Over

UNDER
THE
COVERS

Page 2 -
Emergency in
the winter gar-

den

Page 3- TV
stolen from
Res #2

Page 6 -
Soundscape
and the latest

cutting cartoons

Page 7 -
Kornered on
Kampus nabs
more students

Page 10 - Take

back the night

from a student
perspective

Page 12 -
Operation Red
Nose

Page 14 - Third
Annual Chili
Soccer
Tournament

Page 15 -
Comedy night

By Jay Brunn

The 45 participants of
UNBC’s 2nd annual
Wheel Thang were treat-
ed to a warm, beautiful
day on Sunday, 27th. It
was obvious that the
heat was having a signif-
icant impact on each of
the racers performances,
as the. grunts and
groans, and cries of past
injuries could be heard
from the racers as they
pedaled up the _ hill
towards the tower.

The course is a combi-
nation 1.3 km_ blade
around Ring Road and
4.5 km ride along the
trails of Forest for the
World and the Cranbrook
Hill Green Way Trails. |

Hello???
UNBC facilities staff pry open the doors to the
library elevator. It trapped a student and
Professer John Young for a 1.5 hours.

photo by Jay Brunn

UNBC's Official Student Newspaper

Woluite 5 ~ 'eeue 3. October 12, 1998

UNBC’s 2nd Annual

watched .from the side-
lines along the straight
stretch that connects
UNBC student housing

to the Forest for the

World water tower. It. is
believed that the Wheel
Thang's blade/bike com-
petition is the only one of
its kind in British
Columbia.

The race was broken
into three categories:
beginner (13.5 km
blade/bike ride), interme-
diate (26.5 km) and
advanced (39.5).
Participants either
entered individually or as
a team (one blader/one
biker). The results of the
race are:

Continued on Page 13

Above: Members of team “Braveheart” attempt to strike fear
into their competition as they await the start of UNBC’s 2nd

annual Wheel Thang!
Photo courtesy of Rob van Adrichem.

Left: In another attempt to strike fear into their competition,
Braveheart hoist their kilts just before the charge to the Wheel

Thang honours.
photo by Jay Brunn

The Dark Passage

By Paul Berard and Aaron Mahoney

It certainly was an
adventure.

On Tuesday, October
6, power to the UNBC
campus went down,
leaving students with-
out lectures or labs for
an hour and a half.

Perhaps the most
interesting element of
the entire adventure
occurred when UNBC
Security performed a
routine emergency
sweep and discovered
that two individuals
were trapped in the
Library elevator. UNBC
Facilities were called
into the scene to

assess and attempt to
reactivate the elevator
while Security ensured
the area was safe.
Havoc insured in the
cafeteria. Because the
power failure stopped
the ventilation fans to
over the grill, smoke
spilled into the hallway
causing the fire alarms
to be triggered evacu-
ating UNBC. The evac-
uation went smoothly
according to security
and within minutes the
fire alarm was cleared
and UNBC was open
for business.
Computer science stu-

dents working on mid-
term projects lost
hours of work because
of the power outage
and unconfirmed
reports stated that sci-
entific research was
adversely affected.

Power was eventually
restored to the area
and students were able
to complete the day
without further  inci-
dent.

Neither of the individ-
uals trapped in the ele-
vator were harmed in
the process of their
ordeal.