Over the edge volume 19 issue 4

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From the Editors Volume 19, Issue 4 October 24, 2012 A&E EDITOR Jordan Tucker

October 24 2012 • Over the Edge

happy hallowe’en from over the edge

COPY EDITOR Ben Filipkowski NEWS EDITOR Hanna Petersen SPORTS EDITOR Geoff Sargent EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Reza Akbari FEATURES EDITOR Gala Munoz MANAGING EDITOR Shelley Termuende WEBSITE MANAGER Behrooz Dalvandi

Even as a child, Leila found comfort in a nice white sheet.

Gala still feels the same about wearing cat ears.

Randy has filled out a bit from the skeleton days.

Hanna used to wield a battleaxe. Always watch your back around her.

Shelley is still wearing everything in her dressup box and rocking it.

Jordan looked so innocent once... what the heck happened?

We can’t see Ben’s fangs through his beard anymore, but they are still there... if you don’t believe us come visit us on copy day.

Geoff now packs two guns, not one.

STUDENT LIFE EDITOR Leila MaheiddiniBonab PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Randy Roy CONTRIBUTORS Devon Flynn Tatiana Geisler Fraser Hayes Jeff Hollett Kyle Lees Rebekka Peters Steve Roper

The deadline for the next issue is Monday, October 29th. Be sure to get your articles in on time!

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Over the Edge • October 24 2012

Upcoming Events October 24- November 7 Ongoing UNBC Roller Derby Club: Fresh Meat Training Program Cost: $100 for 11 Weeks 6:00-7:00 pm @ PG RollA-Dome, Contact Kehler@unbc.ca for specific dates.

Starting October 1st and running for 11 weeks, a training program for new skaters. $100 gets you skate rentals and a t-shirt for all weeks.

Bring a helmet, knee pads, elbow pads, and wrist guards if you have them.

October 24 Food Bank Yoga Cost: $2.00 and a nonperishable food item!

4:30-6:00 pm @ the Gathering Place October 25 Thesis Defence: Danielle McIntosh 9:00 am @ Room: 6-307 Wildlife Viewing in the Mountain National Parks of Canada: An Experiential View Outdoors Club Cabin Clean Up Meeting 6:00 pm @ Room:6-397 Come help us plan the clean-up of our cabin at Tabor Mountain Tereza Tomak 8:00pm @ Nancy O’s Biology-influenced singer and songwriter performs with Joline Baylis BC Hydro’s Candlelight Conservation Dinner @ Ric’s Grill, the Twisted Cork & Hummus Brothers Participating restaurants are serving up discounts and meals by candlelight to raise awareness about energy conservation.

October 26 Guest Lecture: Dr. David Schindler 3:30 pm @ Room: 7-212 The Oil Sands: Economic Saviour or Environmental Disaster?

Community Yoga 5:30-7:00pm @ the Chinook Yoga Studio All-levels warm yoga by donation with proceeds going to the Church of St Vincent de Paul

Big Sugar Concert Tickets: $35 (at ticketmaster.ca) 8:00 – 11:30 pm @ the CN Centre Playing at the CN Centre, Canadian bluesrock band Big Sugar is returning to PG with guest Willi Williams.

Nightmare on 3rd Ave Tickets: $10, in advance only 9:00pm @ the Knox Church Party down with live entertainment and Halloween-themed activities and contests October 27 UFM Canning Cost: $5 per person 10:00 am–2:00 pm @ the Firepit (meet at the UNBC Bus Loop at 10am!)

Learn how to can all those delicious fruits of autumn.

Hallowe’en Spooktacular 5:00–9:00 pm @ Huble Homestead (40km north of PG) Crafts, entertainment, hot drink, snacks, costume contests and House of Horrors tours at $3/tour Shumka at 50 Tickets: $30 for adults, $20 for 18 and under (at Studio 2880) 7:00-10:00pm @ Vanier Hall Ukrainian dancing performance at Vanier Hall Changing Tides Tickets: $15 (at Studio 2880 or at the door) 8:00-10:00pm @ Prince George Playhouse Nove Voice choir concert at Prince George Playhouse Menagerie: A Night to Let it Out Tickets: $70 now, $80 at the door 8:00 pm – 12:00 am @ the Two Rivers Gallery Join the most realistic and spookiest crowd out at this Halloween fundraising party with food, live entertainment, dancing, games, draws and prizes.

Zombie Apocalypse Tickets: $15 9:00pm-3:00am @ Heartbreakers Dress in your best Halloween gear and you might leave with prizes Night of the Living Gays Tickets: $25 for dance @ 9pm, $10 for Rocky Horror @7pm, $30 combo pack (free drink included) 9:00pm–2:00am @ Connaught Youth Centre Haunted Halloween dance and Rocky Horror Picture Show October 29 NASA Bake Sale 9:00 am to 3:00 pm @ the Wintergarden Come out and support the Northern Anthropological Student Association!

Hallowe’en Spooktacular 10:00-11:00am for kids aged 2-5 & 4:30-6:30pm for the big kids @ the YMCA Stop by the YMCA for a fun and spooky adventure.

October 30 WUSC Cocoa Camino 10:00 am to 4:00 pm @ the Wintergarden Fair-trade chocolate bar sale UFM 11:00 am-3:00 pm @ NUSC Event Space Community Yoga 2:00-3:20pm @ the Chinook Yoga Studio All-levels warm yoga by donation with proceeds going to the Church of St Vincent de Paul October 31 NUGSS: Hallowe’en Costume Contest 12:00 noon @ the Wintergarden Dress up to impress the judges, top prize sonic toothbrush and secondary prizes Pumpkin Patch Contest Cost: Non-perishable food item 10:00 am – 3:00 pm @ the Wintergarden With ELS, FNC, International Office, PSN WUSC Cocoa Camino 10:00 am to 4:00 pm @ the Wintergarden

Fair-trade chocolate bar sale

Trick or Eat Pre-register with the Student Life office 5:00 pm @NUSC Event Space This campaign encourages people across North America to raise money online and go door-to-door collecting non-perishable food items.

November 1 Thesis Defence: Jeremy Ball 9:30 am @ Room: 6-307 Teachers Aren’t People…

They’re Teachers: A Comparative Look at the Effects of American Teen Television on Canadian National Identity Outdoors Club Pub Night Cost: $10, includes 1 drink! @Westwood Pub We are trying to raise some money so we can buy gear for club use.

Canadian Stereotype themed so dress up.

UNBC Math and Physics Society Pumpkin Launch 10:00 am-3:00 pm @ Parking Lot C They’ll have a catapult, and will launch your Halloween pumpkins by donation. Family friendly!

Student Night 8:00pm-3:00am @ the Generator Girls get in free and tons of drink specials November 2 Studio Fair Tickets: $3 for adults, $2 seniors/students 10:00 am-4:00 pm Friday, 10:00 am–6:00pm Saturday, 10:00am4:00pm Sunday Check out the highly popular fall fair with artisan booths to sell you anything your heart desires.

Community Yoga 5:30-7:00pm @ the Chinook Yoga Studio All-levels warm yoga by donation with proceeds going to the Church of St Vincent de Paul NUGSS: Fiesta Pub Night Cost: $10, table at the Wintergarden 7:00pm @the Thirsty Moose Pub Karaoke and Piñata, Must be 19 or older.

Good Timber Tickets: $24 for adults, $28 for students/ seniors 8:00 pm on Friday, 2:00 pm & 8:00 pm on Saturday @ the PG Playhouse A show of songs and stories based off of the logger poetry of Robert E. Swanson Windborn Cost: $5 cover 9:00pm @ Nancy O’s Solo acoustic artist Windborn performance Guest Lecture: David Trepanier 3:30 pm @ Room: 7-152 Aghelh Nebun: bringing an environmental perspective to the criminal justice system November 3 Nadine Mackie Jackson Tickets: $29 for adults, $25 seniors and $15 under 25 (at Studio 2880 or the door) 6:30-9:00pm @ Vanier Hall A Prince George Symphony Orchestra performance featuring leading bassoon soloist Gordon James Tickets: $15 in advance and $20 at the door 6:30-9:00pm @ ArtSpace Folk singer in concert Roller Derby: Sk8fest Cost: $10, tickets sold in the Wintergarden and at the door 7:00 pm @ the Roll-aDome UNBC Rated PG Roller Girls event November 6 Outdoors Club Smithers Silver King Basin 6:00 pm @ Medium Meeting Room Planning meeting for the Smithers Silver King Basin trip on November 16-18 UFM 11:00 am-3:00 pm @ NUSC Event Space Community Yoga 2:00-3:20pm @ the Chinook Yoga Studio All-levels warm yoga by donation with proceeds going to the Church of St Vincent de Paul

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Campus News

October 24 2012 • Over the Edge

UNBC ENERGY TOUR

GRAY NAMED RESEARCH CHAIR

HANNA PETERSEN NEWS EDITOR

HANNA PETERSEN NEWS EDITOR

A recent survey of university graduates has demonstrated that UNBC annually produces more graduates for northern BC than all other degree-granting institutions combined. This was found in the annual Baccalaureate Graduate survey that was conducted by the BC government in 2011, providing data for 2009. That year, 70 percent of UNBC’s class of 2009 were living and working in northern BC, and the number was significantly higher than the total produced from UBC, UVic, SFU, Royal Roads, and Thompson Rivers University.

