But what is it about?
by Charles Hogg

Do you want a_ student
government? Do you accept
the proposed constitution?

An informal survey of 50
students taken on October 26,
revealed that 43 felt that they
could not state an opinion
concerning the constitution.
Several students said they felt

the constitution was too
confusing for them to
understand. Other students

didn't know where to get a
copy.

In the words of one
student, "The constitution is
just too big and not enough to
the point." She went on to
suggest a paraphrased version
of the constitution should be
made available.

Darren Bradley, a member
of the referendum committee,
disagreed that a paraphrased

version is a good idea. He is
concerned that any document
other than the real thing could
mislead students.

"The constitution

is just too big and

not enough to the
point."

Many students
participating in the ‘survey
were not aware that there was
a proposed constitution. The

Jack of informed students
concerned Bradley, who
thought the majority of
students had a copy of the
constitution. Making the
constitution available isn't
enough to make — students

aware. When asked about the
performance of the Student
Association in promoting the
constitution, Bradley said,
"it's done a decent job but it
could have done more."

Two thirds of the
uninformed students _ stated
that they would definitely do
more research before voting.
Apparently, voting on the
referendum will be the
greatest motivation for
students to become informed.

Students who have read the
constitution are concerned that
this document does not reflect
the needs or desires of this
years student body. According
to. one student, "the idea of a
non-representative {non-
elected] body of students
creating a constitution and
putting it to referendum is
absurd. It smacks of
Hobbesian overtones."

Bradley is quick to defend
the constitution, which took 18
months to create and has been
approved through the Society
Act of British Columbia.

Bradley doesn't expect the

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GOING TO YAKUTSK

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by Kellaine McKendrick

UNBC will soon greet
another post-secondary
school to its foreign
exchange program, that of
Yakutsk State University.
Greg Poelzer from _ the
Political Science department,
along with Ken Coates and
Carin Holroyd, will be
negotiating both a student
and faculty exchange with
Yakutsk State in Siberia at
the end of October. This
‘program will be implemented
as early as September 1995
with three UNBC graduate
students travelling to Yakutsk
for individual field work.

‘Yakutsk State University
has a_ student body of
approximately 8000 students,
a goal which UNBC hopes to
achieve in the next five tu six
years. Although considered a
small northern part of the
Sakha Republic, the city of
Yakutsk is comprised of two
hundred thousand people.

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constitution to stay in its
current form even if it is
accepted. He feels that any
minor concems students have
about the constitution can be
addressed at the Annual
General Meetmg (AGM).
However, an AGM cannot be

lies

held until a constitution
approved.
“It smacks of
Hobbesian
overtones.”

A rejection of _ this
constitution could set back the
process of electing a student
government another year. This

would _ further
allocation of

delay
rooms

clubs.

True friendship comes when
silence between two people is
comfortable.

Despite this vast population
difference, Prince George is
similar in other aspects to the
Siberian city. The climate is
much the same. Yakutsk
experiences a longer winter
season as well as summer
temperatures close to those of
Prince George. Students
planning exchange programs
with UNBC will find that the
universities and cities
involved hold characteristics
native to Prince George and
Yakutsk, Siberia.

This trip being his third
to the city of Yakutsk, Greg
Poelzer will be staying with a
Russian family with whom
he is well acquainted. We
hope that this trip may be
pleasant as well as
successful. Now we await

_the return of Greg, Ken and

Carin, and look forward to a

new exchange agreement
with Siberia for those
wishing to partake in

ecucation overseas.

and
funding for struggling student

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Friday, November 4, 1994

With so many students yet
to decide, the results of the
referendum are not easily
predicted.

The referendum is being
held in Room 7-234 until
November 9, People who
miss this deadline can vote on
Nov. 18.

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