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September 28, 1998 NEWS

Arts Classes at
UNBC Not Empty

by Dana Schwehr
There is a myth that
says UNBC is where
you go when you want a
forestry degree. This is
not true. The numbers of
students enrolled in Arts
classes are up _ this
semester, according to
Arts, Social, and Health
Sciences Dean, Robin
Fisher.

There were Arts class-
es that did not run this
summer, due to lack of
numbers. One of these
was Arts 110, the course
in music appreciation
designed by former
UNBC Communications
Director, Clive Keen.
This is a new course at
the university, and it
deals with topics such

as How to Listen,
Compositional Styles
and Musical Forms,

Music in History, Sacred
Music, 20th Century
Music, Development of
the Symphony, and
other topics. According
to Robin Fisher, one of

the reasons why the
course did not run was
because it is a new and
innovative course, and
the summer semester
was the wrong time to
run it. “We have not
given up on it yet,”
Fisher says. This is a
good thing for those stu-
dents who have been
inquiring about the
class. It is slated to run
during the winter semes-
ter, when there are more
people around.

Other Arts courses are
doing very well here.
Numbers are actually up
in areas such as
Anthropology and
History, and most of the
classes that have been
canceled at the Prince
George campus are
upper level graduate
courses. Many of the
classes that have been
canceled for the fall
semester are going to
be offered this winter.

THE
ANTIGRAVITY CLUB

Learn To Juggle!
Practice with Other Jugglers!

Juggling started Sept. 23.
Come out Wednesdays
7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Highglen Elementary School
For More Information Contact
Richard or Maggee

562-4671

stvine@mag-net.com

THE FACTS ABOurT

THE NISGA'A TREATY

‘tsimportant forall British Columbians to have the facts about the Nisga'a Treaty

Tax Equality

The Nisga’a will be subject to all provincial and federal taxes and are the first
aboriginal group in Canada to agree to give up their Indian Act tax exemptions.

The Land

Private land is not part of the Nisga’a final agreement and won't be on the table in any
treaties the B.C. government negotiates. When all treaties are complete, the total amount
of land held by First Nations will be proportional to their population - less than 5%.

The Nisga'a Government

The Treaty allows the Nisga’a people to govern themselves in a way comparable
to a municipal government. The Canadian Constitution, the Charter of Rights
and Freedoms, and the Criminal Code will apply to the Nisga'a people.

A Free Vote

A free vote by your elected representatives will be held in the B.C. Legislature.
This allows all members to vote with their conscience, not along party lines.
A vote will also be held in the Federal Parliament in Ottawa.

The Nisga’a people will hold their own ratification vote.

A Public Process

Over 400 public meetings were held, and an all-party committee of
the legislature travelled B.C. to hear views on the Nisga’a and other treaties.
The Agreement in Principle has been widely available since 1996.

All Canadians Share Cost

B.C. taxpayers will pay less than 1/5th of the total cash cost of $312 million, spread
over fifteen years, while Canadian taxpayers outside of B.C. will pay the rest.

Economic Certainty

KPMG and Price Waterhouse, two national accounting firms, have found that
the prolonged uncertainty of unresolved land claims has cest B.C. billions
of dollars in lost investment and jobs.

FOR YOUR COPY OF THE NISGA’A TREATY OR FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL:

httpsiwww.aat.gov.be,ca/aall

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