Over the edge volume 19 issue 8

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The Editors

January 23rd 2013 • Over the Edge

Over the Edge is the official independent publishing media of students at the University of Northern British Columbia Managing Editor

Production Coordinator

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Randy Roy

Shelley Termuende A&E Editor

Offended?

Hand model: Geoff Sargent

Ben Filipkowski

Sports Editor

Student Life Editor

LEILA MAHEIDDINIBONAB STUDENT LIFE EDITOR

Two weeks ago the “Put On Something Sexy” flipbook was everywhere; the Health Services Center, the Counseling Center, even in the library had it (no doubt from a student who thought it should be put there) but last week it was nowhere to be seen. You have to go looking for it, and even then the odds of finding one are slim.

When asked, Counselling Services said it was removed because it was found to be offensive to some people. At first glance this could be seen as a valid reason, but I have a simple question to ask: So what?

Jordan Tucker

Geoff Sargent

Features Editor

Leila Maheiddinibonab

News Editor

Hanna Petersen

Gala Munoz

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Many people may not know this, but we live in a region where HIV/AIDS is prevalent.

The STOP HIV/AIDS Pilot Project has identified Prince George along with Vancouver’s inner city as priority regions that represent a majority of B.C.’s HIV cases as well as increasing rates of HIV/ AIDS. We are constantly seeing posters, banners, and advertisements at the UNBC campus as well as bus stops, TV and clinics about the importance of being tested and using protection and prevention methods.

This may seem like an oversaturation of the message if the situation was different, but it is what it is; 25 percent of the people who are HIV-positive are unaware of their diagnosis.

So with all this information I go back to my first assertion, so what if you find the “Put On Something Sexy” flipbook offensive.

In the paraphrased words of Stephan Fry as circulated on Facebook - “I find that offensive has no meaning, has no purpose and has no reason to be respected, it is nothing more than a whine.” The flipbook is a sexual health handout for people who WANT to take it and should be available to them. It has a valid message and many

of the students at the university campus do not find it offensive. They instead pass it around to other students because it is worth seeing and most importantly, an interactive remember-able form of media they haven’t seen in a very long time.

Now some may say that the offense wasn’t about the message of the flipbook but instead about its pornographic nature. In this case it is a judgment of opinion and everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I would just like to remind people that no one is forcing you to pick up this flipbook.

The cover clearly shows two naked people in the midst of a sexual interaction, a fair representation of what is inside. At this point the onus is on you, the person picking up the flipbook, to decide whether you want to keep looking or put it back.

If being offended is all that’s needed to make things in the university change, I’m sure more students are offended at the high tuition rates, and even more at the fact that those high tuition rates don’t seem to transfer to the UNBC campus where certain washrooms have had broken toilets for the past year and every winter there is a dripping leak right beside the cashiers office, complete with its own bucket. Why aren’t those things at the university being changed to appease the students but when it comes to our sexual health and wellbeing everything can be thrown out the window to get no complaints.

So here is where I voice my opinion. I am offended that my sexual health education is considered second to someone else’s modesty. Most importantly I’m offended that information that could potentially save me from a lifelong treatment regimen is being held from me.

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BEERS WITH BEN: YES! I’m STILL HERE! Did you miss me? I’m back. I missed one issue, but we’re back to the regular flow now. Where did I go? Ontario for the holidays, and the annual Canadian University Press NASH conference. I learned a lot over the break, and I recharged and re-energized myself. I met a few people. I got to see my family again. Mostly, I just enjoyed a full month away from responsibility.

name. I am officially qualified to do stuff, and man, it feels good. I have so many projects on the go, so much that I’m trying to get off the ground, and so much to plan for my future that I feel a little overwhelmed. Granted, this is a better feeling than being overwhelmed by school and the closing of this chapter in my life (well, it’s still closing, but we’ll get to that bridge and cross in in due time), so all in all, it’s a great change. I may be bragging a bit here.

Oh yeah, right, I am done my degree. I have letters - or will soon have letters - behind my

Anyways, I’m really glad to still be with OTE, especially after our trip to Toronto for

BEN FILIPKOWSKI COPY EDITOR

NASH 75. We learned a lot, and we’re hoping to implement as much of it as possible in the coming months. I’m very excited to still be writing, and indeed to have time and inspiration for my writing, something that I’ve been missing this past year. 2013 is full of possibility and excitement - it’s so new, and it needs filling up with experience and memory!

So while this particular column is not my usual fare, I hope that you’re all as keen on the new year as I am. Even though we’re nearly in February, the drive you felt at the start of the

year is worth holding on to. It’ll keep you going through the hard times, and it’ll make the good times that much better.

Here are three new things I’m trying out this year: a new radio show, a new bunch of folks to play music with, and a new love of hiking and long walks around PG. Challenge delivered - accept it!

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Over the Edge •January 23rd 2013

Simple Rules for Travelling; Moving to a New City SARAH JACKSON CONTRIBUTOR

At some point all of us have to leave home and head out into the world to find something.

Whether that something is an education, an adventure or even ourselves there are some things you can do that will make the experience more memorable and less regrettable.

1. Limit time spent on Facebook and Skype.

Looking at photos of your friends’ lives hundreds or thousands of miles away will make you feel depressed. Period.

We have all experienced social media withdrawal in one form or another. Even if its just sitting in a classroom where the Wi-Fi won’t work long enough for you to check your Facebook it can be a debilitating experience. When you are away from home and aching with the uncertainty of it all, social media can be a lifeline. But it can also be a serious impediment to actually living your life wherever you actually are. When I was on my first backpacking adventure I read something on the John Lennon wall in Prague that has stuck with me ever since: Wherever you are, be there: solid advice from an extraordinary wall.

2. Find new places. Leave your hostel, hotel, or apartment, especially on those mornings where you don’t feel like crawling out from underneath the covers. Go for a walk. Buy a tea and coffee from that funky looking shop on the corner.

It can be tempting to lay in bed, eating chips and watching Terminator. God knows we all need to do it once in a while especially when the world outside is unfamiliar. But if you drag yourself out of bed you will be surprised by what you find or rather what finds you.

rebellion before the Berlin Wall fell in 1989.

People would risk their lives every night to paint the wall, and every morning the Soviet guards would paint it back over. Art is hope that we can all create.

6. Talk to everyone. Talk to that old man on the bench feeding the ducks and the fifteen year old at the checkout counter. At the same time trust your gut. Stand up for yourself because when you’re alone no one else will. Some people will be strange. Most people will be wonderful. Have faith in the many and let go of the few.

Travelling is wonderful because it reinforces your faith in people. You are forced to depend on strangers and generally they come through.

I`m not saying go out and look for strangers to stay with or take unnecessary risks, but if you get the chance to stay with locals take it.

You will be surprised how much love can exist between people who don`t even speak the same language, how much can be communicated without words.

7. You will be lonely. Sometimes you will feel like you are drowning in loneliness. Take a big breath. Take another. Think of loneliness as a gift in those moments where you’re terrified you won’t make it to the next breath. Inhale it. Learn from it. Make it a part of the shield between you and the world. Nothing can harm you if you wear it proudly.

I met a retired American schoolteacher in Prague who had been backpacking since he was eighteen. He told us about his first travelling experience and how he almost gave up in Paris before he realized that “even loneliness is something you can learn from”. In my worst moments I think of those words, take a deep breath and hold on tight.

Create something new. Write. Paint. Create yourself. Every day.

Adventures always seem to find me when Im abroad whether its riots in Greece or the discovery of a new and delicious kind of food.

Making the effort is always worth it. Take a chance. Thats why youre there isnt it?

3. Find new people. Use your voice. Say hello to the cute guy, girl sitting in the funky little hole in the wall. Smile even though your hands are trembling and your heart is beating louder than the sounds of shuffling baristas and chill electro-swing.

See what happens when you take a chance.

The scariest things are often the most worth it.

The moments you remember sometimes begin with moments you would prefer to forget.

4. Be brave.

5. Create something new. Write. Paint. Create yourself. Every day.

Art is something that never leaves you. The ability to make something that never existed before is something that defines us as human beings and as individuals. The John Lennon wall I mentioned earlier is a wall hidden in the depths of Prague covered in Beatles lyrics and peace signs. It was originally a form of

8. Tell your story to people that you trust. Tell your story to the world. Our stories are the only things that stand between the boxes society attempts to put us in.

Whoever you are I guarantee you are more than the information you need to fill out a passport. But the only way the people you meet will know that is if you show them.

9. Remember all the people that love you. The ones who believe in you. Trace the shape of their faces with your mind. Let them go. Learn to love someone, somewhere, something new.

Let it go.

We all lose ourselves sometimes, in people, places. The truth is getting lost is the best part.

The moments you remember are not the ones that go according to plan; the moments you remember are the ones where you come up against something unexpected and find your way through it. So get lost because it`s the only way you`re going to find those parts of yourself that you never knew existed before.

Turning over the pile: UNBC’s Composting Program CAROLYN KNAPPER, SUSTAINABILITY INTERN

As you have probably seen around the Prince George campus, UNBC currently participates in a composting program. What you might not be seeing is the blood, sweat and tears of volunteers and stakeholders making this project possible. Over the past two decades, hundreds of dedicated volunteers have collected, weighed and transported bins of decomposing lunch leftovers from various sites on campus to their designated compost piles. With the coordinated help of students, faculty, and facilities, heaps of compost have been diverted from landfills and have been used instead to nurture plants and vegetables around campus and in the community.