The success in producing university grads for northern BC is one of the findings being presented to regional districts and other community officials through the fall

by UNBC officials. The presentations began in Terrace and Williams Lake before continuing in Fort Nelson and Dawson Creek. Future presentations are planned for Burns Lake, Prince George, Prince Rupert, and Ottawa.

The goal of the presentations is to provide an update on UNBC developments, including the opportunity to expand the bioenergy facilities at the Prince George campus and integrate them with housing and food production to demonstrate the foundational elements of community sustainability. A blog has been established to foster dialogue on the opportunity.

“We’ve created [the blog] to share information and foster dialogue on a unique opportunity for UNBC related to the sustainability of northern and rural communities. It’s rooted in the academic strengths of the university, the values of the student alumni, and the unique campus infrastructure that is now energized by bioenergy,” says Rob van Adrichem, Vice President of External Relations at UNBC. “We’re calling it the ‘energy tour.’ There are a lot of reasons for this name: our energy project, the energy at the university leading up to the 25th anniversary in 2015, and the growth of the energy industry in northern BC as one of the defining features of the region these days.”

Students are welcome to follow Rob van Adrichem and the energy tour at blogs.unbc.ca/energy.

A professor in the Northern Medical Program (NMP) at UNBC has been named the university’s ninth Canada Research Chair. The Canada Research Chairs (CRC) is a program that stands at the centre of a national strategy to make Canada one of the world’s top countries in research and development.

The CRC program invests yearly to attract and retain some of the world’s most accomplished minds.

“Our government’s top priority is creating jobs, growth and long term prosperity,” said Minister of State (Science and Technology) Gary Goodyear.

“By investing in talented people through programs such as the Canada Research Chairs, our government is supporting cutting-edge research in Canadian post-secondary institutions. This fosters innovation by helping researchers bring their ideas to the marketplace,

where they the lives of

can touch Canadians.”

Dr. Sarah Gray, the NMP's first-ever Canada Research Chair appointment, has been named a CRC in Integrative Physiology of Diabetes. The NMP is a part of the Faculty of Medicine at UNBC. Dr. Gray’s research is funded for $500,000 over the next five years. “This is a great honour for me,” says Dr. Gray. “I feel very fortunate to have this funding for my research and to have the stability it will provide my lab for the next five years.”

Dr. Gray’s research focuses on the link between obesity and diabetes. Recent data suggests there are 350 million diabetics in the world. Three million of these cases are Canadians, who in 2010 incurred a cost of $12.2 billion.

“Novel strategies to reduce diabetes prevalence are urgently needed,” says Dr. Gray. “My research aims to

understand the biological processes linking obesity with diabetes. Our goal is to identify therapeutic targets to reverse or even prevent diabetes and provide empirical evidence to support lifestyle interventions.”

“It’s very fitting that a researcher of Dr. Gray's calibre has been appointed as the NMP’s first Canada Research Chair,” says UNBC Vice Provost of Medicine and UBC’s Regional Associate Dean for Northern BC, Dr. Paul Winwood. “This is emblematic of the NMP’s maturation as a research institution, and reflects the fact that our faculty conducts worldclass research in addition to training physicians.”

In total, $121.6 million is being invested to support 155 newly-awarded or renewed Canada Research Chairs. These chair-holders will undertake new, cutting edge research at 42

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Canadian post-secondary institutions.

“With this federal funding, chairholders will improve our depth of knowledge and quality of life, strengthen Canada’s international competitiveness and train the next generation of highly skilled people,” adds Chad Gaffield, President of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and the Chair of the Canada Research Chair Steering Committee.

Greyhound TO CUT SERVICE

HANNA PETERSEN NEWS EDITOR

Greyhound plans to cut the frequency of its northwest bus service due to continuing losses. The company now runs 22 buses per week along Highway 16 between Prince George and Prince Rupert. The reduction will see frequency drop to 14 buses a week. Greyhound also wants to reduce service between Prince George and Fort St. James to one trip per week, down from the current six.

In its application to the Passenger Transportation Board, the company said it could reduce its BC losses by approximately $6.75 million if it was able to eliminate one route and cut services on 15 others. Greyhound has been cutting services on routes elsewhere in Canada in the face of rising costs and dropping passenger numbers.

“I do feel for the smaller communities to some extent and know they will feel cutoff. But we’re seeing a shift in demographics, among a number of other

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things. Unfortunately, we need to make a business case,” says Greyhound BC passenger service Manager Grant Odsen.

Several women have gone missing or been found murdered along Highway 16; there is concern that a reduction in bus services could see an increase in hitchhiking along the highway. The Passenger Transportation Board is willing to accept public comment until mid October.

Terrace city councillor

Stacey Tyers said she’ll be asking for council support in sending a letter requesting that Greyhound not reduce its service. “We are the Highway of Tears,” says Tyers, noting that without the bus service, the only method of transportation for some people along Highway 16 is to hitchhike. Greyhound Senior Vice President Stuart Kendrick has said there is no intention to abandon the route, saying, “We’re very aware of the concerns on the Highway of Tears and

we’re still operating there.”

According to a submission to the Passenger Transportation Board, Greyhound said the average passenger load is just between 10.48kg and 11.07kg, and revenue per passenger mile is between $2.31 and $2.25 on the two trips it wants to eliminate between Prince George and Prince Rupert.

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Over the Edge • October 24 2012

UNBC TO IMPROVE CAMPUS CUPE, QUEBEC, AND YOU welcome news to the students and faculty at UNBC.

PHOTO SOURCE UNBC.CA HANNA PETERSEN NEWS EDITOR

Students at UNBC should be watching for improved campus facilities, thanks to over $582,000 in capital funding from the government’s $44 million dollar investment in B.C.’s post-secondary infrastructure.

The investment will be seen in the enhancement of exterior lighting to improve campus safety, as well as implementing a number of energy-efficiency projects related to heat distribution and lighting. The goal will be to improve UNBC’s track record in campus sustainability.

“It’s projected that in the next decade over one million new jobs will be created in British Columbia,” says MLA for Prince George-Mackenzie Pat Bell. “This funding will ensure that Prince George students have the skills they need to fill these jobs and meet the demands of BC employers.” An increase in post-secondary funding is, without a doubt, very

“The original buildings on the Prince George campus were opened in 1994, and additional funding such as this allows us to continually make improvements to the buildings and their operation,” says UNBC President George Iwama.

“Visitors to the campus are so impressed with what we’ve built here, and our students and faculty truly have a matchless setting in which to learn and conduct leading research.”

The investment is a part of annual funding required to maintain the campus. “None of this money is to build a new building, for example.

It’s used to maintain the campus, just like how on your house you would spend a certain amount of money maintaining things,” says UNBC vice president of external relations, Rob van Adrichem.

“Since it opened, UNBC has made a significant difference in Northern British Columbia,” adds MLA for Prince George-Valemount Shirley Bond. “The campus means that students can make the choice to obtain post-secondary training closer to home.” More than $68 million has been invested in capital projects at the university since 2001, including funding for the Teaching and Learning Centre, and the Northern Health Sciences Centre which houses the Northern Medical Program.

LEILA MAHEIDDINIBONAB STUDENT LIFE EDITOR

The price of a post-secondary education is on the rise. With each additional semester of study, the average student has to weigh the benefits of an education against the cost (and for a greater majority of us, student loans and debt) to get that education.

