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Whew. After last week’s Sex Issue, I’m feeling a wee bit
randy. I mean, did you see that picture in the table of
contents? Did you even notice all the clever names
interwoven into the masthead (left side, page 2 of each
issue)? Like Hannibal from The A-Team, I love it when a
plan comes together.

But that was last week, Kittlings. What we’re striving
for around here isn’t “one-hit wonder” status. We’re not
even trying to be good for just one month. At first, we
were looking to expand this paper into an army of well-
trained, guerrilla fighters, but then we had a vote and
decided that we actually all liked gorillas, so we gave
that up.

Next, we thought maybe we could fill in the void
left by CBC and become the voice of Canada and the
home of hockey every Saturday night. But we were
denied funding for our proposal to acquire the coveted
rights to Coronation Street: The Trudeau Years by those
higher-ups and ne’er-do-wells in the federal govern-
ment. Maybe we should have used a PowerPoint pres-
entation, rather than a table-hockey rink with He-Man
action figures, to describe our business plan. I dunno.

So, we talked amongst ourselves and decided to keep
on keepin’ on, just like this little paper’s been doing
since 1976. Then we got drunk and forgot all our
“since-1976” pride and woke up hungover, at which
point we wrote, edited, illustrated, photographed, and
laid out like mad until we had completed the paper you
now hold in your hand. I think we did it out of sheer
force of habit, but I really can’t recall. We were so busy
we forgot to ask.

We did, however, come up with another fine issue.

This week’s News takes you from Health Services
here at Douglas, to the return of Joel Kollette’s pride
article, Follow the Rainbow, to the goings-on with the

Canadian military. It’s a whirlwind of a section, so
buckle up your chinstraps.

Opinion’s continues to dazzle with the always pro-
fane Brandon Ferguson’s musings on all things left of
centre, while JJ McCullough continues to draw gasps—
of both admiration and anger—for his well-placed Right
Hook’. You'll want to have your head on a swivel when
the opinions start flying around the rink.

You want music? A&E’s got your music right here.
(I’m grabbing my crouch as I say that. Sorry, Sex Issue
hangover.) Seriously, though, there’s a Matthew Good
CD review, a Siguer Ros concert review, and all the best
in upcoming musical happenings listed in “What’s
Going Down.” The intrepid duo of Smith and Reeve
also review the new Family Guy DVD that I’m dying to
see. Editor Iain Reeve really gave it 110 percent and fin-
ished his checks this week.

Features has got a fascinating history of the
shootout in sports and rollicking romp through the
world of transistor technology. And speaking of
shootouts, did you hear that there won’t be ties in NHL
hockey anymore? That’s right, they’re going to use the
shootout to decide a winner to regular-season games.

Sports has got a Douglas focus, with articles on
Women’s Rugby, wrestling, and a new academic moni-
toring program for Douglas’s student athletes. There’s
also a wildly entertaining yarn about a Bocce tourna-
ment. I love Bocce. It reminds me of hockey, but in a
really laid back, back-yard-BBQ kind of a way—and
without all the blood, sweat, excitement, and rabidly
loyal fans.

It’s October, and the Other Press is back, baby, just
like hockey. Go ’Nucks.

—Colin Miley, Managing Editor