The first real concept of a composting program arose nearly ten years ago as an Environmental Studies student project that investigated the capacity of our facilities to handle such a system.

This project was then adopted by PGPIRG (Prince George Public Interest Group) who worked in collaboration with REAPS (Recycling and Environmental Action and Planning Society) to make the dream a reality. The initial compost location was set up near the PGPIRG garden up by residence. Rain, snow, hell or high water, volunteers would push the composting bin uphill (both ways), to get what was collected to the main station. Aside from the huge amount of manpower required to make this happen, with the composting site so close to the forest, our hungry northern friend, the Black Bear, was inevitably drawn out to snack. Bears plus students was obviously not a safe environment (both parties often hungry and irritable under stress), so there was need for a new system. In 2010 PGPIRG received support from the Green Fund to upgrade the system. New green bins and a hopper to store compost between drop offs were purchased, and the site was moved down to the parking lots in front of the school. An electric fence was installed to keep out hungry pests, better pile systems were built (using UNBC engineered “beetlecrete,” a product that combines beetle killed wood and cement), and the composting program continued.

This is the system we use today- the static pile system. Compost is still collected by about 15 hardworking volunteers from about 12 bins around campus daily and placed in a hopper. At the end of the week the hopper is brought to the composting site by facilities. Once at the site, the compost is dumped into 2 beetlecrete containers, and is moved in the spring to 8 wood and wire composters where it continues to break down.

From here, the decomposed product is sifted and used around campus by the groundskeeper, and is also sold by the bag.

This all sounds fine and dandy, but the truth is, our current compost program has reached maximum capacity, and it does not currently collect from either of the residence buildings.

Being the sustainability go-getters that we are at UNBC, this just isn’t good enough. The search began for a system that is more economical; a system that could digest more compost, but use less man hours. In November of 2011 more funding was received through the Green Fund to host a Visioning Session on how to expand the current system. As part of this process, Stephanie Doherty, a second year Environmental Engineering student, was hired to investigate what other University campuses like UBC,

University of Ottawa and McGill are doing with their compost. What she found was that there are a wide range of opportunities available, but for the most part, many schools are using a model consisting of rotating bins that keep the compost oxygenated. To fully decompose one load of compost, it takes about two weeks on average, and the amount is dependent on the size of bin being used. This type of system could chew through compost much faster than the conventional static pile method, and could substantially reduce the required manpower.

The next piece of the puzzle is how much compost do we need to be able to digest if we were to include residence. Working with D’Arcy Michiel, a Masters student at UNBC, a composting audit was conducted this past October. Compost buckets were distributed, and students were asked to collect unprocessed fruits and vegetables over the course of four weeks.

The buckets could then be dumped in larger bins located at the residence entrances where compost was collected and weighed. “Student participation was awesome,” say D’Arcy and Stephanie. “We wouldn’t have been able to accomplish this without the help of students, RA’s and Housing Staff”. Although it is still a work in progress, as the data is currently being sifted through and compared to different possible systems, we can expect to see some big changes in composting for the Prince George campus within the next year or so. And just as small composting initiatives snowballed into larger ones, it is possible that more ideas may sprout from the pile. Perhaps we may see things like compostable plates and utensils at the cafeteria or even vermicomposters, utilizing little red worms to consume our rotting vegetables and turn them into soil.

There are a lot of dedicated people working on some pretty awesome projects at UNBC. Thanks to all our hard working volunteers, students, faculty and staff who help keep our campus something we can truly be proud of! A special thanks to Gail Fondahl, UNBC’s previous VP Research, for support in making this initiative possible. For more information on composting or how you can get involved, drop by the PGPIRG office, third floor of building 6, or contact Sarah at PGPIRG@unbc.ca.

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Campus News

January 23rd 2013 • Over the Edge

Bill C-45 and Idle No More: Outlining the connections Block Courses now offered at UNBC HANNA PETERSEN NEWS EDITOR

Protesters band together to fight Conservatives Bill C-45 Photo courtesy of Marygkosta/Flickr Creative Commons)

KEVIN MENZ THE SHEAF (UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN)

SASKATOON (CUP): The grassroots movement Idle No More is rapidly gaining indigenous and non-indigenous support as First Nations, Métis and Inuit people fight against what they perceive to be threats to their sovereignty in Canada.

While many of the movement’s supporters don’t want to restrict Idle No More’s message to Canadian lands, the bulk of the dissent is centred upon the federal government’s omnibus Bill C-45.

Critics of C-45 argue that it does not honour the treaties and it drastically eliminates protection of many lakes and rivers. However, as Jeff Denis wrote in the Toronto Star Dec. 20, “one could feel the movement brewing for years.”

Denis highlights actions Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government has taken during its time in power that have pushed Canada’s aboriginal community to revolt.

“Since 2008, the Harper government has cut aboriginal health funding, gutted environmental review processes, ignored the more than 600 missing and murdered Indigenous women across Canada, withheld residential school documents from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, abandoned land claim negotiations, and tried to defend its underfunding of First Nations schools and child welfare agencies.”

Harper was also criticized by many Canadians and federal opposition parties last year for his handling of a housing crisis in Attawapiskat, Ontario.

Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence, who has emerged as an icon for Idle No More, made headlines last year when she declared a state of emergency in the northern Ontario town located along James Bay. Spence, along with other community leaders, cited inadequate housing and a lack of electricity and running water as major problems that needed to be addressed before winter hit that year.

Harper removed Attawapiskat’s finances from

the local government’s control and placed the town under third-party management. Federal opposition parties as well as Spence criticized this move and many opposition leaders urged Harper to visit the town, which he declined to do.

Now Spence has joined the Idle No More movement and has been on a hunger strike since Dec. 11, urging Harper and the Governor General to meet with her and other First Nations leaders. The strike, which Spence began one day after the movement’s National Day of Action, helped bring widespread media attention to Idle No More.

Idle No More was founded by four Saskatchewan women Nina Wilson, Sylvia McAdam, Jessica Gordon and Sheelah McLean and the movement held its first event on Nov. 10 at Station 20 West in Saskatoon.

This first event was a small ­discussion especially compared to the larger rallies held more recently on Bill C-45. The next week, events were held across the province in Regina, Prince Albert and North Battleford as well as in Winnipeg.

The movement picked up a lot of its steam on Dec. 10 with the National Day of Action. The day of action, which occurred one week after First Nations chiefs were denied entrance into the House of Commons following an attempt to express their frustrations with C-45, saw protests held in Toronto, Vancouver, Saskatoon, Whitehorse and several other Canadian cities.

These cities, along with an increasing number of Canadian communities, have hosted numerous other rallies since Dec. 10.

The movement has now spread into the U.S. and Europe as people all across the world use social media to express their solidarity with Idle No More.

Idle No More first crossed the border Dec. 21 when rallies were held in front of the Canadian consulates in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Senate passed Bill C-45 in the House of Commons Dec. 14. It will become law once the Governor General signs it.

This January, UNBC began offering its firstever block courses to third year, fourth year, and graduate level students in the Geography program. The semester system has been the dominant learning method for so long that it is easy to forget other approaches to education actually exist. One of these approaches, known as the “block method” is currently being employed in UNBC’s geography department. Instead of a semester of four or five classes done simultaneously the block method involves students focusing entirely on one course at a time in two and a half week blocks. Block teaching has actually been gaining in popularity among North American post-secondary institutions for its capacity to help students with different learning styles and to go more in depth into course material.

UNBC Geography program chair Neil Hanlon is excited by the many advantages that block delivery holds for engaging students. “When we talk about block teaching, we often focus on the fact that, in this 21st century world with so many distractions and competing interests, the block delivery method offers students an opportunity to stay focused on one subject at a time,” says Dr. Hanlon. “Rather than taking multiple courses at a time, we have three hours of class every day dedicated to one course only. Ideas and conversation remains fresh in everyone’s mind so that students learn in a much more in depth manner.”

UNBC Geography Chair Neil Hanlon

students learning from service providers and decision makers in the community. Dr Hanlon has also invited members of the community to participate in one or more block delivered Geography courses being offered in the winter semester. Community members with an interest in any of the coursed could be registered as “interest only” students.

The courses involved with the block program include Critical Perspectives on International Development, Health Geography, First Nations and Indigenous Geography, and Geography of Culture, Rights, and Power.

Dr. Hanlon also wants potential students to understand the opportunities that block teaching offers for community involvement.

For example, block programing can involve The Idle No More movement and several other First Nations refuse to honour the bill. They claim that C-45 violates the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples because it does not honour the treaties or indigenous sovereignty and because the federal government did not adequately consult with First Nations before instituting the legislation.

Idle No More spokesperson Eriel Deranger told Global News that changes to the Indian Act will make it easier for the federal government to remove land from the First Nations. She said that not only can the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs now call a referendum for land removal but also that the referendum’s results will stand no matter how few members of a First Nation attend previously, a referendum had to include all members of a First Nation.

She also said that changes to the Navigable Waters Protection Act, Fisheries Act and Environmental Assessment Act will weaken Canada’s environmental laws.

The 130-year-old Navigable Waters Protection Act will be changed to the Navigation Protection Act, which will see thousands of Canadian lakes and rivers removed from federal protection. The government argues that the new act makes it easier to begin necessary infrastructure projects along waterways but Idle No More supporters believe the amendment too highly prioritizes industrial development over the environment.