This struggle between education and cost has been the focus of the student strikes in Quebec over the last 13 years. From 1968 to 1990, tuition in Quebec had been fixed at a rate of $500 per year. In 1990 the Liberal government doubled the tuition fees, causing a drop in student enrolment until 1994 when the government tried to double the fees a second time. With the prospect of further increases in tuition fees in less than 5 years, the students of Quebec went on strike; fees were frozen until 2007, until the government instituted a $500 increase over five years until 2012.

Eliane Laberge, the President of the FECQ (Fédération étudiante collégiale du Québec / Quebec Federation of College Students), spoke last week at CNC in Prince George about the history of strikes in Quebec, specifically the fee hikes that had initiated the March 2011 strikes. The proposed fee increase in 2011 was $1,625 over five years, roughly a 75% increase in tuition fees.

“It was not an economical, but an ideological decision,” says Laberge. “One third of the increase in fees

was going to be funnelled back into financial aid for students. It was like, ‘Here, give us $20 and we will loan you back $20 with interest.’

It didn’t make sense, why can’t we just keep our $20?”

It was these inconsistencies that the student unions, along with the 80,000 students they represented, protested against for 14 weeks. During the peak of the strike in March 2012 there were more than 300,000 students protesting, roughly three out of every four students.

“What frustrated us was that the government made us feel like we were not there, even though we were the biggest strike in the history of Canada,” says Laberge. Eventually, after months of futile bargaining, the students finally won.

The increase in fees was blocked after the Liberal government was voted out in favour of the Bloc Québécois. Although the strike in Quebec may seem far from home, it begs notice due to our own strike in British Columbia.

A $20 million cut to the post-secondary budget in BC is planned for next year and part of $70 million in administrative cuts have been proposed over the next 3 years. The accountancy firm Deloitte has been contracted see how cuts can be made. One of the ways the province plans on saving money is called the “Post-Secondary Sector Administrative Service Delivery Transformation Project”; this plan looks at consolidating services at

universities in order to cut cost.

“In the past, ‘shared services’ and ‘shared procurement’ have meant privatization,” says CUPE-BC in response to the recommended shared procurement and back office administration services which Deloitte suggested.

Services like IT and payroll are under consideration in order to determine if they can be centralized between universities to save money. Earlier this year a collective letter was signed by all 25 public post-secondary institution presidents in BC, including President Iwama from UNBC, stating, “we must be clear that it is unrealistic to assume that the reductions contemplated by the end of the year can be achieved without implications for service levels.”

CUPE 3799, which represents 370 support staff here at UNBC, has had an overtime ban in place since October 11, 2011, in an attempt to put pressure on the province to listen to their demands. This ban follows a general walk out which happened on October 4th on the UNBC campus.

On October 15th and 16th there were two scheduled meetings between the university bargaining team and CUPE. “Both sessions were delayed, postponed, and eventually cancelled as management is waiting on approval from the government regarding their proposals” says Caroline Sewell, CUPE 3799 president.

Sports

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October 24 2012 • Over the Edge

Meet a Student Athlete GEOFF SARGENT SPORTS EDITOR

Every issue, OTE sits down with a student athlete to discuss their team, their background, and their life at UNBC. Interviewed this issue was Mercedes Van Koughnett, a fourth year standout for the women’s basketball tean.

Like many team members, you came to UNBC right out of high school in Prince George. Was it an easy choice to pick UNBC over other schools?

Yeah. I have a huge family so I decided to stay here. I’ve known Loralyn [Murdoch, head coach] since I was younger, so yeah, it was an easy choice.

On the topic of Loralyn… describe her in three words.

Commanding, intelligent, and…throw some words out there, I’m trying to be nice!

Talk about what you’re taking in school, and what you want to do after you graduate.

I’m in Psychology and it wasn’t a first choice; my first choice was Nursing in my first year, but I didn’t really like it as much. I have always wanted to go into the RCMP, so I am taking Psychology, earning a degree and then applying for policing the next year.

Does the team hang out a lot off the court?

Yeah, we do. The older players, not just me, the older players take initiative and ask [the younger players] to come for team movie nights and stuff like that, but our rookies this year are all crazy about school so it’s kind of hard to hang out as much as we used to.

Who

is

your

favourite

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rookie this year?

They’re all kind of weird, in their own ways. My favourite rookie would probably be Allison [Seinen], just because she proved herself on Rookie Night.

Talk a little bit about last year.

UNBC won the PACWEST championships, and you were the MVP of that tournament.

That was something we’d been working on in my four years.

In my first year we were ranked second in Canada, and we ended up…choking…in provincials to the last place team, so I think it was a huge accomplishment in the end. Ending up with a win, especially going into CIS, knowing we’d never get a chance to do that again, it

was huge. The final game was against VIU. We had a huge rivalry with them, VIU - we just did not like each other at all and it was crazy having so much community support there. A lot of people came down, we had the drummers, everyone’s family, it was awesome.

You’re a frequent visitor to the Over The Edge office, what keeps you coming back?

Well, I’m usually here studying late at night after practice or something, so I’m walking back and forth going to the washroom and I end up stopping here and getting some food.

Do you have a planned Hallowe’en costume yet?

Yes. We are…the team is doing a huge thing. We’re going to be the UNBC track

team, it’s an inside joke, because all we do at practice is run, so we call Loralyn our track coach because that’s all she does…makes us run. It’s kind of funny.

When was the last time you dunked on any size basketball hoop?

Actually, yesterday. That’s funny!

Did you get a boost up to a 10’ hoop?

No it was like 8’ I think, me and this girl on our team, Sarah Robin, we all call her Rupert because she’s from there, but we saw the hoop and we just started dunking on it yesterday.

Who has the best nickname on the team?

Probably Rupert, since that’s what we all call her on the bench. If someone says Sarah, we’re like “who?”

Who runs the stereo before games?

Jennifer Bruce.

Throw some bands or songs out there, what’s the go-to right now?

Rattle by Bingo Players, have you heard it? [while nodding] Nope, just playing along.

You need to listen to it, it’s good. [Editor’s Note: No it isn’t.]

Do team road trips by plane ever get old?

Oh no, never. Did you hear about the plane trip last year?

We flew into Calgary, all the guys and girls together on the plane, all of a sudden the airplane just dropped, like we were all out of our seats and in our seat belts, everyone was screaming…I swear to God I thought I was going to die. I was looking around, I look at my teammate and she was crying, I looked over on the other side, my other

teammate was puking, I was like “oh my God I’m gonna die”. It was awful, so ever since then a lot of the girls and guys are sketchy about planes. It’s nice to get there quicker, though.

You’re in CIS now with new rivals. What school do you want to beat?

UBC-O. Actually, TRU as well.

Both of them? There must be something about the Kootenays.

We had a rivalry against UBC-O from PACWEST, and TRU - I was actually going to go there and take the policing program, but I decided to stay here. It would be nice to kind of show them that we can beat them.

Do you ever mix it up and drop some trash talk?

Oh, always, yeah.

What’s the go-to line?

There’s no go-to line! Actually, there is a go-to line. But it’s nothing, it’s not trash talk…I will just say “oh nice double dribble” or something. I’ll be nice about it, or “nice shoes”, just try to get in their head.

It’s all about the mind games.

That’s all it is, yeah. Just ask the stupidest questions.

“What’d you have for dinner?”

I’m kind of weird on the court actually.

What’s your street ball name?

Probably just Merc the Great.

What’s a goal you think the team will achieve this year?

Successfully run all the plays in practice! That would be an achievable goal. Definitely grow as a team, become more close on and off the court. Build that chemistry.

BASKETBALL EXHIBITION WRAPS UP GEOFF SARGENT SPORTS EDITOR

UNBC basketball's program competed two weeks ago in the 45th Naismith Classic exhibition tournament hosted

by Waterloo, where they played their first games against CIS opposition this season. The Timberwolves did well in the tournament, with both the men's and women's teams posting 2-1 records; the men won the tournament on a scoring differential tiebreaker, while the women were good for second place.

The UNBC men fell to the hosts (80-71) on the first day and responded with victories over York (97-89) and Quebec (9055) to secure the tournament win; the women defeated Cape Breton (62-57) and Waterloo (73-63) before losing in the final game to Concordia (6652). Both teams saw two of their players named as tournament all-stars, as Jordan Rabbit and Mercedes Van Koughnett were recognized on the women's all-star team

while Joel Rybachuk and Jose Araujo were acknowledged for the men. Araujo took home tournament MVP honours in the process.

The opposition ramps up for the men next weekend, as they head to Abbotsford to participate in the Honda Way exhibition tournament. While York and Waterloo each won only five games last year, UNBC is set to play against their historically better conference rivals Lakehead and McMaster,

who finished second and third respectively in Ontario last season behind eventual national champions Carleton.

