he otherpress 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 Eric Wilkins Editor-in-Chief M editor@theotherpress.ca Lauren Kelly Assistant Editor Massistant@theotherpress.ca Angela Ho Business Manager Jacey Gibb Distribution Manager Cara Seccafien Layout Manager Joel McCarthy Graphics Manager Elizabeth Jacob Production Assistant Ed Appleby Ilustrator Jony Roy Social Media Coordinator Mercedes Deutscher News Editor Mi news@theotherpress.ca Cheryl Minns Arts Editor M arts@theotherpress.ca Chitwan Khosla Features Editor M features@theotherpress.ca Brittney MacDonald Life & Style Editor Mlifeandstyle@theotherpress.ca Elliot Chan Opinions Editor M opinions@theotherpress.ca Chandler Walter Humour Editor M humour@theotherpress.ca Staff Reporter Aaron Guillen Sports Reporter Davie Wong Staff Writers Now Hiring! Adam Tatelman Cazzy Lewchuk Senior Columnists Jerrison Oracion Lauren Paulsen David Manky Columnist Benjamin Howard Lettitor Aaaand we're back... ...to this crazy game show of life. No real winners in this one— unless maybe you're talking to Steve Harvey. As always, the end of the break comes far too soon. We all come back lamenting the various ways we'd planned to utilize the days most effectively: catching up on sleep, reading that lonely book : hiding in the middle of your desk, meeting up with old friends, etc. No matter how much time we get off, it’s never enough. Even in grade school, although at the start of summer vacation two months felt like more than ample time to goof off, when September rolled around those two months may as well © Get to know 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 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 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. © 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 : have been two minutes. It’s typical : : of the human psyche—always : focusing on the now and never : quite comprehending the future, : however much we may plan for it. It’s one of the reasons it’s : about as easy to find people : following through on their New : Year’s resolutions by March as it is : to find an employee in Canadian : Tire. We all like the idea of self- : improvement, especially when : it’s the popular thing to do to : kick off January, but the difficulty : : is that some of us havea hard : time starting. Just as making : plans with friends over the break : doesn’t seem too tough since : there’s several weeks to do so, : resolutions are often left by the wayside before they’ve even been by procrastination, they usually : peter out soon enough due toa : combination of their goals being > atad ambitious and the fact that Image via iytimg.com : will never come to fruition. Why : attempted because there’s a whole : join in on anen masse failure? : year in which to accomplish them. : Fact of the matter is that if : As for those who aren't plagued : you really want to change, you : don't need a New Year’s resolution : to do so. And if youre hesitant : about making an effort, realize : that putting a few words to paper, everyone else 1S dropping like flies : or even merely vocalizing your : around them. I don't usually give much : thought to resolutions. The last : one I remember was two or three years ago; I decided to avoid : my weakness at the time—pork : rinds. For the record, I succeeded. ! : Closely related to the reasons : : above, New Year’s resolutions : seem like such a silly societal : tradition if the majority of them ra You may be edited for clarity and brevity if necessary. All images used are copyright to their respective owners. : goal, isn’t going to make any : difference whatsoever. : So, without further ado, ’m : going to train my cat to use the : toilet. Danke danke, Snie Yilhi Editor-in-Chief theotherpress.ca facebook.com/DouglasOtherPress | twitter.com/theotherpress youtube.com/user/theotherpress instagram.com/theotherpress