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Room 1020 — 700 Royal Ave. Douglas College New Westminster, BC V3L 5B2 TELEPHONE: 604.525.3542 WEBSITE: theotherpress.ca EMAIL: editor@theotherpress.ca STAFF LIST Jacey Gibb Editor-in-chief Meditor@theotherpress.ca Natalie Serafini Assistant Editor Massistant@theotherpress.ca Angela Ho Business Manager Maccounting@theotherpress.ca Chris Paik Distribution Manager Midistribution@theotherpress.ca Cody Klyne Layout Manager Mlayout@theotherpress.ca Joel McCarthy Graphics Manager Migraphics@theotherpress.ca Ed Appleby illustrator Jony Roy Social Media Manager Patrick Vailancourt News Editor Minews@theotherpress.ca Cheryl Minns Arts Editor Marts@theotherpress.ca Sophie Isbister Life & Style Editor Mlifeandstyle@theotherpress.ca Elliot Chan Opinions Editor Mopinions@theotherpress.ca Eric Wilkins Sports Editor Msports@theotherpress.ca Courtnie Martin Sports Reporter Sharon Miki Humour Editor Mhumour@theotherpress.ca Cazzy Lewchuk Aidan Mouellic Julia Siedlanowska Staff Writers Steven Cayer Senior Columnists Brittney MacDonald Columnists Jacey Gibb Editor-in-chief Meditor @theotherpress.ca Wwe better way is there to start offthe new year than by missing half of the first week of classes to fly to Alberta? The correct answer is: there is none. By the time youre read- ing this, a handful of your favourite Other Press staffers will have made their way to sunny Edmonton, AB to attend NASH76. For those of you unconnected to the world of student journalism, the acronym stands for a national conference held every year for emerging journalists/writers/ editors to congregate and learn for five action-packed days. It’s like the Coachella of student journalism in Canada, but instead of headlining bands you have keynote speakers, you develop bags under your eyes instead of sunburns, and there’s more coffee than all of the Starbucks in the Lower Mainland combined. It’s a lot of fun and it’s one of the most rewarding take aways I have © Gettoknow.us! © 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 area registered society under the Society Act of British Columbia, governed by an eight-person board of directors appointed by Wand from 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 froma student levy collected through tutition 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. : from my time at the paper. It’s surreal for me to say, but this will be the fourth NASH : conference I’ve attended. Each : year I've had a different job : position boasted on my name ; tag and each year I get my ass : handed to me when I learn : about stuffI didn’t even know! : didn’t know. It’s both a refresh- : ing anda sobering experience, : and thought I'd share with : yousome ofthe highlights : from past years before making ; some new ones in Edmonton. NASH73 (Montreal): Pardon the naive and self-cen- : tred tone, but my first confer- : ence was also one of the first ; times it occurred to me that the ; Other Press might not be the : only student newspaper in the : entire universe. It was a blur of :; educational seminars; I spent : about 15 minutes ina women’s : washroom during the closing : gala, waiting fora fellow editor ; to stop vomiting in one of the : stalls; and someone recognized : meas “that guy who wrote : about extreme ironing,” which ; marked one of my proudest : moments as a writer. To sum- : marize, NASH73 was the begin- : ning ofa complicated, beautiful Beautiful downtown Edmonton // By Wikipedia Creative Commons The Other Press does Edmonton : love affair. [Fun side note: the : Opinions Editor roundtable : also marked the first time I : (sort of) met your now Life & : Style Editor, Sophie Isbister. I : was brand new to the position (I : : might’ve done one issue by that : : point) and Sophie was attend- : : ing the conference asa delegate : : for the Cascade. I doubt I saida : word during that entire round- : table, but I’m counting it as : ground zero for our friendship.] : NASH74 (Victoria): While : : I continued to layer knowledge : upon my journalistic founda- : tion, NASH74 also taught me : what Norwalk virus is and how : to successfully avoid contract- : ing it (some of my strategies : included never leaving the : hotel roomand trusting no : one). We were treated toa : pseudo representation of what : an apocalyptic outbreak would : be like, as BC Health issued : avoluntary quarantine and : several members of our paper : fellill. Unrelated to viruses, : this was also the year I started : my torrid, one-sided romance : with funnyman Chris Jones, : though my affections may have : simply been lying dormant : since the beginning of time. © 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. NASH75 (Toronto): : Highlights include attending : agalaat the CBC headquarters : and whena certain Assistant : Editor was denied entrance to Lee’s Palace because she had a bottle of open alcohol with : her while she was talking to the bouncer. There may have also been a late-night quest for } someone to get a piercing/tat- ? too, but luckily not a lot of body mod parlours are open at 2 a.m. Four years ago, I remember : thinking to myself how weird : it was to have people at the : conference who had been going ? for several years. I still can’t : believe it’s been that long since : my first time, but I’ve finally : come to terms with it. The : great thing about learning new : things and improving your craft : isit’snota process limited to : a few years; it’s something you : should be doing your whole life. Be seeing you soon, Edmonton. So it goes, Tacey Gibb Editor-in-chief www.theotherpress.ca @ wwwdacebook.com/DouglasOtherPress