UNBC also plays Langara College in the tournament, their last tune-up before the CIS regular season begins.

The women's team returned from Waterloo and travelled to Calgary last weekend to play in the Cougar Classic, an event hosted by Mount Royal University. The UNBC women defeated SAIT (80-61) and

Canada West foes Lethbridge (77-56), but dropped a game to Calgary (88-51) over the weekend. With their exhibition schedule completed, the women are in full preparation for the season opening weekend November 2nd in Kamloops against Thompson Rivers University.

Look for a full season preview of both UNBC basketball teams in the next issue of Over The Edge.

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Over the Edge • October 24 2012

FAREWELL TO DELL: Danny Plays Final Game

PHOTO SOURCE LORENZO BONETTI GEOFF SARGENT SPORTS EDITOR

With both soccer seasons having concluded without postseason play for the men and women at UNBC, the focus on the athletics department undoubtedly turns to basketball. Before doing so, though, the Timberwolves took time

to recognize the soccer program’s only fifth year athlete, Danny Dell, as his CIS eligibility ended with the conclusion of the soccer season. Dell was honoured after UNBC’s last home game of the season against the University of the Fraser Valley with a ed photograph and a midfield ceremony,

attended by friends and family.

Dell, 25, hadn’t played much soccer until he tried out for the men’s team in its infancy five years ago, but through the tutelage and development from head coaches Sonny Pawar and Alan Alderson, Dell was able to transfer from a hockey

CANADIAN SOCCER; NATIONAL PRIDE

PHOTO SOURCE SHELLEY TERMUENDE GEOFF SARGENT SPORTS EDITOR Most UNBC students have yet to see Canada play a single match in the World Cup Finals.

Canada’s national team has qualified to soccer’s grandest stage only once (in 1986, where they lost to France, Hungary, and the Soviet Union without scoring a single goal), yet recently the tide seemed to be changing. Qualification for the 2014 World Cup held in Brazil has been underway for over a year, and Canada had been performing admirably – easily breezing past Puerto Rico, St. Kitts and St. Lucia in the first of three stages last fall, and starting their second stage up spectacularly with a road victory over Cuba in Havana. After a second win over Cuba at home,

a draw against Honduras, and a split of two games with Panama, Canada found themselves a draw or win away from the final stage of World Cup qualifications – a group of six teams, colloquially known as “The Hex” - where three guaranteed tickets to Brazil were stamped, and a fourth just a win (against New Zealand) away from joining the party.

Canadian hopes were high going into the game, and why not?

Our national team had heavily outplayed Honduras in Toronto, and by all accounts only a lack of finishing prevented the team from scoring on multiple chances. The first game against the Hondurans ended in a 0-0 draw in Toronto, and the same result repeated in San Pedro Sula would see Canada through.

Head Coach Stephen Hart was widely quoted on arrival in Honduras saying “the most dangerous thing you can tell a team is they need a draw,” so clearly the coaching staff had the team’s best mindset planned out. The team would attack, the team would defend, and the team would advance.

But then came the kickoff.

It began well enough for Canada – in the second minute a cross into the box found striker Tosaint Ricketts with an open net, a simple volley away from silencing the boisterous

Honduran home crowd. Ricketts couldn’t control the pass, though, and the chance was defused. The wheels fell off shortly thereafter.

Honduras came in waves, and the Canadians were overmatched.

The defence remained pedestrian as attack after attack was feebly defended or not defended at all. Thirty minutes later, it was over – the scoreboard may only have ticked 34 minutes off a 90 minute clock, but it also read Honduras 4, Canada 0. After another excruciating, embarrassing hour of Canadian soccer, the game mercifully ended, 8-1. Suddenly, the best Canadian side in years was once again in the same failed heap as the others: humiliated by a tiny yet passionate Central American nation, reduced to World Cup spectators.

Media and fans will move on quickly – at halftime of the game, Sportsnet was already plugging future broadcasts of England’s own World Cup qualification bid – and herein lies the problem with the state of the game in Canada. Compare the scene in our country to that of Honduras: rather unluckily, the game against Canada fell one day after a Honduran national holiday, but the country’s administration was nonplussed – they simply added an extra day to their holiday, ensuring most of the country had the

background into universitylevel soccer. Striker was an obvious fit. “I’m a centre [on the ice],” he said. “A goal scorer.”

Dell had only one goal on the season when he was interviewed, but it was memorable. It came in UNBC’s first game in CIS competition, on the road in Victoria. “They’re defending national champions – they had the banner ceremony before the game and drew 2,000 fans.” Fittingly, the goal came as a result of hard work, symbolizing the Timberwolves’ lunchpail attitude this season. “They were passing it around their defence and I stole it from one of their defenders,” says Dell. “I went right in and scored just before halftime.”

Unfortunately, the T’Wolves went on to lose that game, and all but one of the others this season, as the team moved from CCAA to CIS play with a 1-13 record.

Dell remembers the positives, listing the 2010 season’s two playoff wins as his fondest team memory. UNBC defeated Capilano in the first round before squaring off against

day off work and was able to watch their national team play.

Conversely, we host matches against Jamaica in Toronto that feature just as many people cheering against the country they live in as there are supporting our own. The World Cup is the premier sporting event worldwide, but only those following the progress of our qualifications religiously for the past year would even have known about our biggest game in decades more than a day or so in advance.

Watching Canada concede goal after goal after goal to Honduras, ending a World Cup dream I thought would come true for the first time in my life, the prevailing emotion was disappointment. While our players, especially on defence, showed an incredible lack of effort when it mattered most, the disappointment wasn’t truly directed at them – it was at the state of soccer in Canada. If it was our supporters gathered en masse outside a visiting team’s hotel the night before a game, making enough noise to prevent them from sleeping; if it was us cheering passionately for the country we live in, and not for the country our grandparents grew up in; if the game that could have sent us to Brazil was an event, even if only on Facebook, I have to believe it could have ended differently.

the nationally #1-ranked Douglas College Royals, and it was UNBC who emerged victorious: “We beat them 2-1,” Dell said. “It was a great weekend.”

While Dell plans to move down the highway back to Burns Lake after his education at UNBC concludes, he will not be a stranger to the program here, nor to the game of soccer that has now become such a big part of his life. As the soccer program at UNBC grows and ages, players like Dell, so influential to the team’s early development, can take a role in maturing it to one successful on the national stage.

[Editor’s Note: Danny scored a second goal this season against Mount Royal on Saturday.]

Standings Men’s Soccer Pacific Division

11-0-1 UBC 9-1-2 Trinity Western 5-5-2 UVic 3-5-4 Fraser Valley 1-13-0 UNBC

Prairie Division 7-2-4 Alberta 6-4-3 Calgary 5-5-3 Saskatchewan 4-4-5 Lethbridge 4-8-1 Mount Royal 1-9-3 Winnipeg

Women’s Soccer 11-1-0 Trinity Western 9-2-1 UVic 8-2-2 UBC 8-3-3 Regina 8-4-0 Saskatchewan 7-2-3 Alberta 6-5-1 Fraser Valley 4-7-1 Manitoba 3-6-3 Calgary 1-7-4 Mount Royal 1-9-2 Lethbridge 1-10-1 Winnipeg 0-9-3 UNBC

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October 24 2012 • Over the Edge

Flynn in Scotland

DEVON FLYNN CONTRIBUTOR

It’s not easy being an exchange student. I’m not talking about the school work. No, I’m referring to the constant tug-o-war match between being a traveller and a student. It’s easy to get caught up with the excitement of meeting new people, having every place be new, and being in a community where you want to explore everything and everywhere. There are so many more distractions when you are on an exchange than if you were a local student, especially when lots of events and activities are catered toward you specifically as an international student.

I’ve been fortunate to have been to an abbey, several museums, numerous castles, like Urquhart and Glamis (the latter being haunted). I haven’t found Nessie in Loch Ness, nor have I worn a kilt, but there’s still time.

Even with a plethora of activities to do and people

to meet, all of which make great competition with class work for your focus and attention, you may still find yourself depressed some days. Some might consider it homesickness, others might label it culture shock, both of which I have experienced before. No, this syndrome doesn’t occur for lack of a social life where you are lonely or weary to experience a new culture, although extreme shutins may experience this as well; it may be that you’ve been so busy meeting people, going to dinners, and attending pub crawls, bus tours, and lectures, that you’ve neglected your physical health.