C-45 critics also argue that changes to the Fisheries Act, which previously required companies to build new lakes or streams when one of their projects damaged waterways, will allow companies to opt out of these environmental commitments. They also argue that changes in the Environmental Assessment Act will too significantly relax the environmental review process.

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Over the Edge •January 23rd 2013

Campus Correspondent Entries roll in: have you voted?

HANNA PETERSEN NEWS EDITOR

Entries have begun to roll in for UNBC’s first ever Campus Correspondent position via the Northern Exposure Award. The job has its perks as the Northern Exposure Award includes tuition for one year, accommodation in residence, credit with the UNBC bookstore and food services on campus, and even a smartphone plan. All of this is in exchange for being the face of UNBC social media detailing undergraduate life. The contest is marked as “the ultimate school year - eight months of unforgettable northern experiences”.

This non-traditional scholarship abandons the usual method of selecting a student with the highest academic credentials and instead looks for an individual who is outgoing and knows his or her way around Facebook and Twitter. Applicants are asked to create a video where they explain why they should have “northern exposure” and be selected as the Campus Correspondent. Current UNBC students and all others invested in university social media competitions can vote for their favourite entries online and the applicant with the most votes by January 20th will win the early bird prize of $200 dollars of UNBC tuition credits.

With only days to go before the first deadline only five applicants are in the running. As the Northern Exposure Award is marketed mainly as a getaway-to-the-north experience, its no surprise that three of the applicants are outdoors loving kids from the lower mainland. Tim Beals, a high school student from Richmond, is currently in the lead with over a hundred votes. “I am an adventurous yet self motivated and studious student, who is eager to experience all that northern life has to offer,” states Beals.

His two minute entry video details a love

september, Welch demonstrates the distance between Vancouver and Prince George in her application video and says although its far away she is excited to go north.

“I am looking forward to moving up to Prince George in the fall and being campus correspondent would be a dream come true,” states Welch. In her entry Welch claims to be excited to turn over a new leaf and learn about Canada’s Green University.

The most northern applicant of the bunch is Seth Jex from Smithers. “I have some awesome experiences from youth empowerment and environmental summits to heading the creation of a youth shadow council in our local municipal system,” says Jex. “I feel this is an awesome opportunity to experience new things and meet new people. I want to tell everyone about all of the amazing things going on at UNBC.” As a current drama student, Jex enthusiastically states in his entry video that “I am a northerner who knows northerners. I have a creative background and the leadership experience that this role needs and I love UNBC”. Jex currently ranks third place just trailing Jillian Welch’s position in second place.

The only hometown submission comes from Chantelle Jimenez from Prince George.

Filmed on campus, Jimenez’s video exudes local pride as it features her walking into the university campus carrying a snowboard while wearing a UNBC sweatshirt. She then details all of the local Prince George hot spots she’s had the pleasure of growing up around such as West Lake, Purden, and Hixon Falls. “For being only eighteen when school arrives in September I feel like I can bring my young enthusiasm to every aspect of UNBC experiences. I am not afraid to be myself and hopefully through all of my posts and videos you’ll get to know

The voting system is also a great way for current UNBC students to voice their preferences of who they want to see inundating UNBC social media in the future. of the north stemming from a memorable childhood vacation to Quesnel, Barkerville, and then on to Jasper and Banff.

John Evans from Langley is also contending for UNBC’s northern exposure.

You should vote for me because I am fun, outgoing, and a very sociable person capable of handling the responsibilities of campus correspondent,” states Evans.

“I will capture life and events at UNBC throughout the year in the most entertaining and unique ways.” John’s video is softly scored by his own strumming on the guitar as he explains his love of the great out doors and walks through his neighbourhood as the sun sets.

Jillian Welch is the final applicant form the lower mainland hailing from Vancouver BC. Also a high school student shopping for a university to call home in

my friendly, genuine, character,” states Jimenez. Jimenez smoothly concludes her video with “my name is Chantelle Jimenez and I’m part of the UNBC graduating class of 2017”.

These five applicants are eagerly awaiting votes. The voting system is also a great way for current UNBC students to voice their preferences of who they want to see inundating UNBC social media in the future. The first round of voting will be concluded on January 20th and one of these five kids will receive 200 dollars of UNBC tuition credits. The second round of voting will close of February 10th and that will see $500 dollars worth of tuition credits up for grabs.

New Research at UNBC helps women recover from hysterectomy

unbc.ca HANNA PETERSEN NEWS EDITOR

Women in northern BC face among the highest rates of hysterectomy in Canada and a new study involving the University of Northern British Columbia is promising to help northern patients recover physically and mentally. The Collaborative Women’s Health Project will also help researchers understand the emotional and physiological effects of the procedure, which involves the removal of some or all of the female reproductive organs.

The study will make use of a new technology called Rehabilitative Ultrasound Imaging (RUSI) to scan participating patients’ core abdominal and pelvic floor muscles to evaluate muscle function in real time. This technology is also used in physiotherapy practice to rehabilitate and strengthen muscles by providing visual feedback of the muscles in action. The Project is recruiting northern women between the ages of 35 to 55 who are scheduled or on the surgical waiting list for hysterectomy.

“I have lived and worked in northern BC for more than 20 years. Our community has four times the rate of hysterectomies of some urban communities in the BC Lower Mainland, and we have challenges regarding access to healthcare,” says Project Coordinator Lois Lochhead, a Prince George physiotherapist and PhD Candidate in the Faculty of Medicine, Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of British Columbia. “Most of these

studies take place in large metropolitan areas and it is time for rural and northern communities to be heard."

One of the purposes of the study is to evaluate any change in muscle function during the four month period before and after surgery. On the final session, each participant will be given in-depth feedback about her core muscles along with an exercise prescription that will aid in improving function. Under-utilized or injured core muscles due to hysterectomy can lead to chronic back pain or incontinence in some patients.

The study will also explore the relationship between physiological changes in muscle function and women’s perceptions of alteration and healing.

One-on-one interviews with a researcher will seek to understand the hysterectomy experience, including the return to normal daily activity and work. “I’ve met women who say, ‘I have no use for these organs anymore so let’s be rid of them,’” says project coordinator and UNBC Nursing Professor Lela Zimmer. “For others, it can be very upsetting and disruptive for them and for many of the relationships in their life.”

Participants will be asked to attend four sessions. The first session will take place shortly before their surgery and the rest at four week intervals afterwards.

Participants are reimbursed $15 per session for travel.

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Arts & Entertainment

January 23rd 2013 • Over the Edge

The Truth Weighs Nothing On Consent and Punk Rockers: Gaza Singer John Parkin Addresses Rape Accusation JORDAN TUCKER ART AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

Salt Lake City-based band Gaza, is facing controversy as lead singer John Parkin fields accusations that he raped a woman. The report surfaced on the accuser’s Tumblr account in October in a detailed account of the experience.

John Parkin responded in a statement: “Let me first say that this rape allegation is entirely untrue. Throwing this sort of accusation up on the internet is reckless and completely slanderous...Rape infuriates me, and I never see red like I do when I hear about it. This is not a subject or an accusation I take lightly.

Anyone who knows me personally knows that I could never and would never force myself on anybody... Women’s rights and all forms of social justice are causes [GAZA] champion.

I would encourage this person as well as any other who feel they have been assaulted to go immediately to the police.”

To which the woman, unnamed, responded: “Minutes after Jon raped me, I told him that he raped me. I repeated this multiple times in the hours after the rape. I didn’t just “throw the allegations up on the internet” I confronted him personally and he responded violently. [he said] “Throwing this sort of accusation up on the internet is reckless and completely slanderous.” Not slander, because its true. Not reckless, because I already told him about it personally and he decided not to deal with it. Everything about his statement is a blatant lie. No word from John yet, by the way. So much for caring about women’s rights.”

The two people had apparently been dating when, according to the blogpost, he assaulted her as she slept. Gaza is most well-known for being an extremely pro-social justice musical act. Their past albums have all come across as very pro-woman, pro-choice, and pro all the stuff that would lead you to believe that whomever is singing it is unlikely to be a rapist. However, Hitler was a vegetarian and a Christian who was strongly against cruelty towards animals and loved painting and notions of peace. On the woman’s blog, she describes

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herself as an anarchist and defends not calling the police because she felt that it would not have been taken seriously, and that hopefully contacting John Parkin himself and talking to him about it would have a more direct affect than waiting for the police officers to decide on their highly personal matter for them.

Within North American culture, very often we find that the issue of rape is treated as something inconvenient, where the accuser (often a woman, but occasionally a man) is just crying out for attention and trying to destroy the reputation of the man who has raped her. 1 in 4 women will be the victim of some sort of sexual assault within their lifetime.

According to Stats Canada, the rates of sexual assault in Canada have remained stable for the past ten years. However, police-reported data suggests a steady decline in the reporting of such offences by victims. Fewer than one in ten sexual assault victims report the crime to the police.

According to Stats Can, 58% of victims did not report their incidents to the police because they did not feel it was important enough. So while we’re dealing with a lot of rape going on, we’re not seeing a lot of reporting. What gives? Part of the problem is perhaps women are taught to believe that “boys will be boys” and that if they are raped, it is their fault. See the tired and horrifying idea that a girl walking around drunk off her tits in a miniskirt is somehow deserving of the rape she suffered because she did not take the precaution of staying at home drinking tea and reading a Jane Austen novel. Um, teach rapey dudes to keep their dicks in their pants and not think that a drunk girl automatically means someone who is available to you as a sexual commodity. Drunk people deserve to go home and take off their shoes and eat drunk perogies with their friends, no matter what they are wearing. No one deserves assault.

