Over The Edge Page 2 NEWS February 8, 1999 The Athletic Fee clarified by Jeremy Fung Last year NUGSS held a referendum on whether or not there should be a tuition increase in the form of a $10 athletic fee. This fee was intended for assisting the development of varsity athletics. The students who voted ended up supporting the increased fees. Now there is a cross road in the ath- letic future of UNBC. There will be aproximate- ly $60000 of student money distributed to this cause. The question is whether or not 80% of it should go to the two cur- rent varsity teams. The major arguments Proponents of the 80/20 split believe: The survival of any varsi- ty athletics at UNBC should the basketball teams fail to achieve BCCAA membership this year that there will be no more attempts at varsity athletics. The future development of junior varsity with the basketball teams as mem- bers of BCCAA this would allow other teams to easily gain access to quality leagues. The respectability of Okanagan University College Faculty of Adult and Continuing Education KLO Campus 1000 KLO Road Kelowna, BC V1Y 4X8 What are you doing this summer? Why not use this summer to earn your Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer designation. Okanagan University College, Continuing Education will be offer- ing a Microsoft Skills 2000, MCSE program May 3, 1999 to August 27, 1999. Add this MCSE certification to your current training and be number one in today’s job market. Amazing career opportunities. APPLY NOW! CALL - 250-862-5445 LOCAL 4520 OR E-MAIL info@ouc2000.com UNBC would be seriously affected by a failure to develop a BCCAA team , regardless of the skill level of the team or their perfor- mance in the near future. Critics of the 80/20 split believe: It is ridiculous for two teams of approximately 12 players each should get $48000 of other peoples money. The referendum question should go to supporting other teams to become varsity teams rather than going to basketball. The committee that decides the allocation of funds is biased. Show up at the EGM and make your voice count towards this large sum. of money. Dr. Zafar Kayani Leaves UNBC By Joe Nygren UNBC's Economics and Business program was taken by surprise when Dr. Zafar Kayani, Professor of Economics and Finance, handed in his letter of resignation on- Friday, January 29th. Committed to UNBC until April, Dr. Kayani, who left UNBC for personal and health reasons, took a teaching position at a uni- versity in Saudi Arabia. The Administration, fac- ulty and students have done an admirable job coping with Kayani's departure. Kayani, who was unavailable for com- ment, was _ instructing Commerce 321, Commerce 423, Economics and Economics this 311 610 DANCE-FEST ‘99 March 4,5, &6 at the Kinsmen Hall 3 theme musical events: Swing, Latin/Salsa; Caribbean/Reggae Evenings begin with dance lessons Dance contest/door prizes throughout the evenings. Three day passes: Students: $10 and Public $12. Tickets can be purchased at the door.Tickets go on sale in early February at NUGSS and the Tuning Point. For more information call Jackie Eaton at. the NUGSS office or call 960-6427. semester. Replacement instructors for these courses are John Yates, Charles Schell and Abdella Abdou, respec- tively. Unfortunately, Economics 610 had to be cancelled. As well, the business department is in the process of hiring new professors for its program. Two or three professors are scheduled to be hired for the fall semester of 1999, and three more for the spring semester of 2000. Apparantly not everyone is upset about Kayani's departure. "I prefer the professor who is replacing him", claims Shane Schepens, one Kayani's Economics 311 students.