I’m not saying all those things are bad, but they are hardly physically demanding. When you finally do get a break, you do what most of us tend to do – just chill, watch a movie, or go online. This can be troublesome for exchange students who may find themselves on a computer more frequently than normal

– Skyping, uploading your many photos to show your family back home, googling the area for places to check out and how to get there, communicating with your school back home, etc. Next thing you know, you find you may have gained a few pounds and just feel blah.

Despite the haggis, numerous chip shops, and deep-fried foods of Scotland, I don’t think I’ve gained weight since I’ve been here; however, my physical activity level has definitely declined. I rejected joining the university gym due to the staggering costs and the fact that my living situation would find that my going to the gym would not be ideal, convenient, or frequent.

Fortunately I was able to find a promotional deal with the fitness centre in the town where I’m staying. I’ve also made it a point to buy and cook healthy homemade meals for supper as often as I can. I try to pack lunches as much as possible, as I don’t have the facilities to cook

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while at school. With very wet Scottish winters on their way, I’ll be inside even more often, so being physically active in partnership with eating well (or at least avoiding the deep fried Snickers) has become even more of a priority for me.

Considering the risk of seasonal depression due to the lack of sunlight and Vitamin D, maintaining a good diet and a decent level of physical activity seems almost as important as good

studying habits.

So I give this advice to my fellow students, not just those abroad: if you find yourself in a slump one day, unmotivated to do anything, try to motivate yourself to do at least two things – go for a run and cook a good meal. You may find it makes a hell of a difference when you finally crack those books open.

Grad Student Spotlight LEILA MAHEIDDINIBONAB STUDENT LIFE EDITOR

Why did you choose this topic?

I think agriculture is often overlooked in our society today, as people are so busy. It’s something that impacts everybody, and I think there’s a definite need in the region to build applied research around agriculture and the people responsible for feeding the rest of the population. I also have family history connected to the topic, so I feel that had a huge implication to my interest in the research.

Name: Serena Black (Pictured: her dog, Brisby) Age: 24 Program: Natural Resources and Environmental Studies Who is Serena Black?

I’m a student, a dog owner, a market manager, a cyclist, a northerner, a knitter… and a lot of other things.

What are you studying/ researching?

I’m working on a multidisciplinary study looking at agriculture in northern BC. I’m doing a greenhouse study on ten cultivars of barley, in

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relation to responses to varying levels of moisture stress, as well as looking at the cultural practices of northern producers. The producers were active in determining the direction of the greenhouse study.

How was the research conducted?

I’m working up in the Enhanced Forestry Lab to do the cultivar trials. For the cultural piece, I’ve been doing farm stays with different producers in the Omenica region. I stay with the producers and work on the farm as they need help, to get a better idea of their day-to-day activities.

I also conduct interviews with producers, and journal about my experience.

Where would your research be implemented?

What are some applications for this research?

The intent is that my study is generating baseline data that will be used to develop future, multi-year field trials across the Omenica region. The results of my greenhouse study will be relayed to the producers, and they will work with researchers to develop future research priorities.

The goal of the research is to develop applied agriresearch in the region, and work to characterize crop adaptive capacity and production potential.

When will you be graduating?

I’m planning to graduate by December 2013.

If you could give one piece of advice to the new grad students this year, what would it be?

I would encourage new grad students to really engage with their peers and with Prince George. I’ve had such a positive experience, and I credit that to have a strong support system from my peers, and in taking advantage of the positive aspects of Prince George. I would also suggest investing in some home-brew.

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Over the Edge • October 24 2012

Cornered on Campus Hallowe’en weekend: a weekend where you can see fairies and zombies dancing together in peace on the dance floor. With the memories of candy hoarded away for weeks into November, somehow the memories of the costumes we wore got washed out - or were they?

This week Over the Edge Asks: What’s the worst Hallowe’en costume your parents put you in?

Michael

Ashton

Ryley

2nd Year Business

The Hunchback of Notre Dame, I was 4.

1st year Computer Science Graduate Studies

They dressed me up as a girl when I was 9 or 10. All my brothers went as girls and my sisters went as guys that year.

4th Year Biochem

Domenico

1st Year Biochem

I remember they dressed me as a pumpkin once.

Kate

4th Year Biology

I was a shark. But it was a shapeless grey shark, so it sort of sagged and bulged weird.

They dressed me up as Raggedy Anne. It’s one step away from a clown, and at least a clown can be made scary for Hallowe’en.

Ewan

4th Year Geography

Jane

2nd Year Engineering

They dressed me up as Batman one year and a T-rex another. They weren’t embarrassing, I quite liked them actually.

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Well I was a dinosaur when I was 6 and that was okay, but I still sort of fit into the costume when I was 12. It was tight and the head didn’t fully sit on the costume anymore, the tail was lame, it was allaround unpleasant.

Val

4rd Year Nursing

They dressed me up as Aladdin one year, and then Dolly Parton.

Ashley & Katherine

2nd Year History/ First Nations Studies & 2nd Year Environmental Studies

Ashley: I was the Sailor Moon cat.

Katherine: They dressed me up as a Christmas present when I was 6. It was a box with two holes on the sides and it was wrapped in Christmas wrapping, with a bow on my head.

Guess the background picture for a prize!

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Features

October 24 2012 • Over the Edge

HORNY Hallowe’en A Q&A on how to get laid on University's sexiest holiday,with your favourite advice columnist, Domino Kyle Q: Dear Domino: My boyfriend and I (a petite female) are huge fans of sex in public places, and were looking forward to a kinky tryst on the dance floor. Only problem is, I'm going as Marie Antoinette, and my boyfriend is dressing as one-third of the Human Centipede (the middle bit). What do I do? Please help make my coital dreams a reality!

Signed, Costumed and Kinky

Dear Costumed and Kinky: Wow, sounds like you have a problem. When most college-age students get dressed for Hallowe’en dances, they conveniently dress in such a way that unearthing the appendages needed to perform the sex act is very easy.

Generally the problem is putting them back under wraps!

Your issue is therefore something of a new one this Hallowe’en.

You've mentioned that you will be going as a period fashionista whose own bodily coverings were big enough to warrant a parade on their own. Solution? Work the hoop skirt baby. Here's the plan: when the lights are off and the music is thumping, have your man and his two unfortunately attached musketeers sidle under your skirt (which, let's be honest, will be more of a tent) and go at it. Sure, it will be awkward for his buddies, but what's Hallowe’en if people aren't scared?

On the other hand, if you

don't feel like alienating your boyfriend's two best buddies, just whip off your clothing during a particularly beat-heavy Pitbull song (everyone knows that Pitbull is the music of love) and passionately put all of your bits and pieces on display as you dance to the beat of your own humping. The good thing is, what with the nature of the season, I think you'd actually be LESS noticeable humping and naked on the dance floor than anytime else.

-Domino Q: Dear Domino: I am a single bisexual guy who is looking to find a costume to get the maximum possible action on the night of my Hallowe’en shenanigans. What should I wear?

Sincerely, Josh Hey Josh, Try the not-a-jerk ensemble, that one is popular. Seriously, don't go into it hoping to get laid, that always reeks of douchery and desperation.

No one wants to tell their friends the next morning that they went home with that clingy whiny guy from the bar. Wear something that accentuates your good features, or something funny. For example, you could wear some furry white short shorts, and say you're an overweight polar bear looking to break the ice. Be confident and kind, that generally goes further than any costume. Dress up in

BE HANDY WITH CANDY GALA MUNOZ FEATURES EDITOR

1. Make a quick and easy mocha by adding mini chocolates to your coffee.

2. Pack mini chocolate bars into your purse or bag for a quick sugar fix wherever, whenever.

3. Make homemade flavoured vodka. Drop your candy or chocolate of choice in a bottle of vodka and let it soak.

4. Invite your friends over for a “sophisticated” wine and

(mini) chocolate night. Check StarChefs.com for suggestions on tasty chocolate-wine pairings.

5. Freeze it and throw it into any ice cream, milkshake recipes or plain cookie dough. Fun-size candy bars and candy-coated chocolates make for easy and appetizing additions to cakes, brownies, cupcakes and icing.

6. Keep it for decorating gingerbread houses in December.

7. For the scientificallyinclined: Determine the

green and red and make a beeline to the guy in the Batman costume. Wear a Nightwing costume (have you seen Nightwing's ass?

GLORIOUS) and go hit on your sister. Just kidding.