In other news, if a couple happens to be making out in bed, and one partner decides they’re no longer into doing the dirty, the other partner has to respect that. No, you don’t automatically

xriotnrrrdx.tumblr.com get to have sex with that person just because you’ve got a boner/your vag is wet. It’s about understanding that there are two people involved in the arrangement, both of whom need to be fully consenting for the sex to take place. The mentality surrounding the idea of “cockteases” seems to be this: sexy person presented sexiness to myself. Sexy person got sleepy/was otherwise uninterested in having sex with me for whatever reason, I am still interested in having sex. Solution: guilt-trip them/force them physically into believing that they somehow owe me their body, because the universe revolves around my genitals. Hold up right there, Captain Entitlement! No one owes you any sexy candy, just like how you don’t owe anyone sexy candy either. It’s about treating whomever you are with as a person, and not just as a convenient bit of really realistic sexdoll. This notion of sexual privilege and treating someone as an object is similar to the idea of “friendzoning”, in which someone assumes that because they are kind to a person they are attracted to, they are automatically owed a romantic relationship. The possibility that the person of their desire is allowed to pick and choose their own friends and lovers based on their own criteria never seems to enter the equation.

So while John Parkin likely means to offer help when he says that the woman who accused him of rape should call the police, he does sort of neglect to take into account the cultural pressure to victim-blame that surrounds rape culture. He does not take into account how, while he might have not considered his actions rape, they may have terrified and frightened his ex for the rest of her life. Just looking at the comments page on articles about the purported rape is horrifying: the automatic knee-jerk response of fans of the band is that this man could not possibly have raped someone, and that this woman is an attention-seeking, loud-mouthed inconsiderate jerk because she is upset about an experience that she felt was rape. She says it was rape, he says it wasn’t. And the truth of that encounter lies between those two individuals, and hopefully the law or a trusted mediator. It is beyond any journalist or blogger to comment on what

occurred between John Parkin and the unnamed women.. None of us will ever truly know what happened in that bedroom. Speculation on that is cruel and counterproductive. What we can discuss, however, is the way we choose to react to such stories in the press. We can discuss the mindset we choose to adopt when we hear of such a terrible bit of news. Yes, in a perfect world, the unnamed accuser would go to the police. Both she and the singer would undergo therapy. Justice, and healing would be administered as necessary. But until the knee-jerk reaction to such a story is more one of compassion and empathy for everyone involved, and less of judgment and vitriol , we are not going to be able to have such a utopia.

Until we are able to hear about a rape and, instead of assuming that one party is innocent while the other is a hellbeast, fully consider systematic and societal pressures that would cause either party to behave the way they did, we will see no improvement for anyone.

When a victim of a violent crime can know that their telling of their story will be met with gravity, and understanding, and not just “omg that’s my favourite band don’t put him in jail you suck cocktease” then maybe we’re getting closer. It’s telling that the woman at hand, and apparently women in Canada, don’t feel that reporting such a crime to the police is worth doing. In some ways, it isn’t: while in general, sexual offences are less likely to be cleared by the police than other types of violent offences, only a third of sexual offences actually have charges laid against the perpetrator. Custodial sentences more likely for sexual offences versus other violent crimes tried in adult courts but conviction rates are lower. So, in closing: rape victims should do whatever they feel will make them feel safest after an attack. Cops, no cops, whatever. And perhaps it is time for our communities and governments and schools and families to consider what message we’re sending to children and adults about the nature of assault, and how we will willingly shift our perception of alleged crimes based on who is the accuser and the accused. While the old adage may be “innocent until proven guilty”, we must not forget that “innocent because I like them” is a pretty sorry excuse that helps no one.

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Over the Edge •January 23rd 2013

Bored? Webcomics to Read on the Go Attention UNI HILLTOP HERMITS

Paulo Stanley writes a webcomic starring Steve Buscemi saying screwed up, punny things. [Editor’s note: such wordplay warrants punishment.] h t t p : / / s t a n l e y c o l o r s . c o m / t a g / m i s t e rbuscemi/

5)Dinosaur Comics Written by Ryan North, because it’s hilarious. Fun fact: Ryan North writes the Adventure Time comic book! Aren’t you excited to know that bit of information?

Also the dinosaurs are surprisingly insightful sometimes. Theory: talk shows would be a lot more popular and interesting if dinosaurs did them, and at the end of each episode uninteresting or overly saccharine guests would have their heads torn off and gobbled back by the Oprah raptor. Picture Oprah with talons, picking clean the remains of Lindsay Lohan’s carcass. Don’t tell me you wouldn’t watch that every day. www.qwantz.com

2) Hark! A Vagrant

6) Wondermark

JORDAN TUCKER ART AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

Many students have been hit hard by the return of the winter semester after long and hard-fought battles against the warm and cozy death grips of their beds over their break. Fear not, true believers! Here, never before seen to the pages of Over the Edge, are some wicked-rad webcomics!

1) Mr. Buscemi

Former student journalist Kate Beaton writes a webcomic incorporating history, politics and hilarity. Recurring characters include the Curies, Wonder Woman, The Straw Feminists, teenage crimebusters, the fat pony, nemesis pirates, and Edgar Allen Poe, among many others.

[Fangirl note: at the recent CUP NASH conference in Toronto, Kate Beaton drew me a fat pony and pretty much hated me automatically when I told her I was a huge fan. Which was exactly what I wanted her to do. Kate Beaton don’t got time for my fangirlishness. I have framed my fat pony and am spellbound for approximately five minutes whenever I look at it.] h ttp ://w w w.h ar k av ag rant. co m/in d ex . php?id=332

3)A SofterWorld

A Softer World is a self-styled webcomic for bad people focusing on darkly comedic, sad, harsh and ironic life happenings.

Written by Emily Horne and Joey Comeau, it updates about once a week and features surprise appearances by a black kitty cat.

Asofterworld.com

4) Looking For Group

JORDAN TUCKER ART AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

Wondermark basically incorporates funny people from old-timey pictures talking intelligently about stupid stuff. David Malki writes cool stuff and you would probably like to read it next time you happen to be procrastinating. www.wondermark.com

7) Saturday Cereal

Morning

Breakfast

Academia and intellectual ponderings meet dick jokes. You’re welcome. www.smbc-comics.com

8) XKCD

People tell me that this is a comic for World of Warcraft fans, but if you have any sense of a passing familiarity with popular culture, you`ll pick up on most of the references. Fans of Dungeons & Dragons in particular will love it. This comic follows the adventures of Cal and his friends, and it is sequential, so you’ll have to devote a weekend to reading the archive (you’ll do it the weekend before a midterm, because you’re human). Favourite character: Richard the mysterious and hilariously evil mage, who routinely eats bunny rabbits and children. http://www.lfgcomic.com/page/625

ColdSnap; Awesome and Exciting Only Lacking Half-Naked Drunk People Usually Found At Festivals

A webcomic, to paraphrase the site, of romance, sarcasm, math and language.

Creator Randall Munroe intersperses mathematical formulas with pretty little doodles that force the reader to marvel at the beauty of the world and curiosity.

While the comic does occasionally focus specifically on human romance, it seems more like Mr. Munroe is in deep love with the whole natural and scientific world, and longs to share it with everybody.

Have any ideas of webcomics we’ve missed? Hit us up on Facebook and Twitter! Better yet, make your own list and send it to ote-arts@unbc.ca! (hint: calling it “why Jordan’s webcomic list sucks” is probably a lousy idea).

For those of you who have been enjoying the fishbowl life that is the university this year, the reminder that there exists an entire city at the bottom of the hill is likely to come as a shock. On campus events are often so bountiful that the idea of even leaving our palace of beer, academia and miserly cafeteria food seems offensive at best. Ha, just kidding, y’all are too lazy to figure out the Prince George transit schedule. While

Linda McRae and Hey Ocean!

[Editor’s note: Ben’s favourite ColdSnap artists were Rachelle Van Zanten and Joel Plaskett] This will earn you bragging rights with all of your snooty hipster friends, as well as those who potentially just earnestly like music. Huzzah!!! ColdSnap is probably the premiere winter festival in Northern BC, and missing out during your time at UNBC is grounds for some hardcore sadness. Door costs range from free to about $30.

Over The Edge and CFUR will be

The reminder that there exists an entire city at the bottom of the hill is likely to come as a shock.

the usual holy trinity of dance clubs downtown do definitely have their places in the hearts of our dance frenzied youth, we at Over the Edge do implore you to venture forth as the brave adventures you know yourselves to be in your hearts of hearts and check out the ColdSnap Festival. The ColdSnap festival spans the better part of two weeks and is chock a block full of musical acts that are both delicious to your ears and nutritious to your soul, sort of like sound broccoli with cheese sauce.

Not like sound broccoli but equally delicious is the beer you can buy at most of the events. Essentially, the information that is being poured into your eyeholes as the catch this light be this, dear reader: amazing, talented musicians, nights out, beer, friends, and PeeGee culture. All that and a bag of chips! Plus, you’ll get to see acts before they make it big, as is the case with past attendees who were lucky enough to see Dan Mangan, Said the Whale, Aiden Knight, Brasstronaut, Hannah Georgas, Delhi 2 Dublin,

attending all of the events, so make sure to stop by and say hello! You might wind up with your picture in our next issue.

