November 12, 2003 From The Editor The passing of a loved one often causes people to analyze current relationships and attempt to live each day as though it is the last. We get so caught up in our own daily duties that we often forget to pay that elderly aunt a visit, or to call and listen to grandma tell you the same story as the week before, or to call a sibling just to say hello. I meet my grandma at the mall three days a week and last Friday when we met I was watching her talk and I started to think about the fact that at any time I could get that call that she had passed on. My eyes welled up and I just can’t imagine how I would live without her. She is always there, never judging, ready to help in any way she can. Sometimes I feel like I should be doing more for her because it always seems she has to help me out. But I do what I can. We have our A&W, we walk around while she points out all the people that annoy her, and I drive her home. To lose her will change my life. My aunt passed away two weeks ago and this past weekend I went to a celebration of her life. There were probably 200 people there. Most of them my relatives. This is your cousin; this is your mom’s cousin. Why don’t I know these people? Life is spent upholding meaningless acquaintance relationships when there are people in our families that we don’t keep in contact with. It makes me sad. I saw my third cousin there and I haven't seen him since 1988 when his grandma, who was my grand- ma’s sister, passed away. How have we let things get to this point? We only see each other at funerals and milestone birthdays and anniversaries. I have always felt a loss of sense of family. Neither side of my fam- ily is close. Cousins I have never met, weddings I don’t get invited to, and birth dates I don’t know the dates of. I don't know if it is possible to rekindle relation- ships that have been lost along the way but it is important to maintain the ones that have managed to hang on over the years. Make the phone calls, send the cards, or pay a visit. It is too hard to live each day as though it is the last but it is important to keep loved ones on the front burner as much as possible. Manager Editor, Kerry Evans e the other press © Contents 2 Mailbag News 4 New Country on the Block 4 Newsworthy Events sa FIRST Aboriginal Excellence Program 5 Student’s Death Ruled a Suicide 5 Style and Substance Supports Students in Need 6 What is the MSS? 6 China Sends Man to Space and Journalist to Jail Opinions 7 The Power of a Name i The Real Bottom Line is Counted in People’s Lives 8 Every Juan Needs Experience 8 Paparazzi 9 The Hibernation Proclamation 9 Third Degree 10 Right Hook 10 Editorial Cartoon 11 Put Down the Baseball Bat So | Can Beat You Properly Gallery 12 Photo[graphic] 13 Poetry/Fiction/Essays/etc. Culture 14 What’s On Around Town 15 The Jury 15 The Matka King +15 Animation Compilation to Premiere in Vancouver 16 Preview: The Laramie Project 16 Minesweeper. The Little Masterpiece 17 Let’s Get Crafty 17 Truthfully Truthfully. Joel Plaskett Emergency vy This Week in History Features 18 English Lessons 18 Surviving Breast Cancer: One Woman’s Struggle 19 Ally Readers: Beyond the Welcoming Fan 20 Roosting Call Sports 21 Road Trip Unfriendly for Douglas Women 21 One Up, One Down, Bottoms Up 22 Damned Oompa Loompas 22 No Glory at the Lions Den for Douglas 22 Douglas Women Land Somewhere in the Middle 23 Canucks Corner 23 Classifieds The Other Press Submission Guidelines Page 7 The weekly deadline for submissions is Wednesday for publication the following Wednesday. Letters to the Editor, vacant sections, and “time sensitive” articles (weekend news, sports, and cultural reviews) will be accepted until Saturday midnight and can be submitted to the editor via email: Kerry Evans at: editor@otherpress.ca All other submissions should be for- warded to the appropriate section editor below. Please include your name, phone number/email address, the word count, and submit via email as an MS Word.doc attachment to the attention of the appro- priate editor. News Kelly Parry Opinions Kali Thurber Culture Amanda Aikman Features Barbara K. Adamski Sports Adam Gordon David Lam Munir Amlani Representative kelly-parry@telus.net opinionsubmit@hotmail.com submit_to_culture@yahoo.ca featureseditor@otherpress.ca desportseditor@yahoo.ca opstuff@amlani.ca http://www.otherpress.ca =e Page 3