OVER THE EDGE NEWSPAPER. OCTOBER 11, 2006 NEWS = Missing Women’s Art Exhibit A Success ANNA GRADOWSKA STAFF WRITER This past week of September 18th to 24th, the Pine Centre Mall showed the Highway 16 Visual Arts Exhibit, themed “Missing Women on Highway -16” conveyed the emotion of the High- way 16 disappearances/ murders to the everyday shopper. The traveling exhibit, organized Smither’s artist Linda String- fellow, was brought to Prince George with the help of by Sara Noel-Boyd, coordinator of the UNBC Womens Centre. In the small semi-circle of paintings, sculptures, photographs, quilts, masks, and other mediums was the very em- bodiment of pain and despair of the people who remained in the wake of the missing women. Whether family members, or other people who experi- enced the devastation of the Highway 16 events, the expressions showed were certainly commanding. “Its very powerful” said Noel-Boyd while at the exhibit, “We've had had people leave crying.” The exhibit was created to highlight the themes of violence, racism, and sex- ism in northern communities as well as bring further awareness to this very im- portant issue of disappearing women. It attempted to create a snapshot of what has happened over the many decades of the highway murders/disappearances. “We've had had people leave crying.’ Due to its central location in a high traffic area such as the hub Pine Centre Mall, the exhibit attracted the attention of many people in the community who might have continued to go unaware of the situation. In such a small community such as Prince George, the murders of women throughout the north have had a resounding impact on the community and the local history of the area. In a coniment book that lay at the ex- hibit table, one onlooker remarked, “The real question that comes to mind is not ‘why women hitchhike2’ but why people think it is ok to hunt, rape, and murder a woman just because she is by herself... what are we teaching our boys?” The haunting images of the art were powerful, and some of the accompany- ing stories were gruesome, but all made a sharp statement about the emotions of missing women. Undoubtedly, the beautiful exhibit moved any observer as much as it informed. . The lrony of Luck - THE IRONY OF LUCK BY ERRIN WHITE On September 12th, 2006 as I was walking home from work around 10pm, I was attacked. Some men in a dark col- ored pickup decided that I deserved to have a full beer can thrown at me and to call me derogatory remarks. When I got home, both my spouse and myself commented on that fact that I was lucky. Lucky to not have been raped or worse, killed, like so many other women in our fine community. [f that is not the most ironic use of the term lucky, I do not know. I don't know how lucky I am to have a bruise on my legs and to feel fear walking alone at night on the streets that I help pay for. This feeling of fear is why events like Take Back the Night and Take Back the Highway exist. We as women contribute or the community and we should have every right to access it whenever we chose, without having to worry about our safety. So I encourage other women to come out to these events and to stand up and say we will not live in fear any longer. I also encourage men to tell other men that this kind of behavior is not funny and is not tolerated. And to keep the men who attacked me: keep your beer cans and your comments to yourself, because I will walk the streets whenever I choose to do so. Asian Club for Everyone KYRA JANOT STAFF WRITER Perhaps you've seen the booth as you walk down the hallways, diligently pres- ent more or less every day of the week, and wondered what exactly the Asian Club is all about. Formed out of the collaboration of three seperate organizations, the Asian Club is for anyone who enjoys good chinese food, asian movies and meeting other people. You don’t even have to be asian to join...all that membership requires is a small monetary fee. Five dollars gets you a discount at local chinese restaurants for club-held dinners, free entry to gym nights and a discount at the Chinese Store from September to August. Three dollars gets you the same perks for the winter semester (also including July and August). This money goes towards the holding of free events, as well as prizes such as gift certificates, movies, cds and asian-style pastries. Events, which include game nights, movie nights and gym nights, are usu- ally held on campus, and are posted ahead of time on NUGGS announce- ment boards. Members can also request movies they would like to watch, and the Asian Club will try and accomodate. “game nights, movie nights and gym nights...’ So..if youOre into movies with sub- titles, chinese checkers, or just in desper- ate need of friends, give this club a try. For more information, contact Helen Yu at unbcAC@hotmail.com, or stop by the booth. After all, it's always there. Rugby Tournament A Success Second Annual UNBC Invitation Rugby Tournament DANA BELLIS STAFF WRITER Under the bright lights of Masich Place stadium Friday night, the UNBC Men's Rugby team kicked off against the Prince George Nats. This was the be- ginning of the Second Annual UNBC Invitation Rugby Tournament. It show- cased the best of what Prince George and UNBC Rugby has to offer. A fun- filled weekend of rugby was had by all. Despite the ill-mannered attempts of the weather to slow the weekend down, the tournament was a success. The UNBC women's team was ex- panded by some spectacular local tal- ent to play a game of 7's against them- selves. The men's team was placed into a larger pool that included the PG Old Boys, PG Young Bucks, and the visiting Prince Rupert team. There where six games on Saturday to determine who would go on to claim the top three spots in the tournament. In the first game the PG Old Boys took victory with a score of 64 to 0. Not far behind, the PG Young Bucks defeated Prince Rupert with a score of 20 to 0. The determined “In upcoming news, prep- aration for the annual Hal- loween dance are promising that this years will be the best yet.“ UNBC Men's team came back to win. . their game against Prince Rupert, 26 to 12. The fourth game saw the PG Old tie the PG Young, 19 to 19. With old bones not being a problem for the PG Old, they played again in the fifth game to defeat the Prince Rupert team 39 to 17. The sixth game saw a great effort by the UNBC men’s team, but still the PG Young team won 39 to 0. Sunday, the final day, was the fight for who would take first, second, and third. Prince Rupert took third place over UNBC Mens team with a score of 15 to 5, begging the question of who would take first, PG Old or PG Young. After a long game, it shows that experience can count more than youth, with the PG old taking first place with a score of 15 to 0. In upcoming news, preparation for the annual Halloween dance are prom- ising that this years will be the best yet. Keep looking out for bake sales on cam- pus that will provide well needed sugar to get you through midterms. These bake sales are by donation to help ac- commodate everyone's budget.