Beneath is included a fairly simplified schedule of the proceedings, but for any additional information you need only wander over to the ColdSnap website, www.coldsnapfestival.com or their Facebook page.

Tuesday, January 22: Local Artist Showcase ,7:00 pm at the ArtSpace Wednesday, January 23: Strings and Things (Virtuoso Vocals & Guitar), 7:30 pm at the ArtSpace Thursday, January 24: Beards and Bards (SingerSongwriters) 7:30 pm at the ArtSpace Friday, January 25: Folk Fusion (Traditional Folk with Jazzy Celtic) 7:30 pm at the PG Playhouse Saturday, January 26: Danse, Danse, Danse (French-Canadian Folk),7:30 pm at the Ramada Ballroom

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Student Life

January 23rd 2013 • Over the Edge

Top 8 places to hit the bases

LEILA MAHEIDDINIBONAB STUDENT LIFE EDITOR

1. The Honey Badger Den, Building 6 The windows looking into the hallway are always blocked, and the door can be locked.

Can it get much easier? I think not.

and night, but the first few days after the exhibit changes the foot traffic sees a spike.

5. Canfor Theatre, Building 6 The projection room when classes are in session. Adds a lot of risk to any base.

2. The unused hallway where the old Tim Hortons used to be, Building 5 There are people around but almost no one bothers to go down this hallway. No doors to close so it’s a little risky, but the rewards are much better that way. Pro tip: the library student assistants travel this hallway to get to the elevator, so watch out.

6. Stairways, Building 10 Any of these stairways will do, the majority of the students have no idea where they are because they all use the two elevators. In some stairways there are little windows into a nice garden like area so the ambience is good, but then again, who’s looking out the windows?

3. The Rotunda Gallery, Building 4 Where better than in the middle of an Art Gallery? There are 2 spots worth the risk: Right in the middle of the floor there’s an acoustic sweet spot where the sounds reverberates back to you 4 fold; A bit more secluded this spot under the stairs has cushioned seating that most people walk right past.

Pro tip: this place is deserted morning, noon,

7. The Wintergarden The Wintergarden is another place where there’s more than one location. The most fun is the sitting area between the set of stairs.

The places that’s just visible enough to make it dangerous? The upper level sitting areas near the lecture theatre doors. The safest place? Past the seating area there are doors that lead to the roof, no one really knows

Photo courtesy: The Lion’s Den University about them and there are two escape routes in case you get caught.

8. Geoffrey R. Weller Library, Building 5 So here’s the sitch: it has to be in the first week of classes, and it has to be on the second or third floors, near the back corners. It’s out in the open but no one’s there in the first week of the semester except the librarians and the student assistants. Keep quiet and you’ll hear them coming with plenty of time. Pro tip: the newly built media rooms are more secure and can be used semester round.

Be sure to fit some time in for studying too...

Grad student spotlight: Mateusz (Matt) Partyka Who is Matt?

I’m in the second year of my MA in English here at UNBC. I did my BA with a joint major in English and History here as well. I was born in Poland and grew up in Prince George and I do a lot of poetry events around town. Every year I organize Post North, an annual reading (it’s coming up in February), and I also work for the City of Prince George as a Life Guard, so people can see me at the pool.

Hobbies?

I’m interested in writing and I’ve been playing soccer since I was 4 or 5. I grew up swimming in the swim club because my dad is the head coach but I don’t do that anymore.

Favorite quote?

Frank Sinatra had this quote that says “I feel sorry for people who don’t drink because when they wake up in the morning that’s the best they’re going to feel all day.” Either that one or Tom Waits has one that says “I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.”

I hear your Masters is on pornography or Pornographic Literature as it is more formally called. Why did you choose this topic, and how did you learn about it. Why porn?

I guess porn is a weird way of saying it. When most people think about porn they think about the stuff they see on the internet; videos and the industry production. The way I’m looking at pornography is in a broader scope of how pornography has evolved and how it’s always been around since ancient times and how sexually explicit materials functioned in society.

I kind of got thrown into it. At the end of my BA I didn’t know what I wanted to do, I was thinking about a MA but wanted to take a year off to think about it. I went to talk with Dee Horne (I was thinking of potentially wanting to do a thesis with her) and she said don’t wait, put in your application now. So I scrambled really quickly to get all my things together and

I sort of knew who I wanted to write on. I put in my request in in 2 weeks and I’ve just been kind of going. I’d never done any research or studies on pornographic literature before so it was a whole new field for me.

What do you find the most interesting or unexpected about it?

I really like it cause it breaks open the boundaries of what we can talk about. Like for several of my essays for an Erotic Literature class, I was referencing porn websites and talking about different genres of porn and how these things function in relation to classical texts. It’s taking the traditional literary analysis that we use on a novel or poem whatever and expanding it to a cultural analysis directly focused on sexually explicit material. It’s just cool cause no one else is talking about this stuff.

What are you focusing on for your thesis?

I’m doing it on Michael Turner’s book The Pornographer’s Poem. He’s Vancouver author of Hard Core Logo which got turned into a movie that’s become a cult classic. [Editor's note: Billy Talent took their name from a character in this film] Recently he wrote a book called 8x10 and he’s got a couple of books of poetry, one called Kingsway. His stuff is different from most of the things I’ve read in Canadian literature. It’s a lot more explicit and graphic, but also a lot more energetic and racy and it really tried to experiment with the form of the novel. The Pornographer’s Poem is more of a novel/screenplay/poem/memoir so it has a bunch of different things going on in it.

I’m looking at how gender ties into sexually explicit materials and how it’s portrayed in those fields. I’ve taken a lot of common scholarship on gender studies looking at gender as a performative role and how that is made present in sexually explicate stuff, specifically focusing on masculinity and how it is construed. So really anything in that masculinity meets sexually explicit material realm like how desire works, and how sexuality and specific pornographic

conventions work.

What are you going on to do after your MA? I don’t really know if I want to do anything in this field specifically. I would like to teach.

I’ve been teaching for a long time, I grew up coaching the swim club and teaching lessons and I really like it. I have TA-ships right now and I like it a lot and want to go into that. The MA ties into what I do on the side with my

creative writing and poetry. I’m transferring skills over to my personal projects like being able to work on a project in a much larger scope than what I had been before, work on longer poems and putting together cohesive works What’s your word of advice for future MA students?

I don’t know if I have advice... I guess know what you’re getting into before getting into it.

Events

Over the Edge •January 23rd 2013 past Canadian song writing legends such as Gordon Lightfoot and Joni Mitchell.

Friday January 25

Justin Trudeau Meet and Great Join Liberal leadership candidate MP for Papineau, Justin Trudeau. This is your chance to meet Justin Trudeau and local Prince George Liberals.

11:00am at the NUSC Event Space

Thursday January 24 Meet and Greet with former Cabinet Minister Stockwell Day An experience not to miss!

1:00pm at the NUSC Event Space UNBC Dance Club Learn the basics of Argentine Tango, Swing, Highland, Hip-Hop Waltz and more!

6:00-7:00pm at the Admin Atrium repeats Mondays and Thursdays

Friday January 25 Electronic Education Series by CSTWS Dr. Mark S. Boyce “Resource Selection Functions” 12:00pm at Room 10-4520

Thursday January 31

UNBC Dance Club Learn the basics of Argentine Tango, Swing, Highland, Hip-Hop Waltz and more!

6:00-7:00pm to the Admin Atrium

Wednesday January 23

Songwriter’s Circle with Dala and Jake Morley (Coldsnap Workshop) Free 1-2:30pm @ Café Voltaire (Books & Co.)

Fingerpicking Demonstration with Ewan Dobson (Coldsnap Workshop) Free 2-3:30pm @ Long & McQuade (356 George St.) Strings and Things (Coldsnap Festival)+$30 tickets available at Studio 2880, Books & Co, or coldsnapfestival.com 7:30pm @ ArtSpace (above Books & Co.) A night of virtuoso vocals and guitar complete with past festival favourites Dala and the arrival of the YouTube finger-picking guitar sensation Ewan Dobson.

Thursday January 24 Bears and Bards (Coldsnap Festival) $30 tickets available at Studio 2880, Books & Co, or coldsnapfestival.com 7:30pm @ ArtSpace (above Books & Co.) The night of the singer-songwriter takes place with UK musician Jake Morley sharing his soulful funky sounds along with Matt Epp from Winnipeg bearing the torch of

Lunchtime Concert with Matt Epp (Coldsnap Workshop) Free. 12-1:30pm @ Nancy O’s Folk Fusion (Coldsnap Festival) $30 tickets available at Studio 2880, Books & Co, or coldsnapfestival.com 7:30pm @ PG Playhouse (2833 Recreation Pl.) Husband-and-wife duo Pharis and Jason Romero of Horsefly, B.C. kick off the night with their folksy sound followed by the genrebusting Daniel Lapp Trio who make a return to Prince George – this time as part of the Coldsnap festival.

Coldsnap After Party 9pm @ Nancy O’s Latin guitarist Eric Tompkins, percussionist Brad Hawkes, bassist Curtis Abriel will be accompanied by vocalist Ali Henry for one heckuva after party.

Sunday January 27 Ladies Roller Derby Bootcamp $25 (skate rentals included) 9am-2pm @ PG Rollerdome A 19+ ladies bootcamp for those who want to learn more about roller derby – make sure to bring your own gear. Skaters of all levels are welcome.

