Lettitor Ok boomer... Jessica Berget Editor-in-Chief have always identified more with the Gen Z generation instead of millennials. Now, with all these memes popping up making fun of baby boomers, I feel even more alienated by my own generation. It’s a stupid phrase that has been making its internet rounds lately. A New Zealand lawmaker has even uttered the term while dismissing a heckler. Some are calling it “the n-word of ageism,” which may be a bit much, but it is fairly rude to Room 1020 - 700 Royal Ave. Douglas College New Westminster, BC, V3L 5B2 604-525-3542 Jessica Berget Editor-in-Chief M editor@theotherpress.ca Position Open News Editor © news@theotherpress.ca Morgan Hannah Life & Style Editor M lifeandstyle@theotherpress.ca Position Open Entertainment Editor WM humour@theotherpress.ca Layout Manager M layout@theotherpress.ca Lauren Kelly Graphics Manager © graphics@theotherpress.ca a James Moore write off baby boomers just because they are older. Older generations will always complain about younger generations and vice versa. Younger generations are always going to be more entitled, selfish, and lazy to the older generations—according to the older generations. There’s no point in trying to understand why they hate each other—they just come from vastly different points in history, so there’s obviously going to bea bit of a disconnect. Just because they made fun of your generation doesn’t mean you should do it back; you don’t fight fire with fire. @ theotherpress.ca © editor@theotherpress.ca ¥ © /theotherpress f/douglasotherpress Janis McMath Assistant Editor M assistant@theotherpress.ca Sonam Kaloti a Arts Editor M arts@theotherpress.ca Position Open Opinions Editor M opinions@theotherpress.ca Caroline Ho Web Editor © webeditor@theotherpress.ca a Nhi Jenny' Vo Production Assistant Jacey Gibb Distribution Manager od esd gee’ pee wet) Kio alk Wf: ier wA nace, wma ity Katy pl ae ee ne Ase Ta People can learn from the older and newer generations, so it makes no sense to further create this divide. Each generation has a different culture and history. Baby boomers came from a time of war and the introduction of rock and roll—millennials come from the current era of convenience and student loans. There is obviously going to be some differences, but ultimately each generation has been through some major societal change and there are valuable lessons to be learned from each generation and the hardships they go through. There's obviously going to bea difference in language, culture, and often music, but Cover and feature illustrations by Cara Seccafien Brittney MacDonald Business Manager Cara Seccafien Illustrator Atiba Nelson Staff Reporter Cover layout by Lauren Kelly Feature layout by James Moore Craig Allan Tania Arora EG Manilag Michele Provenzano Staff Writers Billy Bui Staff Photographer Jerrison Oracion Senior Columnist Still from “The Simpsons” each generation is essentially the same, so what’s the point in fighting? Ona similar note, I think it’s silly to blame baby boomers for everything that is wrong with the world or the economy today. They did whatever was cool and the norm in their time in history—just as we do today. Should we be blamed for the misgivings of our society 30, 40 years from now? Limes, Jessica Berget Jessica Berget The Other Press has been Douglas College’s student newspaper since 1976. Since 1978 we have been an autonomous publication, independent of the student union. We are a registered society under the Society Act of British Columbia, governed by an eight-person board of directors appointed by our staff. Our head office is located in the New Westminster campus. The Other Press is published weekly during the fall and winter semesters, and monthly during the summer. We receive our funding from a student levy collected through tuition fees every semester at registration, and from local and national advertising revenue. The Other Press is a member of the Canadian University Press (CUP), a syndicate of student newspapers that includes papers from all across Canada. The Other Press reserves the right to choose what we will publish, and we will not publish material that is hateful, obscene, or condones or promotes illegal activities. Submissions may be edited for clarity and brevity if necessary. All images used are copyright to their respective owners.