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by Ian King»

It seemed inevitable, and it
happened. A group of students
at UNBC have made plans to
establish a men's resource centre.

Well, sort of.

On Friday, November 4,
some signs were posted on
campus announcing the
formation of a men's resource
centre, opposite the Winter-
garden, in some currently unused
space. The posters then noted
that issues like alcohol and drug
abuse, basic human rights,
entrenched gender biases and
more would be discussed.

By Saturday, the more
conspicuous signs had been tom
down. There were only a few
left by Sunday evening, and none
remained by Monday morning,
(less than 72 hours after the signs
were posted).

One of the students involved

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in the men's resource centre
confirmed that they had not been
told to remove the signs and had
no idea as.to who may have torn
them down. The result of the
signs being quickly removed was
that very few people on campus
even knew that there was a
movement to establish a men's

they thought the tearing

down of signs was a cheap
shot.

centre; however, they thought
that tearing the signs down was a
bit of a cheap shot.

What led to the signs being
posted in the first place? In the
first week of November, some
frustrated UNBC students had
gotten together, feeling a bit
down about all the "gender talk"
on campus. They were initially
inspired by the Letters to the
Editor in Over the Edge issue #2,

by Charles Hogg

first leader of a national party to visit the UNBC campus.

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The focus of the talk was the role of socialism in Canada as a moderating power to the

right and how this role will be played in the future.

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but realized that they could do
something constructive instead.
One individual who was

willing to talk was Ray
Zukanovic. Ray's roommates
were discussing the idea, which
piqued his interest. Originally
uncomfortable with the name of
"men's resource: centre", he
suggested the name "human
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students, which is why he got
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Ray then explained what the
group of men and women
involved have discussed about
the direction of this centre. The
idea is simple. Those involved
wanted to set up a table near the
fireplace opposite the
Wintergarden to be periodically
staffed by volunteers. Literature,
pamphlets and information from
the University, | community
groups and agencies would be
available for students to browse,
as well as volunteers to refer
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he suggested the name

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designed to have no formal
hierarchy and with no financial
burden on the students or the

a serious blow was dealt
when the posters were
removed

University.

There has been talk from the
original group that they will
replace the torn posters if they
can be assured that the posters
will not be removed again.
Those interested in the centre felt
that a serious blow was dealt
when the posters were removed,
as the intent of the centre was to

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The students involved in the
men's resource centre are

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