Over The Edge Page 6 NUGSS Page March 4, 2002

‘Olympic Frostbite 2002

By Melanie Morgan
Director of Campus Activities

This year the Northern
Undergraduate Student
Society held Frostbite on
February 12 - 14. The event
was kicked off Tuesday with a
Cheer-off in the morning.
The teams were required to
do this every morning as part
of Frostbite. Next the teams
sent their best dummy down
the hill for the Downhill
Dummy Contest put on by the
Outdoors Club. Later in the
afternoon the teams partici-
pated in a university wide
scavenger hunt. At the end of
day 1 the  Irish/Togo
(Rugby/Outdoors) team was
in the lead.

The events for day 2 includ-

ed a Cheer-off and quiz
game, the Dating Game held
by the Sorority, and a fantas-
tic Talent Show. Did you
know one of your peers can
play the bagpipes? Following
these activities the Sorority’s
Team Greece was ahead.
The third day of Frostbite
was the most intense. With
all three teams within reach
of 1st place and $500 compe-
tition was fierce. Day 3 also
included a doubling of the
points. The morning saw
another Cheer-off and an
exciting game of Jeopardy.
The teams cheered each
other on during the marsh-
mallow and whipped cream
pie eating contest. The final
event was a karaoke contest
where the teams sang their

favourite songs.

The winner of Frostbite was
determined by the total num-
ber of points accumulated
over the full three days of
activities. Team Greece was
the winner of the $500 and
honour of Frostbite
Champions. Second place
was a tie between the other
two teams whom took home
$250 each.

Many thanks to all of the
participants and volunteers
whom helped make this event
great. | can say that all the
participants had a lot of fun,
especially with the pies. |
would also like to add a spe-
cial thanks to the University
for their support in having the
facilities available for us.

A Letter from the NUGSS CSM

Dear Students,

My name is Imran Jessa
and | am the College of
Science and Management
Representative on NUGSS. |
am in my third year of study
in International Business. |
am writing this letter to for-
mally apologize for not
attending the annual general
meeting.

1 was elected into office
near the end of October,
2001. Since then | have
actively contributed _to
NUGSS. My duties included
clerical work such as distrib-
ute lockers, send and receive
student faxes and answer
calls. | helped fund-raise in
Shinerama which helps chil-
dren with Cystic Fibrosis,
helped my colleagues with

the transit issue in finding
alternative ways to commute
to school as well as attending
the rally, helped arrange
details with the student union
building, changed the board
policy; attended the campus
events committee, helping
out with frostbite. | worked
closely with Muhammed
throughout the year.

| will continue my job to ful-
fill all my obligations and
work over the call of duties to
provide the best experience
for students at the University
of Northern British Columbia.

Sincerely,

Imran Jessa CSM Rep.
(This letter was supposed to
run in our Feb. 11th issue .
OTE apologizes for any
inconvenience this may have
caused.)

Executive Report for the Northern Undergraduate Student Society

By Nadinska MacEran

Since elected in October
2001, | have been immersed
in NUGSS business. | have
not only tried to fulfill my
duties as the External Affairs
Director but | have also tried
to be useful to students who
have required the services
that the office provides.

As the transit strike was in
full swing when | joined the
board, | became involved in
trying to. encourage both par-
ties involved in the dispute to
return the buses to service.
In doing so, | was in contact
with both Mr. Burrows of
Pacific Western Transport-
ation, and Mr. Jim Jeffrey
from the union office. | spoke
with both individuals on a
weekly basis, trying to ascer-
tain when the strike would be
over.

| helped to organize a rally
to bring attention to the situa-
tion that students were facing
without public transportation.
This rally was held at both the
union office as well as the
employer's office. | arranged
transportation to and from the
rally sites as well as looked
into some long-term solutions
for students to get to and
from the university.
Unfortunately, this objective
was more difficult to attain, as

many transit companies did
not want to get involved with
a situation that involved the
union. It was also difficult to
arrive at a cost that would be
affordable to the students;
hence, there was no reliable
form of transportation that the
NUGSS board could provide
to students.

At the request of the
mayor's office | also wrote let-
ters to all the parties involved
in the transit strike as well as
the Minister for Labour, Bruce
Graham. | can tell you that
the Board of Governor’s
wrote a scathing letter to the
minister urging a settlement
to the dispute placing empha-
sis on the safety of the stu-

dents facing nasty winter con-.

ditions.

As External Affairs Director,
it is my duty to represent the
student body to the communi-
ty, the region and _ the
province at large. | have had
the opportunity to speak on
behalf of the students of
UNBC on a few subjects,
mainly the transit strike as
well as the issue of the tuition
freeze. | have, as the student
representative, tried to pro-
vide those interested in the
outcomes of these issues,
namely the local media, CBC
Radio, PG Citizen, the Free

Press and not to mention our
own newspaper Over the
Edge, with a balanced view of
the students concerns. | have
spoken with many students
about the effects of the transit
strike and about the cost of
their education. | have tried
to employ email as a means
for students to get in touch
with me but have found that
going straight to the students
is the best way of getting their
views.

In November, | attended a
consultative meeting held by
Shirley Bond, Minister for
Advanced Education. As the
new minister, she was on a
fact-finding mission to see
how students felt about the
cost of post secondary edu-
cation in BC. |, along with
Moezine Hasham, attended
the conference held _ in
Vancouver. Almost all post
secondary institutions had
student representatives at
this meeting and the consen-
sus was that tuition fees were
high enough and that stu-
dents around the province
would not welcome an
increase in fees.

For December, | concen-
trated on office hours, and
providing students with ser-
vices related to lockers and
faxing, and posters. When a

student had a need other
then these mentioned, | did
my best to help them, or tried
to put them in touch with
someone who could.

This January | have been
ill, and have reduced my
office hours so that | would
not put myself at risk for a
relapse. However, | have
been around to help students
in the office, talk to the local
media and attend a few meet-
ings, executive meetings pre-
dominantly. | also attended a
hearing sponsored by CAUT,
Canadian Association of
University Teachers. On a
professional development
note, April organized a retreat

_for the board members to

attend. This weekend togeth-
er, helped to establish better
communication skills among
us, offered us the opportunity
to set goals for the remainder
of the term as well as focus
on what is important to the
society in the future.

For the remainder of my
term, | intend on strengthen-
ing communication with the
UNBC students at the region-
al campuses. | also look for-
ward to UNBC Day and
Frostbite. By participating in
these events | hope to draw
attention to the student soci-
ety and encourage more stu-
dents to get involved.

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