Just wear something fun that makes you happy, have a good time, and BE SAFE. -Domino Q: Dear Domino: My girlfriend bought a sexy police officer's costume and has told me that she wants to “arrest” me and handcuff me and I'm not sure if I am comfortable with that. What do I do?

I'm not against it, I've just never thought about it.

-Michael Bluth Hey Michael...her?

It seems like you're uncomfortable with this arresting new development in your relationship. When introducing new elements (like handcuffs) into a relationship, the matter of consent is always a very crucial part of the dialogue.

Have you talked about it before, or is it something that she has just brought up? I find that lots of men in particular are interested in making their girlfriends the submissive ones, but are uncomfortable with anything that makes them vulnerable. Kind of a double standard, no? In our culture, it is rare to see portrayals of women being dominant sexually, and that tends to leave a bit of an imprint on the collective psyche. If the only thing stopping you

number of licks to get to the centre of a Tootsie pop.

8. DIY trail mix: Make your own trail mix with pretzels, nuts, dried fruit and little candies like M&Ms or Reese’s Pieces.

9. Pawn it off on your coworkers by putting it into a bowl in the staff room.

10. Win the best friend award and gift a birthday piñata filled with your surplus of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and Glosettes to your unsuspecting birthday pal.

11. Just eat it.

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and your lady from having an illegally sexy romp is your ideas about how men and women should behave, then release your inhibitions and let her lock you up! The sex police have no place in the bedrooms of the nation! In the end, it comes down to trust.

Being put in a position where either partner has control over the other is a situation that is inherently vulnerable, no matter who is doing what. It can often lead to a greater intimacy if both partners are willing to explore. However, if neither partner is one

hundred percent okay with it, the potential for bad stuff is high. If it is something that she would really like to try and you're open to doing, have at it!

If not, talk with your girl about what is and is not appropriate, and how to introduce new elements into your sexy time without giving either of you a heart attack. Happy boning!

-Domino Email your questions to: dominokyle@hotmail. co.uk for next issue.

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Over the Edge • October 24 2012

Horrorscopes with cleo starsky Aries:

You’ll get an unexpectedly horrible mark on an assignment. Pack an extra lunch, you never know when it’ll come in handy.

Make sure to evade disaster by looking both ways when crossing the street. Avoid eye contact at all costs with any new person you meet.

Recommended costume: Katniss Everdeen or Peeta Mellark

Taurus: Try not to take

yourself or others too seriously this week. Make sure to double-knot your shoes and always bring a raincoat just in case.

Remember: glitter is always the answer.

Recommended costume: a character from The Breakfast Club

Gemini: Start the week off right with a dramatic soliloquy. Best if performed on a crowded bus. Don’t trust what other people say, especially if they end their statement with “just

kidding.”

Recommended costume: Sexy Hot Sauce ($20 at buycostumes.com)

Cancer:

Be wary of professors and those who have power over you. Feel free to resort to physical violence if a problem arises; it will help to relieve tensions. Get outside of your comfort zone and do something daring like not sleep for two days straight.

It’ll help to give you a new perspective.

Recommended costume: Deviled Egg or “Pasta”farina (or other “punny” costume)

Leo: Take the word “you”

out of your vocabulary and don’t talk to anyone unless they refer to you as “master” or “commanderin-chief.” Keep in mind that the world is out to get you and you’d probably be better off leaving civilization altogether. Wear a watch; you never know when it’ll come in handy.

Hallowe’en How-To

GALA MUNOZ FEATURES EDITOR

It’s the most vunderful time of the year! Muahahahaha…

Hallowe’en (also known as Day of the Excused Lack of Clothing, or the Eve of Playing Cruel Tricks on Unsuspecting Children) is upon us. For those of us who plan to throw a gathering of sorts at home or send out Facebook invites to bring some friends over to help hand out candy, I’ve got some easy and fun ways to make your celebration that much more festive.

First things first: pumpkin carving. There’s the conventional carving strategies of a spooky, silly or friendly face, but don’t feel limited by your carving tools!

Scoring intricate designs into the skin, making use of spray paint, and adding accessories are a few ways to help you customize your pumpkin. When it comes to other decorations, feel free to be thrifty. White tissue paper makes for great cut-out ghosts to hang in the windows; black and orange construction paper can be folded up and cut into a string of witches, pumpkins, or skulls; and

any ornamental figurines of bats, spiders, rats, crows and cats suit the occasion perfectly.

To add to the eerie ambience, scatter long candles around the house, dim all other lighting and play dramatic classical music in the background. If you’ve never picked your clothes out earlier than five minutes before you put them on, these costumes are relatively easy and cheap to throw together at the last minute: flight attendant, sailor, tourist, Carmen San Diego, Waldo of Where’s Waldo, cast member of MythBusters, “Workout Paul Ryan,” gladiator, Jackson Pollock painting (white shirt and paints covered in paint splatters; paintbrush hanging out of pocket is a nice touch), and the evertimeless Medusa. If you’re planning on heading out with your significant other, you could always try out a couples’ Hallowe’en costume: Frankenstein and the Bride of Frankenstein, the Queen Bee & one of her Drones, Mary Poppins and Bert, Ken and Barbie, or the more realistic pairings of Selena Gomez and Justin

Recommended costume: one of the One Direction teenage heartthrobs

Virgo: Live on the edge

a little: take money from a stranger. Tell your secrets to the only two trustworthy sources: your pet and Facebook. Come to terms with the fact that the world actually does revolve around you.

Recommended costume: a can of Campbell’s Tomato Soup

Libra: Believe in yourself,

but not any more than absolutely necessary. Keep your enemies close and your friends closer. Or maybe just say screw it and join a monastery. Mountain life would look good on you.

Recommended costume: Alex DeLarge from A Clockwork Orange

Scorpio: Go ahead and

simplify things for yourself by viewing everything as either an absolute victory or

Beiber or Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart (either on good or bad terms).

Costumes that are likely to be popular this Hallowe’en (so stay away if you’re hoping to score points for originality): superheroes and heroines from any of this past summer’s big blockbuster movies, zombie anything, and characters from The Hunger Games. If you’ve decided to forgo all Hallowe’en-related events this year altogether, the following books and movies are a sure way to get you sufficiently creeped out without even leaving the house: Dracula by Bram Stoker, Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Salem’s Lot by Steven King, Frostbite by David Wellington, Beetlejuice, Hocus Pocus, 30 Days of Night, Edward Scissorhands, and my favourite, The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Whatever you end up doing this Hallowe’en, remember to make it unforgettable (see what I did there?) and get chocolate-wasted off of snack-sized Snickers and Butterfingers.

a catastrophe. There exists no middle ground. Question the meaning of life until you go crazy and then write a book about it.

Recommended costume: Walter White from Breaking Bad

Sagittarius:

If it feels like lately nobody understands you it might be because you aren’t speaking in English. Either that or you aren’t using enough hand gestures.

Avoid leaving the house before 3:00pm.

Recommended costume: PSY of “Gangnam Style”

Capricorn: Revel in the uncertainty of your future.

Doesn’t it feel good to just face the brutal reality?

Put in the extra effort this week and you might be rewarded. You also might not be rewarded. Best of luck to you!

Recommended costume: Big Bird

Aquarius: Now is the

time to make that highly irresponsible purchase.

Just trust me! If your plans fall through this week it’s definitely someone else’s fault. You can’t be to blame for anything that may go amiss and you should make sure to let everyone and anyone know that you are (and always have been) a perfect specimen of human creation.

Recommended costume: Joel Goodson from Risky Business

Pisces: If a friend comes

to you for advice, blame them for their problems.

It’s the only way that they’ll learn anything in this dog-eat-dog world. They’ll thank you one day for your thoughtfulness. Make sure to leave a key under the doormat, you never know when it’ll come in handy.

Recommended costume: creepy celebrity photographer Terry Richardson

Pumpkin Cheese Balls

This pumpkin cheese ball recipe is perfect for a Hallowe’enthemed get-together or for adding a festive twist to a fancier version of cheese and crackers.

Ingredients: 2 (10 oz.) blocks of shredded extra-sharp white Cheddar cheese 1 (8 oz.) package softened cream cheese 2 (4 oz.) softened goat cheese logs ½ teaspoon pepper 1 broccoli stalk Crackers, assorted vegetables and apple wedges 1. Stir together first four ingredients.

2. Shape mixture into a ball resembling a pumpkin. Smooth “pumpkin’s” entire surface with metal spatula or table knife.

Make vertical grooves in ball using fingertips. Cut florets from a broccoli stalk to resemble a pumpkin stem. Press into top of cheese ball.

