Over The Edge Page 8 :

Kornered on Kampus

Kristina Redlon

As the end of the
semester nears and
snow is falling in this,
the month of Christmas,
my mind was filled with
yuletide cheer. In this
festive season thoughts
often turn to merry
childhood memories
and repeated songs
and stories. One classic
that many of us learned
to sing over and over
was Rudolph the Red
Nosed Reindeer. Many
years later some of the
lyrics have become
fuzzy with time and with
added pressure even
less can be recalled.
This makes for the per-
fect Kornered question,

CAN YOU NAME ALL OF SANTA’S

REINDEER ?

(the correct answer for our purposes is
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet,
Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, Rudolph and
Olive - as in “Olive the other reindeer” ,

(sung to the tune of

Rudolph the’
Nosed Reindeer)
Dasher and Dancer and
Prancer ... Wait, just
give me a_ minute.
Dasher and Dancer and
Prancer and _ Vixen,
Comet and Cupid and
Donner and Blitzen and
Rudolph. See | know it.
Lisa, Fourth Year

Red

Psychology.

say it out loud if you still don’t get it.)

Ummmn,
Dancer...
Cupid, Donner, Blitzen,
Prancer...ah | know I’m
missing one, | just can’t
think of what it is!

Tara,
Forestry.

Dasher,
Comet,

First Year

(sung to the tune of

Rudolph the
Nosed Reindeer)
You know Dasher and
Dancer and Prancer
andVixen, Comet and
Cupid and Donner and

Red

Actually, Santa had ten
reindeer, Dasher,
Dancer, Prancer, Vixen,

Blitzen, but do you Donner, Blitzen, and... ,

recall, ha ha, and and... AND RUDOLPH! es ee aan
Beg oe Ryan, First Year 6), : ok
Tania, ice of the Forestry. 2 :
Registrar. Dean, Undecided

Second Year.

Prepared by

Aries (March 21-April 19)
You find that there is a student
who's name is the same as
yours except for the middle inital.
This explains why you were reg-
istered for Norwegian weight lift-
ing.

Taurus (April 20-may 20)
Personal hygiene is again an
issue this week. You were won-
dering why your bottle of scope
disappeared and the water in the
toliet has a nice green colour.
Gemini (May 21-June 20)

Since your world ended last
week and you have taken up
residence on a new planet your
sign has changed. You are now
under Vegetarian

Cancer (June 21-July22)
Because of the first snowfall, the
city buses are missing your
busstop. You begin to appreciate
warm footwear and loath bas-
tards in cars.

Leo (July 23-Aug 22)

After the realization of last week,
you will find solice in the arms of
a chatr.

Virgo (Aug 23-Sept 22)

You find your financial needs are
}as such that you will kick the tin
cups from the hands of beggars
to have a reason to pick up all
the loose change.

Libra (Sept 23-Oct 22)

The primordial soup that is float-
ing in your unwashed coffee cup

a Po ee

: be e - <a

has gained higher intelligence
than you and has claimed itself
to be a sentient being. You
should wash your cup.

Scorpio (Oct 23-Nov 21)

You have difficulty ordering a
meal in a restaurant. You find
you are unable to string coherent
sentences together and your
friends ask you to order all the
meals so they can be enter-
tained.

Sagittarius (Nov 22-Dec 21)
You decide to rape and pillage
your roommate’s food supplies.
You find that you are unable to
stomach their food stuff and you
will get stomach cancer.
Capricon (Dec 22-Jan 19)
Your constant nagging is getting
your fellow students down. You
can fix the problem by continuing
to nag. Your fellow students will
give you the first duct tape
wedgie.

Aquarius (Jan 20-Feb 18)

This is not the age of Aquarius.
This is the age of multi-national
transactions. Find someone to
have a transaction with.

Pisces (Feb 19-Mar 20)

After punching your buddy in a
hello greeting, you will discover
that that is the shoulder that they
hurt in a rugby game. They will
hate your guts and plan your
demise.

Eight Questions with NUGSS President Saleem Dossa

By Aaron Mahoney

Quietly working behind the scenes for
students is-NUGSS and their president
Saleem Dossa. The interview exposes
what hopes and dreams President
Dossa has for students, NUGSS and
UNBC.

1. Since taking office, what do you
see as your greatest challenge as
president?

“The greatest challenge is letting every-
one know what NUGSS does and get-
ting them involved in NUGSS. | would
like to break down the student apathy
and get them involved in NUGSS. |
have an open door policy and | am
always willing to listen to student.
Students have been talking to me about
problems and most of the time it’s find-
ing out who’s suppose to handle that
and directing the student to them.
Sometimes | will take the issue on

myself and solve the problem.”

2. How are you trying to attract stu-
dents to participate in NUGSS?

“This is kind of tied to the first question.
All NUGSS board meetings are open to
the students and they can make a pre-
sentation to the board provided that
they get onto the agenda before the
meeting.”

3. Your election platform included a
promise to give societies attached to
NUGSS the opportunity to become
autonomous. What benefits are there
to the societies, students or NUGSS?
“| really can’t answer that question. | will
be talking to the Women’s centre in the
next while to clear up any misunder-
standing.”

4, The NUGSS constitution seems to
need a major overhaul. What is
planned?

“The constitution is the document that

guides the NUGSS board and all
NUGSS operations. It’s just a matter of
filling in a lot of the holes with policies
and the students will get a chance to
vote on the changes during the Annual
General Meeting in January.”

5. UNBC is getting around the tuition
freeze by using NUGSS to collect the
Athletic fees. What prevents. this
occurring in the future?

“The Athletic fees were approved by the
students by referendum last year. For
NUGSS to collect UNBC fees again, we
would have to hold another referen-
dum.”

6. What is happening with the stu-
dent union building?

“l went to the UNBC Board of
Governors to ask for land for the
Student Union Building (SUB) and now
we are waiting for their decision. The
building will be constructed using

NUGSS funding.

7. Has your perception of what
NUGSS does changed now that you
are president?

“| didn’t realize the amount of work
involved in getting anything done. There
is a specific protocol that must be fol-
lowed. You just can’t walk in and start
changing things. The initiatives that are
put forward must be agreed upon by the
whole board and | have to make sure
that the right people are involved from
the start.”

8. Students wonder about the Pepsi
only situation. Is NUGSS a part of
getting Pepsi on campus?

“NUGSS isn’t part of the negotiations for
the beverage contract on campus but |
can take student concerns to UNBC
when the contract is re-negotiated
sometime in 1999.”