Youth Engagement Workshop Free 1:30-4pm @ the YMCA (2020 Massey Dr.) Youth between the ages of 16-30 are invited to share their ideas on the world they want to live in – snacks to be provided.

Saturday January 26

Walk for Memories By donation 12:30-3pm @ the Northern Sports Centre – Wolf Pack Room (to start) Funds raised through the Investors Group Walk for Memories will go to help people in our community who are living with Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia.

Visit www.walkformemories.com for more information.

Sunday February 3 BCSA Provincial Snowboard Cross (SBX) 8am @ Tabor Mountain (17875 Yellowhead Highway) The first 2015 Canada Winter Games test event is an all ages; all skill levels Snowboard Cross at Tabor Mountain. To register or for more information check out: www.bcsnowboard.com/event-notices.

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Adult Hoop Dance Workshop $70 (make sure to book a space beforehand – call 250-596-9245) 1-4pm @ Zahirah Dance Studio (2582 Queensway) The benefits of hoop dancing are many and the fun makes you forget about the fact that you are in fact giving your body a workout.

Try it out for yourself!

did it to get ahead.

Storytelling with Pharis and Jason Romero/ Daniel Lapp (Coldsnap Workshop) Free. 1-3pm @ Knox United Church (1448 5th Ave.) Mystery Dinner & Play $12 tickets (in advance only) 5-7pm @ Elder Citizens Recreation Centre (1692 10th Ave.) A four course sit down dinner and play with a 1950’s theme. Doors open at 4:30 and the dinner/play start at 5. For more info call 250561-9381.

Do it your way.

Having difficulty getting into courses you need? Enrol today and combine online courses with your campus studies so you can complete your degree on time.

Lord of the Dance $29 tickets for adults, $25 for seniors & $15 for under 25 (available at Studio 2880 & at the door) 7:30-10pm @ Vanier Hall (PGSS) With guest artists Out of Alba this night is sure to be an exhilarating concert experience for all ages to enjoy.

www.truopen.ca/yourway

Danse, Danse, Danse (Coldsnap Festival) $30 tickets available at Studio 2880, Books & Co, or coldsnapfestival.com 7:30pm @ the Ramada (444 George St.) In partnership with Le Cercle des Canadiens Français de Prince George this final night of Coldsnap 2013 coincides with the first night of the Francofun Winter Festival.

Get your bilingual on (or at least pretend to) with French-Canadien folk music from Vazzy and the Quebecois musical treasure Yves Lambert.

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Wednesday January 23

The White Party $10 tickets (available in the Wintergarden) 9pm @ the Generator Dress up in your whitest and brightest and dance to the true and tested DJs Jimi Smyth and Ricky Business.

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Features

January 23rd 2013 • Over the Edge

The UNBC Young Conservatives would like to invite you to a meet-and-greet with former cabinet minister Stockwell Day. Former Cabinet Minister Stockwell Day at UNBC on January 24 The event is on January 24th at 1:00pm in the NUSC space (the hall beside the Thirsty Moose). Stockwell Day is travelling to Prince George to meet with students and talk about life in government and politics. This is a unique opportunity for students to have a conversation with an experienced politician.

Mr. Day had a distinguished career in politics and has served in several high portfolios in both the Alberta Legislature and Canadian House of Commons. He began his political career in 1986 as an MLA for Red Deer North. Mr. Day became the Minister of Labour in 1992 after Ralph Klein became Premier of Alberta. In 2000, he won the leadership race for the Canadian Alliance Party and became Leader of the Official Opposition in Parliament. Once the newly formed Conservative Party of Canada formed government under Stephen Harper, Stockwell served in senior positions

like Minister of Public Safety, Minister of International Trade, and President of the Treasury Board. His wide range of positions from cabinet minister to Leader of the Opposition offers a rare opportunity for students to hear about life at the senior levels of government.

I hope to see you all there!

www.ca.uky.edu

In the spirit of UNBC’s Green Day here are 10 easy “eco” tips that can help you save both money and the environment: 1. Turn off your computer – you can save an average of $90 of electricity per year and help your computer to have a longer shelf life.

2. Stop idling – idling for more than 10 seconds wastes more gas than is needed for start-up!

3. Turn down the thermostat – even if it’s only a degree or two lower you’ll save between 1 and 3% of your heating bill.

4. Wash in cold water – skip the 90% of energy used by the washing machine that goes into heating and switch to cold.

5. Print on both sides – unless specified most teachers will accept papers that have been printed on both sides so take advantage of the money and paper that you can save.

food.com GALA MUNOZ FEATURES EDITOR

Serves: 6 (keep the leftovers!)

Ingredients:

10 tips for a “greener” way of life

GALA MUNOZ FEATURES EDITOR

Sweet Potato CousCous

6. Pay bills online – by enrolling in online billpaying options you’ll save money on stamps, late fees and trees.

7. Carpool – if public transit, walking or biking are not options for you, save on gas and money by arranging a system of carpooling with those you know who have a similar destination to yours.

8. Switch cleaning products – opt for cleansers that use biodegradable or naturally-derived ingredients to reduce your unnecessary exposure to toxins and to avoid harming marine life (easy replacements: baking soda and vinegar!)

9. Avoid plastic bags – if you know you will be coming home with groceries or any other goodies bring reusable bags with you.

10. Use reusable containers – instead of packaging in Ziploc bags or Saran Wrap try to pack food in plastic or glass containers whenever possible.

250 g fresh or frozen green beans, cut into bite-size lengths 2 large sweet potatoes (about 1 kg), peeled and cubed 1 3-in (8-cm) cinnamon stick, broken in half 1 cup (250 mL) whole-wheat couscous 1/2 cup (125 mL) low-fat feta cheese, crumbled 1/2 cup (125 mL) fresh parsley, finely chopped 1 tsp (5 mL) olive oil 1 medium onion, diced 1/3 cup (75 mL) chopped walnuts 2 cups (500 mL) low-sodium vegetable or chicken broth 1/3 cup (75 mL) raisins

Preparation:

1. Toast walnuts in a large, non-stick pot without oil over medium heat for about 5 minutes. Transfer to a small bowl. Heat olive oil in the same pot over mediumhigh heat – add the onion and cinnamon stick pieces and stir for 2 minutes. Add sweet potatoes.

2. Pour in broth and bring to a boil.

Cover, reduce heat and simmer until sweet potatoes are almost tender for about 8 to 10 minutes. Return to boil, add beans and book until tender-crisp for about 5 minutes.

3. Stir in couscous and raisins, cover, remove from heat and let stand for 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork, empty into a serving bowl and sprinkle with walnuts, parsley and feta. Enjoy!

Variations:

Skip the cheese if dairy-free or vegan.

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Over the Edge •January 23rd 2013

Horoscopes CLEO STARSKY ASTROLOGER

Aries: Don’t make any rash decisions, but

do accept any marriage proposals that come your way. Cars are unlucky for you at this time – stay away from them if you can help it; bicycles and tricycles should be fine (weather conditions aside). Serenade someone with a musical instrument you’ve never learned.

Believe in the unbelievable – the Loch Ness does exist.

Taurus: Music is your friend, but do be sure to avoid dubstep and sharp corners when you can. Wear yellow (all yellow if possible) – people will automatically think of you as more enlightened than the rest of us. Read a book in another language. Call your siblings (if you don’t have any it’s about time you found some!)

Gemini: Try your luck with pretzels, but don’t say you weren’t warned beforehand.

Green lampshades make great housewarming gifts – just trust me on this one. Avoid metals, plastic and paper. Expand your horizons with an overdependence on glass. Thank your enemies and insult your friends just to shake up the status quo.

Cancer: Stay away from tomatoes – seek out

Libra: Stay out (or in) all day (or night) –

Capricorn: Life is short and then you die –

Leo: Keep a half drank beer can in your

Scorpio: Rack up an excessive credit card

Aquarius: First of all – happy birthday!

Now is the best time to go sock shopping – a great pair of socks will do nothing short of changing your life’s destiny. People will be generous with gifts at this time, but don’t fall prey to their traps. Demand gift receipts and take orders from no one. Party hardy, as they say…

Sagittarius: Wear more ribbons – other people thrive off of that kind of enthusiasm.

Remember the 90’s? Good. Instigate some drama around you and then sit back and enjoy.

Being the director of someone else’s life is sometimes (always) much more rewarding.

Hair gel is a friend, treat it accordingly.

Pisces: Avoid showers at this time – if

coriander. Watch as your culinary prowess takes on new heights of superstardom. Be wary of your navigational skills at this time – objects in mirror are closer than they appear.

Refrain from using words ending in “ing”.

Now is not the time for a dependence on verbs. Put your trust in nouns, adjectives and above all, pronouns. fridge – you never know when it might come in handy (so in all situations). Trust your animal instincts… or maybe just trust your animal’s instinct. Don’t heed popular opinion – spend all your money in one place. Climb a tower/mountain/tree it will give you a whole new perspective on your successes to date regarding ultimate world dominance.

