion carried
on as members of the
board reviewed past
policy proposals and
discussions regarding
the issue. Although not
as heated as_ the
Games Room discus-
sion, the Sportplex
issue was discussed for
quite some time.

There were some com-
ments made of Lau’s
absence at the last
board meeting and his
tardiness at the current
one, as well as some
comments of ineffective
communication

between Lau and
NUGSS president
Saleem Dossa. In the

end it was decided that
unofficial position of the
board would be to
vocally support the con-
struction of a Student
Union building. With
regards to the Sportplex
issue, very little has
been resolved.

UNBC Northern Undergraduate
Student Society

Extraordinary
General Meeting
April 6, 1999

Wintergarden
12:00-noon

Agendas will be available in the
NUGSS office and posted on the
display case in the Wintergarden

Additional agenda items are due
by March 30, 1999.