3. Serve cheese ball with crackers, diced assorted vegetables and apple wedges. Revel at your edible artistry! Revel!

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Arts & Entertainment stars, the north Album Review

Attention UNBC Music Nerds!

Creator of ‘Hallowe’en’ Film Franchise Discusses Why We Love Horror

FRASER HAYES CFUR STATION MANAGER

We have nearly 30 original shows on CFUR, developed and produced right here at UNBC. You can tune in and hear anything from indie-rock to old-timey ragtime. We are up at the station almost every afternoon and we love visitors. Why visit, you ask? Well, our Music Director (OTE's very own Jordan Tucker) gets about a dozen new albums every day from different artists, labels, and promoters. If you have a favourite band that has a new album coming out soon, we might already have it!

Come lay on the couch and Jordan will throw it on for you.

We are very excited about all the new developments here at CFUR and we would love for YOU to get involved.

There are endless opportunities for you to get great experience in broadcasting and journalism. Rock on!

Why Do We Pay To Watch Scary Movies?

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Hey there students.

My name is Fraser and I am the Station Manager at CFUR, YOUR campus radio station. I just thought I would give you a quick update about what’s happening at CFUR lately. We have been working hard all summer to update our software, hardware, the station itself, and learn how it all works.

If you tuned into CFUR last year and weren’t happy with what you heard, I strongly suggest you give it another shot.

October 24 2012 • Over the Edge

PHOTO SOURCE STEREOGUM.COM JORDAN TUCKER ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

I’ve loved Stars dearly for years now. I’ve loved Stars since I went to summer camp when I was ten years old, and the cute hippie counsellors played it in the truck on the way home.

Dreamy, sweet, hopeful pop with an alternative kick, Stars has been the smart person’s edgy indie pop for the better part of a decade. So it is with profound disappointment that I tell you, good reader, that their new album is just not that memorable.

Stars has long been terrific because of their clever lyrics, interesting riffs and unique instrumentation.

This record, while more accessible in the mainstream sense of the word, is not challenging.

It’s not cool. It’s a shrill chirping irritation, like that bird outside your window at 5:00am on a hangover morning. I want the old Stars back. This record is boring. This sounds like a Hey Ocean album dipped in oatmeal and dyed beige.

I want “Nightsongs”. I

want “In The Bedroom After The War”. I want “Set Yourself On Fire” Stars. I want “Do You Trust Your Friends?” collaborative Stars. “Hold On When You Get Love, and Let Go When You Get It”? You’re better than preaching, Stars!

Remember when you told me about riots and Pont Champlain and repentance and regret? Remember uncertainty and frailty?

Oh Stars, when did you become so lame? I want the mournful, melancholy, gutwrenching, sweet and sour Stars back. I hope that this new fault can be blamed on some idiot executive who wants to broaden appeal.

Hopefully the members of Stars have merely been kidnapped and will return, pick up their instruments, apologize happily, and write an excellent mopey album about the dangers and joys of alien anal probing. One can only hope, because otherwise we have lost one of the pillars of Canadian indie rock. We miss you Stars - please come home.

Irwin Yablans, creator of the “Hallowe’en” films that forever changed the genre, says the answer’s easy.

“When done right, a horror movie evokes an involuntary response involving fear, excitement, repulsion and fascination,” says Yablans (www.irwinyablans.com), author of the new memoir, The Man Who Created Hallowe’en. In it, he details his rise as a successful independent producer, sales chief for Paramount Pictures and head of Orion Pictures.

His masked creepster Michael Myers, who debuted in 1978, spawned a wave of iconic horror characters, and a new way to do business in Hollywood. “Too many commentators focus on the cost of making a film, and how much the lead actors were paid,” he says. “But, from a producer’s point of view, the most important money question is: Is our movie worth the $10 ticket price?”

Yablans shares his views on why we love to be horrified: Universal appeal: Horror will always tantalize the masses because it touches a visceral emotional response within everyone – unlike other genres. Not everyone finds the same things funny, for example, but just about everyone finds the same things scary, he says.

“Horror connects on that most fundamental level. A truly frightening boogieman, a likeable protagonist and sympathetic victims puts audiences right in the shoes of the characters being

chased,” he says.

The difference between horror and horrible, and fan loyalty: As a boy, Yablans grew up in a poor tenement in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, listening to radio shows that relied on “theater of the mind” narratives, which captured the imaginations of listeners.

He used this approach with the Hallowe’en film series.

“Too many of today’s horror films rely on blood and guts to coax gross-out responses from audiences,” Yablans says. “‘Hallowe’en’ was successful, in large part, because it played more on the mind, where fear lives.”

“Horror fans tend to give new movies the benefit of the doubt, and if the first one is good, then they’ll return for parts two and three,” he says.

Cost-effective: Most of the greatest horror film franchises began with modest budgets, including “Night of the Living Dead”: $114,000; the first “Hallowe’en”: $320,000; “The Blair Witch Project”: $35,000. Each of those movies were wildly successful, grossing millions.

The “Friday the 13th” series, inspired from the success of “Hallowe’en,” has earned a worldwide total of $465 million. “There have been many failures, but the genre is one of the best bets in the film industry,” he says.

Great marketing: Yablans’ legendary horror series appropriated a children’s holiday, Hallowe’en, and made it exciting for adults.

“Everyone wants to be young again – at least sometimes,” he says. Other successful horror franchises: “Nightmare on Elm Street,” “Friday the 13th” and “Scary Movie” copied Yablans’ branded approach: recognizable titles, costumes or makeup and theme music.

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Over the Edge • October 24 2012

Horror movies you should watch on Hallowe’en JORDAN TUCKER ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

While you're waiting for the Great Pumpkin to come to you at the pumpkin patch, wile away the hours with these twisted selections.

its very best. Stereotypical horror movie kids go to a cabin in the woods. Bad stuff happens. You'll love it.

5. The Evil Dead I (1981) & II (1987)

7. Mean Girls (2004)

9. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

3. Inside (2007)

1. Ginger Snaps (2000)

A satirical and bizarre take on horror movies, this flick focuses on two misanthropic Canadian sisters who sit around waiting for their first menstrual cycles.

When one of the sisters (Ginger) begins to exhibit werewolf-like symptoms after being attacked by a mysterious animal, her sibling Brigitte has to befriend the high school weed dealer in order to find a mystery ganja that could very well be the only hope. Starring Katharine Isabelles, Mimi Rogers, Emily Perkins, and Kris Lemche. Might very well be the best thing you do this Hallowe’en (projectile vomiting pumpkin beer is overrated, trust me).

Weird French gorefest. A pregnant lady, another lady who wants her baby, a locked house, and a pair of scissors. BLOOD! Caution: watching this movie may lead to the expulsion of the aforementioned pumpkin beer and ubiquitous Hallowe’en candy.

4. Shaun of The Dead (2004)

Another cabin in the woods.

Bruce Campbell. His rubber face. A missing arm. A dead girlfriend. A chainsaw.

You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll poop your pants. If you can manage to marathon these two movies and Army of Darkness, not only will you get to see Bruce's ruggedly handsome face and pretty brown eyes for multiple hours, you will also emerge from the experience better in bed, armed with weird catchphrases ("I know now that my wife has become host to a Kandarian demon.

I fear that the only way to stop those possessed by the spirits of the book is through the act of... bodily dismemberment"), all the better to say to yourself as you rock back and forth with the sad knowledge that you are not Bruce Campbell, and you do not have a badass chainsaw arm.

8. Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

Tim Curry in tights as a transexual Transylvanian makes me want to hop on a plane over there and lick this (unfortunately fictional) character's elbows. To see him is to believe him. This is a cult film worthy of the status, with memorable songs, humour, and the brutal murder of Meat Loaf.

Watch for Susan Sarandon as a sexually-repressed newlywed, and delight as she and her husband learn the joys of Tim Curry and Rocky.

"T-t-t-tooouccch meeeeee!!!!!!!"

10. Psycho (1960)

6. Army of Darkness (1992)

2. Cabin in The Woods (2012)

Two words: Joss Whedon.

Those are the only two reasons you need to watch this movie. You need to watch this movie, right now. Starring super-hunk Chris Hemsworth (AKA Thor - rawr - 'nuff said) and, uh, some other people, this is metahumour and terror at

Tina Fey, Tim Meadows, Lizzy Caplan, Amy Poehler, Amanda Seyfried, Lindsay Lohan before her transformation into the Kraken. This movie has a Hallowe’en party with a hilarious take on teenage Hallowe’en costumes and the art of turning lingerie into animal costumes, so it sort of fits on this list.