Virgo: Don’t put your trust into birds – they don’t want any real commitments, just your bread. Photograph a body part and send it to the first five people in your contact list (nonsexual preferable). Construct a crown and wear it everywhere you go – don’t let anyone treat you less than royally. Snapbacks and tattoos, that is all.

basically just make a decision about your life. Adopt an elder. Suck on a lemon – it will make you appreciate how good everything else tastes. Convince everyone that you are a walking encyclopedia of fun facts – your social life will see a well-earned boost. Rely on “the spirits that be” and wear an outfit that you’d normally shy away from. bill – you will be rewarded in kind. Try parting your hair to the opposite side of your head. It’s a new year, and it’s a new you! Skip legs day at the gym. The more coffee you drink, the better. That thing you’ve wanted is now yours for the taking – don’t say I didn’t tell you so.

have fun being alive, won’t you?! Remember that there’s no such thing as too much body spray or too little accessories. Take pride in the fantasy life you have constructed for yourself – that stuff takes time! Relax in the idea of the universe and your insignificance within it. Party hats are always the answer to a bad hair day.

anyone comments on your lack of personal hygiene explain to them that a greater power has bigger plans in mind. If you do bathe make sure it is a bath consisting primarily of beer, preferably a stout. Try your luck at gambling and by gambling I mean anything from playing video games to Rummoli.

What your writing reveals about you ALI SCHWABE THE FULCRUM (UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA)

What if someone took a look at your class notes and suddenly knew you were bulimic?

What if they saw your signature and were able to tell you the career you’re best suited for? Graphology is the science of analyzing handwriting and connecting it to human psychology, and although the practice is not sophisticated enough to diagnose eating disorders or predict professional success, it’s pretty darn close.

What does your handwriting say about you?

Use these graphological interpretation principles provided by registered social worker and psychotherapist Annette Poizner to interpret your own handwriting.

Upright slant Some writers write a script that is perfectly vertical, which is called an upright slant. This writing is objective, formal, and poised; and so too will be the writer. The upright slant writer is more reserved—he or she looks at a situation from the sideline, then decides how emotionally involved to become.

Left slant Writing that leans to the left reveals a writer even more strongly reserved than one who uses the upright slant. This person is usually introverted and highly private. This person also tends to hold their cards close to their chest.

Teeny little writing Very small writing is an expression of introversion. It is the writing of somebody with strong concentration skills, increased intelligence—because concentration always improves intelligence—and humility. If the writing is significantly flattened out or tight, it might indicate some type of repression or inhibition. I’ve seen librarians who write like this.

Large spaces between words Normally there should be only one character width between one word and the next; more than this implies somebody who has difficulty bridging the emotional gap between themselves and others. This person is distant from their own emotions as well as those of others.

Small spaces between words Words that are too close together, separated by spaces of less than one character width can show that an individual is needy. This is the writing of a person who crowds others.

Rounded writing Loops are the avenue of emotions—my teacher used to say that. The more loops you see, the more emotionality in the personality. Also, rounded writing shows more visual interest in beauty or beautifying the environment. These people tend to shape letters by being very true to the letter form.

They honour how something should look, and want their writing to look nice. These people often have a sensitivity for dressing well, interior design, and the like.

Angular writing Angular writing shows someone who is more detached, analytical, and objective. It’s usually the writing of engineers, scientists, and people who are tough-minded and think about issues without troubling over emotions. These writers strip down their handwriting and don’t care about the form of the letters that much. They abbreviate the letters. These are dispassionate people and tend to be all-or-nothing types: black-orwhite thinkers.

Perfect font Sometimes we see a handwriting that is fairly rigid and perfectionist, that looks like it came right out of the typewriter. These people are demonstrating through their handwriting a

francis-moran.com repressive nature which has them potentially suffering from compulsive symptoms and pandering too much to what others think of them. These are the perfectionists. They love to do things right, and tend to also be very control-oriented and have difficulty being spontaneous or just relaxing. They tend to suffer from muscular tension.

Printscript Printscript occurs when the writer sometimes prints and sometimes writes in cursive. This is an expression of intuition and writing ability. When I assess journalists, most use printscript.

Crashing For some writers, the lower zone of one line intermingles with the upper zone of the line below—the bottom loop of a “Y” would hit the top of a “T” in the line below it. This is called crashing, and is indicative of an

individual who daydreams, often watching an internal TV. Strong baseline When the baseline—the line of the text as it moves across the page—is firm and straight, the person writing tends to be very reliable with a strong work ethic. A wavy baseline indicates moodiness, potential difficulties with discipline, and possible medical issues.

Speed How fast is the handwriting written?

Carefully formed letters, and strong attention to dots above letters and other details indicates a writer who prefers to be slow and thorough. Messy writing which races across the page? The individual works at a fast tempo. They may not be great with detail, but they prefer to be busy, dynamic, multitasking—they like lots going on.

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Sports

January 23rd 2013 • Over the Edge

TOUGH START TO 2013 FOR MEN OBSERVATIONS FROM HNIC GEOFF SARGENT SPORTS EDITOR

After a very optimistic start to the season, where the team headed home for the holiday break in sole possession of a Pacific Division playoff spot, the men’s basketball team has not enjoyed 2013, losing all four games.

This past weekend, the men hosted Winnipeg and Manitoba, suffering 9183 and 90-79 defeats, respectively, on Thursday and Saturday evening. Now sitting a half-game behind Thompson Rivers University for the final playoff ticket, and having already split the season series with the WolfPack, the Timberwolves head south for crucial road trips to #7 UFV and Victoria.

“We have played a tough schedule to start [2013], with a tough road trip to the Prairies and games in very tough places to play,” said head coach Todd Jordan, downplaying the 0-4 start to the calendar year. “If we can do a better job executing our schemes both offensively and defensively down the stretches of games, the wins will come.”

The road trip to the Fraser Valley this weekend could be at the right time – the nationally ranked Cascades are also without a win in 2013, and have the lowest reported attendance in Canada West at only 244 fans per

game to boot. While most teams in the conference enjoy considerable success at home – something else Jordan alluded to – UFV sports a disappointing mark (2-4), balanced by their ability to win on the road (5-3).

The second road trip to Victoria looks more challenging on paper. The Vikes are 7-1 in McKinnon Gym, having won all battles since an early-season loss to Trinity Western in November.

This past week saw the Vikes smoke both Regina and Brandon with 20-plus point margins of victory as the team continues their bid to be recognized with a national rank of their own.

With TWU and TRU facing each other in two weeks while the Timberwolves play tough games in Victoria, this road trip to a slumping Cascades team could be the most important games the Timberwolves play this season.

“Most of our losses this year have been by only a couple possessions and we have usually had opportunities to win in the fourth quarter of games,” said Jordan. “Our margin of error has been very thin. More than anything we just need to get a bit tougher mentally at the end of games and make better decisions at crunch time.”

GEOFF SARGENT SPORTS EDITOR

For the first time in nearly 300 days, fans across Canada enjoyed (perhaps not here in B.C., given the results of the Canucks game) Hockey Night in Canada on Saturday night. I used the return of hockey as a convenient excuse to stay in, watch the games, and note my observations on the grand reveal of the 2013 NHL season. If you weren’t present, here’s what you missed: - A video compiled and narrated by noted hockey-loving, Canadian musician Dave Bidini, airing during the pre-game show. Called “Footsteps”, and showcasing other Canadian musicians across all genres of music discussing hockey, childhood, and what the sport has been to them, the video beautifully built tension, leading perfectly into...

- A “Dream On” montage for the cold open of the main show proper at 4:00pm. This was goosebump city, even on a second viewing via YouTube the next day. These cold opens are so consistently great that the drama years ago about CBC losing the Hockey Night in Canada theme song to money-hungry licensers is completely forgotten. Can you imagine saying that five years ago? However, in between these videos was...

- A live performance by Simple Plan in Montreal. Really, this horrible band is still around? I thought the whiny angst sound of the early 2000’s was long since gone. Fortunately, the band’s prepubescent fan base I remembered was was notably absent from the crowd at performance, unfortunately replaced by their parents instead. Why is every live Canadian sporting event spoiled by terrible music?

- Talking heads on the CBC panel using thinly veiled pessimism to discuss the hopes of success this season for the Toronto Maple Leafs. This never gets old, honestly.

- Montreal bringing all the old-timers out for a torch relay before puck drop. It might be time to take “The Roadrunner” nickname away from Yvan Cournoyer; in his advanced age he was slowed by stairs, but to his credit, he looked PISSED that he was slowed down by stairs. Every old-time hockey player looks like a mean son of a bitch. Eventually, the torch found its way to Jean Beliveau for the milk run to centre ice and the crowd ate it up.

- The Canadiens were introduced to the crowd. Can you believe how many numbers are off-limits after decades of success? The second guy introduced wears #14!

- During an early power play that looked like it belonged in July, the

crowd was quick to jump to a “Leafs Suck” chant. I really forget the simple pleasures in life. We should start that chant in class.

- Andrei Markov looked exposed throughout the first period and the rest of the game. Can you lose three steps over an offseason instead of just one?

Time for the glue factory for Andrei, although his defensive partner Emelin looks like a great find.

- Don Cherry in midseason form.

He didn’t stop talking once during Coach’s Corner and called Brian Burke a “dummy” and “down the garden path”. Their feud reminds me of two bighorn rams head-butting each other for hours on end. Also loved the never-ending criticism of U.S. college hockey despite all the contradictory evidence. Never change, Grapes.

- One thing Cherry was right about was Nazem Kadri. He and his line had an outstanding game, could the emergence of Kadri finally be underway?

- Glenn Healy with a horrible Air Canada luggage joke in the second intermission. No seriously, never change, Grapes. This is what we have to look forward to in the future.

- Late excitement as the Habs get within one goal late but fall short.

They were absent from the game in the first two periods and deserved the loss, much to the chagrin of La Belle Province.

- Mike Gillis welcomes the fans back in Vancouver and describes them as “the best in pro sports”. At what, rioting?

