LETTITOR

The Other Press: How I learned to stop worrying and love change

hether you’re an Avid Alvin
or a Casual Cassidy, I’d
wager to guess that, upon

picking up this week’s issue of your
Douglas College student newspaper
you thought to yourself “something
looks... different.” Well dear, observant
reader, you’d be right.

Every now and then it’s nice to
shake things up; if only to remind
yourself that you’re alive (finding a
pulse can be tricky). I’m not suggesting
that we’re going to get into the habit of
reinventing the wheel each and every
issue—I’m not entirely crazy... yet—
it’s just been a while since we slapped
a fresh coat of paint on things around
here. Carpe diem, strike while the iron
is hot, get while the getting’s good...
that sort of thing. While changing
things forthe sake of changing things is
fun, and kéeps your friends, classmates,
and co-workers on edge, I personally
think that it’s important to recognize
when it’s time to.change. So, like the
pros we are, we’ve tightened some
screws, washed our hair, and brushed
our metaphorical teeth to, as usual,
bring you only the tops in news, arts,
life & style, opinions, sports, and more.
If nothing else it’s my hope that, with
the addition of that “and more” bit at
the end, I’ve at least managed to raise
a brow. Don’t strain yourself though.

I refuse to be held responsible for any
strained brows.

For starters, we hope you’ ll notice
that, from cover to comics, the freshly
revamped look and feel of The Other

Press is well, fresh. Speaking of fresh,
let’s take a look at one of the biggest
additions in this week’s issue... a new
section! It’s an old favourite—okay,
you caught me, I was lying when I just
said it was new—and is something I
doubt many would argue against us
needing more of in our lives, especially
as stressed out, tantrum-prone students:
humour.

I recently had the chance to ask our
new section editor, Liam Britten, for
a quote for this very lettitor. His reply
contained an image too inappropriate
and wild for publication along with the
following:

“T am thrilled to be at the helm of the
Humour section. I feel Humour is one
of, if not the most important sections
in the paper, so all the other section
editors can shove it. I’m dedicated to
news. Hard news. I will look under
every stone, at the bottom of every
beer glass, and in every strip club back
room to find the truth. I don’t believe
in journalistic bias, because bias is just
another word for racism. And racism
is bad; even a Swedish person knows
that. So read Humour. It’s got the good
stuff.”

Wow, what enthusiasm! Thanks
Liam.

To close things off I’d just like
to say that if you’ve ever been even
remotely interested in getting involved
here at The Other Press, there’s no
better time than right now. There’s

plenty of ways to contribute; from
writing articles, taking photographs, or
doing illustrations, to simply providing

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rants, or comments about something
you’re read in the paper.

feedback to help us improve the paper. _ Later days,

I’m on my email far too much as it

is, so help me fuel my addiction by Cody Klyne
contacting me directly at editor@ Editor in chief
theotherpress.ca with your questions, The Other Press

 

ACROSS

1- FAST FLIERS, 5- BEDOUIN, 9- ORGS., 14-__THE CRACK OF DAWN
15- BUNDLE, 16- RELIGION FOUNDED IN IRAN, 17- ABLE WAS _ ...
18- PULITZER WINNER JAMES, 19- BUILD, 20- VESSEL WITH TWO
MASTS, 22- CURRENCY UNIT IN NIGERIA, 23- DOO-WOP SYLLABLE
24- ARABIAN SEA VESSEL, 25- "THE DOG ATE MY HOMEWORK,” E.G.
29- ANCIENT TONGUE, 32- EXTEND INTO SUBDIVISIONS

34- ANNOY, 39- EXTENDED FAMILY UNIT, 40- AGES

42- "THE TIME MACHINE" RACE, 43- NATIVE, 45- BANNER

47- BEAT BY A HAIR, 49- CONFUSION, 50- EVALUATE

54- EGG HEAD?, 56- EUROPEAN WHEAT

57- CALCIUM CARBONATE ROCK, 63- LOW POINT, 64- DIES _

65- MAKE _ FOR IT, 66- CLEAR THE BOARD, 67- AFRICAN CHIEFTAIN
68- GENTLEWOMAN, 69- CONTINUE A SUBSCRIPTION, 70- LACKING
71- ZENO'S HOME

DOWN

1- DIAMONDS, E.G., 2- GUSH, 3- EDIBLE CORM, 4- FLOWER PART

5- DISCONCERT, 6- DISHEVELED, 7- "HARD _ !" (SAILOR'S YELL)

8- ALE, E.G., 9- EASTERN ALGONQUIAN LANGUAGE, 10- IT'S A WRAP
11- ARAB CHIEF, 12- MOTHER-OF-PEARL, 13- LUTE OF INDIA

21- YEAH, RIGHT!, 24- CURT, 25- FLATFOOT'S LACK

26- COMPOSER SCHIFRIN, 27- MUSLIM ELDER AND PRAYER-LEADER
28- COMMON HOP, 30- __ JANEIRO, 31- DIRECTIONAL ENDING

33- FENCED AREAS, 35- NEW AGE MUSICIAN JOHN, 36- INTER _

37- FAST-FOOD OPTION, 38- HALF OF ZWEI

41- HOSP. READOUT, 44- LIE SCATTERED OVER, 46- SGTS., E.G.

48- REALM, 50- "LOU GRANT" STAR, 51- SURPLUS, 52- FOUR-DOOR
53- BEETHOVEN DEDICATEE, 55- SWERVES, 57- FALSEHOODS

58- "THE JOY OF COOKING" AUTHOR ROMBAUER, 59- ACCOUNT

60- LIKE SOME HISTORY, 61- UNCLOTHED, 62- "ONLY TIME" SINGER

   
 

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