Whatever, I just really like Mean Girls and think you would all be better people if you watched it. Does that make me so wrong?! Don't touch me! What is love?

Baby don't hurt me...don’t hurt me...no more...

This smart zombie movie deals with a newly-dumped, dead-end job kind of guy trying to save his friends and loved ones from the undead apocalypse, and the repercussions of a world trying to deal with integrating zombies into society. This is a film lover's treat, as the movie smartly references other horror movies in oblique ways (check out Shaun's house) and has the best foreshadowing ever. Of all time. Snappy and macabre.

Bruce Campbell is transported to the past out of his dingy job, and must steal the Necronomicon and battle an evil army in order to go home. Buxom peasant babes, one-liners and weird, old-timey animation techniques make this an excellent film. Also Bruce Campbell. Did I mention Bruce Campbell?

I know that I have to put this movie on the list, because it's a cult classic and people love it, but it really confuses me. People also seem to have a huge emo boner for Tim Burton, which is funny because his current artistic model seems to be Danny Elfman plus purple stripes plus Jack Sparrow plus Bellatrix Lestrange. But I digress.

This movie - it's Hallowe’en, but it's Christmas, and there's a weird skeleton who becomes Santa.. this movie has an identity crisis and it makes me uncomfortable.

But there's a ghost dog, so I guess that's kind of okay.

Watch it if you want, I'm not your mother.

The infamous shower scene, Norman Bates and his hotel; the grace and style with which Alfred Hitchcock put the whole thing together not only created and codified the modern horror genre, it affirmed it. Watch this one with a cuddle buddy and some whiskey, and sleep with a night light.

PHOTO SOURCES ROTTENTOMATOES.COM

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Opinion

October 24 2012 • Over the Edge

beers with ben: the Red Pen challenge BEN FILIPKOWSKI COPY EDITOR

Attentive readers of Over The Edge are no doubt aware of a number of changes made to the paper over the summer, and indeed the past few weeks. We are a new team approaching new challenges and obstacles; each issue you read is the result of dedication, commitment and numerous hours of hard work. We are all too aware of the reputation our paper has had in the past, and we are well aware of the challenges we face. By way of meeting these challenges, and in an attempt to remedy our reputation, we have introduced the Red Pen Challenge.

PHOTO SOURCE SHELLEY TERMUENDE

In short, the Red Pen Challenge is our attempt to get you, the student body - our audience - involved and invested in the new-

and-improved production and publication of Over The Edge. We want to create the best product we possibly can, and we work hard to do so; obviously, we are only human, and despite our best efforts, errors slip through. This is inevitable, and the Red Pen Challenge is there as a tongue-in-cheek way of acknowledging that. Again, in short: we get it, there are errors, and there were errors in the past.

Beyond that, though, there’s a more insidious, pervasive reason that the Red Pen Challenge exists. It’s our dark secret, your worst nightmare, a challenge we throw down to you: the Red Pen Challenge isn’t just there to help us catch mistakes. It’s there to get you to read the paper.

Shock of all shocks, I know! We tricked you. The challenges we face aren’t easy ones. It’s an ongoing obstacle to our success that we have yet to truly get our readers invested and interested in our success.

As students at UNBC, you’ve all paid fees that help keep this paper up and running; we’re asking you to continue helping us by reading the paper cover to cover and telling us what you thought.

Like I said before, Over The Edge’s past has sometimes been a rough one. Mistakes have been made in the past grammatical, typographical and factual and as a result, the paper had a checkered past. Help us make sure the future is one of polka dots.

A night with the roller girls GEOFF SARGENT SPORTS EDITOR

Rock-It Man is sitting down with me while the derby team stretches in anticipation of their practice.

"You know," he admits,

"I'm probably more of a feminist than most women are."

On its own, out of context, the quote would seem strange. But it comes

Rock-It Man keeps a lookout for fouls.

The pack jostles for position before the jammers arrive.

about ten minutes into a conversation covering everything about roller derby, and it makes sense.

Rock-It Man is a roller derby official – a head referee, to be precise. He's been involved with the sport in Prince George for over four years, and is one of the original members of the current group.

"Have you seen the movie Whip It?” he asks. “You should watch it if you're trying to get a sense of this. The way they portray derby - it's a Texas league; the way they actually showed derby being played was ridiculous, pretty much everything they did would be a major penalty, expulsions. What they really captured was what draws them into it.

Why they're so passionate about it.”

The passion is evident at first glance; everyone I talk to ensures I know the rules. The basics are easy to follow: five skaters per side, one jammer and four blockers; the jammers race around the track trying to get through the pack as quickly as possible, earning points for each blocker they pass. When the rules questions dry up, the conversations always turn

back to the community.

“It is a sense of, everybody helps everybody, on and off the track,” says Lockdown.

“Even off the track, everybody pushes each other to do better, to train better. Even family-wise, if there's problems within families, or you need help … if my car breaks down, I can phone any one of these girls and they would come and get me.” Lockdown's shirt is sporting a C that I recognize from other sports; I ask her how she became team captain. "Our captains were voted in,” she corrects me, stressing the plural. “There's three of us: myself, Sista Viberosis, and Loki.”

Lockdown is heading into her fifth year with the group; she had taken her daughter to a bout, but when her daughter was too young to join, it was Lockdown who was urged to play. “My intentions were just to watch a practice – what happened was Cruely Sue, a few of the other vets were here, and they said 'oh here, have my gear' and they were handing me elbow pads, knee pads and a helmet, within a month I had my own skates.”

Derby names – some of the others I heard mentioned

included Penny Dreadful and H-Dawg – are as much a part of the sport as the skates. I didn't ask for birth names, nor were any provided. “Some people say there are alter egos.

It's kind of like Hallowe'en where you come out as someone else, and so some women will say they can be a different person,” says Rock-It Man. “It's a show, campy sort of thing, not as much as people think, but there is that side of it. Some of the girls don't even know each others' real names.”

As well as a weekly Fresh Meat program for getting new recruits prepared for the intensity of participating with experienced players, the team is preparing to host their third annual Sk8fest in the Roll-ADome, November 3rd at 7:00pm (tickets from the Wintergarden, Books & Co., Handsome Cabin Boy).

“You feel the intensity,” says Lockdown.

“Even people who come to a game can feel it after the first couple minutes, like 'Holy Crow, these girls are serious'. We're not out here just as a show.”

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Over the Edge • October 24 2012 (CUP) — Puzzles provided by BestCrosswords.com. Used with permission.

Across

1- Mother of Aries 5- Birthplace of Muhammad 10- Actor Tamiroff 14- One of the Baldwins 15- Sign up 16- Get up 17- Letter opener 18- List of candidates 19- Narrate 20- Large wine bottle 22- Donates 23- Prefix for small 24- Neighbor of Cambodia 26- The cruelest month?

29- Affluent 33- Salivate 34- Evidence 35- For each 36- Long time 37- For _ (cheap) 38- Room in a casa 39- Precious stone 40- Become less intense, die off 41- Bay 42- Costume 44- Deputised group 45- Polite address 46- Amoeba-like alien: The _ 48- Rescues 51- Capital of Queensland Australia 55- Banned apple spray 56- Encore!

58- Native Nigerians 59- Pealed 60- Actress Taylor 61- Antitoxins 62- Joint with a cap 63- Sailing hazards 64- Prefix with sphere

Down

1- Pilgrimage to Mecca 2- Gen. Robert _ 3- Back

4- Part of the shoulder joint 5- Subatomic particle 6- China's Zhou _ 7- Jam-pack 8- Portable bed 9- Draft choice 10- Painter, e.g.

11- Capital of the Ukraine 12- Wight, for one 13- "Alice" diner 21- Beak 22- Ball game 24- Sierra _ 25- Sleep like _ 26- Saying 27- Primp 28- Chambers 29- Penned 30- October birthstones

31- Strikes out 32- Take to the soapbox 34- Sacred song 37- "Dancing Queen" quartet 38- Haughty 40- Latin I word 41- Wall St. debuts 43- Come out 46- Lasting a short time 47- Queues 48- Cutty _ 49- Astronaut Shepard 50- Windmill blade 51- Cause of ruin 52- Busy as _ 53- "Cheers" regular 54- Morales of "La Bamba" 56- Part of ETA 57- "Fancy that!"

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