This vaunted sellout streak at Rogers Arena was immediately preceded by years of empty seats in the Messier era.

Call a spade a spade. There’s hockey markets south of the border with better histories of being there if the team isn’t, and we’re not even talking about other sports yet.

- Sarah McLachlan was on hand for the anthem in Vancouver. Great moment as her outreach foundation was on hand for backing vocals, but Mark Donnely cannot be replaced that easily.

- Mark Lee has been relegated to Winnipeg Jets games on Saturdays, and it’s a glorious thing. The new voice in the booth is Rick Ball’s, who is not Jim Hughson, but is definitely not Mark Lee either.

- A bonus Coach’s Corner? And two again next week? Hockey fans are really being rewarded for their loyalty.

- A Luongo sighting, when Schneider is yanked after five goals. If you like listening to over-reactionary Vancouver sports radio callers as much as I do, this is what you’ve been waiting for. Bonus shoutout to Luongo’s “secret” Twitter account – it’s an absolute goldmine.

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Over the Edge •January 23rd 2013

WOMEN WIN ON STUDENT NIGHT

GEOFF SARGENT SPORTS EDITOR

A rare Thursday home date for Timberwolves basketball saw UNBC host the University of Winnipeg, where a smaller crowd – peaking at only 452 for the mens game – watched a thrilling 79-76 win by the UNBC women.

The home date also doubled as Student Appreciation Night; UNBC students were allowed in at no cost and the fan activities between quarters or games were tailored towards students. The Timberwolves’ corporate sponsors provided prizes for the events: free throws with an increasing pot of $250, a wheelchair race, hula hoop contest, and hearkening back to grade school, a 15-player game of Bump, won by a student somewhat unimpressed with the level of competition. “Most of [the other players] didn’t know how to play Bump,” said Mo after the victory. “You just had to focus on making shots.”

While the women also won their game, it provided no shortage of adversity. The women started cold and were down 6-0 before using an early timeout, and struggles in the second quarter led to a 12-point deficit before the women narrowed the gap to close the half down 43-36. After halftime, more shots started falling, but fouls accrued – Kady Dandenault was the first to hit four fouls, on a questionable call halfway through the third quarter that saw her sub out angrily. Soon after, the women tied the game, and while they trailed 6158 at the end of the third quarter, the women were back and fighting.

With the game tied 63-63 early in the fourth, standout player Mercedes Van Koughnett fell awkwardly diving for a loose ball and was escorted to the sideline, where her leg was worked on by medical personnel. Less than

Jennifer Bruce eludes Winnipeg defenders

standings

Men’s Basketball Pacific Division a minute later, forward Sarah Robin received her fourth foul, and the bench was stretched, with Dandenault on four fouls in for Van Koughnett, and Jasprit Nijjar seeing late floor time replacing Robin. The team held close, though, and with the game tied 70-70, Van Koughnett’s leg was given clearance and she returned to the action. From there, the Timberwolves took over; the closing minutes saw Emily Kaehn

gave Winnipeg a chance at a final effort to send the game to overtime, but the buzzer-beating three-point attempt went harmlessly high and wide left off the backboard, sealing the victory for the Timberwolves.

UNBC head coach Loralyn Murdoch was pleased with the team’s effort in the second half, particularly when the team was tested. “Jordyn Rabbit and Jennifer Bruce were key,” she said

Winnipeg fought back, silencing the crowd with a basket, a turnover, and a three-pointer to tie the game grab consecutive offensive rebounds, eventually setting up her own basket for a 76-71 lead that seemed insurmountable. To their credit, Winnipeg fought back, silencing the crowd with a basket, a turnover, and a three-pointer to tie the game, but the next possession saw Jennifer Bruce hit a three of her own from the baseline, which brought the crowd to its feet.

The Timberwolves survived a late scare when two missed free throws

after the game. “They needed to show leadership in the guard positions with Mercedes out. Jasprit was also key in just doing her job – staying calm and playing hard.”

Thanks to a 20 point, 5 rebound performance on top of the game winning shot, Bruce was named player of the game. “In the first half, we weren’t playing like a team,” she said.

“We talked about it and then [Coach Murdoch] came in and said it again.

We need all of us to be contributing.”

“It was important to point out that we were turning the ball over way too much in the first half and that one player was not going to win or lose the game,” Murdoch added. “We are a veteran enough team that the girls responded to that and saw some success.”

UNBC added a third consecutive win on Saturday, fighting back from trailing seven points at halftime to defeat Manitoba 83-72. Sarah Robin led the Timberwolves with 24 points and 9 rebounds. UNBC travels to UFV and UVic before the next home games against UBC February 8th.

12-2 9-5 7-7 6-9 5-9 5-9 3-11 2-13

#2 UBC Victoria #7 Fraser Valley Thompson Rivers UNBC Trinity Western Mount Royal UBC-O

Prairie Division

12-2 #5 Alberta 11-4 Winnipeg 10-4 Saskatchewan 10-5 Manitoba 7-7 Lethbridge 7-7 Calgary 5-9 Regina 3-11 Brandon

Women’s Basketball Pacific Division

11-3 11-4 10-4 10-4 6-8 5-9 5-10 3-11

#1 Fraser Valley Thompson Rivers #5 UBC #9 Victoria UNBC Mount Royal UBC-O Trinity Western

Prairie Division 12-2 12-2 8-6 8-6 6-8 5-10 2-13 0-14

#2 Regina Calgary Alberta Saskatchewan Lethbridge Winnipeg Manitoba Brandon

Coffee Break

Over the Edge •January 23rd 2013 (CUP) — Puzzles provided by BestCrosswords.com. Used with permission.

Across

1- Snares 6- Extreme reverence 10- Air bubble 14- Actress Anouk; 15-majeste; 16- Top-notch; 17- Dens; 18- Ancient Athens’s Temple of 19- Ripped 20- Mil. officers 21- An organization 24- Veil worn by Muslim women 26- Exclusively 27-Lingus 28-nous 30- Reason to cancel school; 33- Painter, e.g.

35- DDE opponent; 38- Sri; 40- Bran source; 41- Sufficient; 43- Verily; 44- Exam taker; 47- “East of Eden” brother; 48- Follows orders; 49- Common ID; 51- Asian deer; 54- Artist; 58- Esteemed; 61- Dawn Chong; 62- Nerve network; 63- “The Time Machine” race; 64- Jewelled crown worn by women; 66- Breezes through; 67- Juniors, perhaps; 68- Senior; 69- Sailors; 70- Affectedly dainty; 71- Orchestra section;

Down

1- Reckoning; 2- Gaucho’s rope; 3- Not quite right; 4- For each; 5- Opening word; 6- Bottle; 7- Architect Saarinen;

Snowy Bear

8- Just !; 9- Withstands; 10- Conflict; 11- Sarge’s superior; 12- Sign up; 13- Amphetamine tablet; 22- Franklin D.’s mother; 23- Large artery; 25- Bird of prey; 28- Les -Unis; 29- Evening, informally; 30- Wily; 31- Not for a Scot; 32- Troll; 34- Optimistic; 35- Spring mo.; 36- “Hold On Tight” band; 37- D.C. VIP; 39- Ready to hit; 42- Jazz flutist Herbie; 45- Most strange;

46- Biblical birthright seller; 48- Haunt; 50- Female sibling; 51- Herring type; 52- Betel palm; 53- Unit just above a yard; 54- Composure; 55- Commerce; 56- Having auricular protuberances; 57- Brings up; 59- Incandescence; 60- Actress Skye; 65- Land in la mer; 60- Caspian Sea feeder; 61- Dedicated to the Love; 62- Tide type; 63- Palm Pilot, e.g.; 66- It’s past due;

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Cornered on Campus

January 23rd 2013 • Over the Edge

Whoa, what’s this? A new sex-ed pamphlet has appeared on campus and disappeared in the same week. The flipbook was thought of as being too offensive for distribution in the Counselling Services in building 5 but not too offensive for the Pride Centre or the clinic.

Is the “Put On Something Sexy” flipbook offensive?

Patrick

2nd Year Computer Science

Ahmd

Molly

1st Year Business

2nd Year Political Science

Brianna

4th Year Anthropology

It’s a little pornographic to just be handed out I think, especially since it’s not really thought acceptable to be showing anything below the waist even when it’s for shock value. To show someone putting on a condom and then enjoying it, it’s a little too much of a shock.

Ethan

Offensive? No. it’s a valid message that is not hiding and it’s not embarrassing. In my high school, the nurse told us “don’t be silly, protect your willy” and that’s laughable, but this isn’t. It’s straightforward.

4th Year Economics

I don’t know… I don’t really know.

This whole time they’ve been lying to me! There is not a single stork in this flip book, I’m outraged!

No, not really. I got the point right? And the point is put on a condom the right way before you do your thing. That’s the whole point of the flip book and most people need to learn that. So I don’t find it offensive I find it educational.

Dylan

2nd Year Political Science

Sarah

Northern Womens Center

Erin and Matt 1st Year BioChem

We don’t find it offensive, it is what it is.

I don’t find it ofensive.

It’s teaching people how to put on a condom and how to use it.

Nope. Check this with what we actually do at home; personally, this is the tip of the iceberg so to speak.

But do we really need directions to tell us how to put a condom on? I don’t really think it’s necessary in that aspect but I don’t find it offensive.

Chelsea

2nd Year Political Science

No, no one’s being over-sexualized or anything like that.