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I was exceptionally impressed that someone was playing Underworld. Furthermore, the music was issuing from an office. I sort of paused in
front of the door, looking for a sign--not an omen-type sign, but a sign that says what office you are in front of. There wasn't one, but then this

bouncy redheaded guy appeared and told me that these were the Student Society offices, and proceeded to describe the various activities they
organize. What I gathered was:

- this is the place to complain if you don't like the bands they bring in;

- four people (or possibly more) work there and do quite a lot of work, including bringing in bands;

- this particular guy likes Underworld, which is one of the better bands in the known universe, and this probably bodes well, with regard to the

bands they bring in.

Now, I've transferred here from UBC, so I was not prepared for some person from the Student Society just to start talking to me. (I don't think
UBC's student society acknowledges the presence of other students, as a rule.) I became quite overwhelmed by the contrast, in fact, and I
suddenly felt like this encounter might epitomize The Difference Between UNBC And UBC. As my day progressed, this concept was reinforced
by the friendly and comparatively reasonable bureaucrats at Student Services and the Registrar's Office, the brilliant architecture, and the

cafeteria where I almost didn't have to pay for my food (although I would place the Garden Burger as something for which, in a just world, maybe
I wouldn't have had to pay).

One ofthe fun things I got to do--which I guess a lot of you have yet to experience--was to meet the Student Card Guy. The deal is, you go into
this innocuous classroom, and the Guy sits at a computer while you seat yourself in front ofa camera opposite him. Then you wait for a long
time while the computer problems sort themselves out, and chat with this Guy, and basically make a friend-for-life of him. Finally, the moment
arrives when you smile into the camera: the trick here is that the Guy will tell you to smile, but you don't know when to stop, because there's no

tasy that my facial muscles were going to cramp and spasm, and
my student card would make me look like the work of a deranged taxidermist.

I left campus with my student loan documents, all my course books, a student card, and high hopes of joining an all-girl hockey team; all this
before Orientation even began.

Next Issue: When the honeymoon js over. does UNBC leave cracker crumbs in the bed?

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