WHO WE ARE 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 are a registered society under the Society Act of British Columbia, governed by an eight-person board of directors appointed by and 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 from a student levy collected through tutition fees every semester at registration, and The RMA ATA Tae er ress FERRE OD Zea 6 PUBLISHED SINCE 1976 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 =i Spend the summer in Zambia with Douglas is hateful, obscene, or condones or promotes illegal College and make a difference activities. Submissions may be edited for clarity and brevity if necessary. All images used are copyright to Dylan Hackett, pg. 04 their respective owners. Room 1020 — 700 Douglas College Royal Avenue EDITOR IN CHIEF Cody Klyne editor@theotherpress.ca ASSISTANT EDITOR Sharon Miki assistant@theotherpress.ca BUSINESS MANAGER Angela Szczur accounting @theotherpress.ca PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER Stephanie Trembath publicrelations@theotherpress.ca DISTRIBUTION MANAGER Chris Paik distribution@theotherpress.ca ADVERTISING MANAGER Ashlee Cichon advertising@theotherpress.ca NEWS EDITOR Dylan Hackett news@theotherpress.ca ARTS EDITOR Angela Espinoza arts@theotherpress.ca LIFE & STYLE EDITOR Laurel Borrowman lifeandstyle@theotherpress.ca New Westminster, BC V3L 5B2 TELEPHONE: 604.525.3542 We recap the five best films of last year OPINIONS EDITOR Angela Espinoza, pg. 05 Jacey Gibb opinions@theotherpress.ca SPORTS EDITOR Josh Martin sports@theotherpress.ca HUMOUR EDITOR Liam Britten _ . , . . humour@theotherpress.ca § Winter drinks that'll make you think twice about your box wine STAFF WRITERS Allie Davison, pg. 11 Allie Davison David Hollinshead Eric Wilkins FEATURE LAYOUT MANAGER — Brian Yoo layout@theotherpress.ca GRAPHICS Timothy Arndt graphics@theotherpress.ca My oh Mayan: let the countdown begin Sharon Miki, pg. 12 CONTRIBUTORS Dominique Leclair Gurneev Panesar ONS Livia Turnbull = : — -_ Matthew Visser ; s ail Natalie Serafini oe | - § Here’s a resolution: why wait till New Year’s? Anyone can get published in The Other Press! Just email your story to the appropriate section editor from the list on the right. Please send your file as an MS Word .doc file. The weekly deadline for submissions to section editors is Thursday by 12:00 a.m. for publication the following Monday. Time- sensitive articles (weekend news, sports, and cultural reviews) will be accepted until Saturday at noon and can be submitted to the editor at editor@theotherpress.ca. All submissions will be edited for clarity and style. The Other Press will pay $50.00 to any contributor who writes, and successfully has published, a feature article of at least 1,200 words. Also, The Other Press will pay $50.00 for every five issues a contributor is published in on a per semester basis. The Other Press holds weekly staff meetings at 6:00pm on Mondays in room 1020 at Douglas College’s New Westminster campus. All interested students are welcome! Natalie Serafini, pg. 16 SPORTS § Giant fun for Giants fans, and their wallets NEWS SUBMISSIONS Josh Martin, pg. 17 news@theotherpress.ca ARTS SUBMISSIONS arts@theotherpress.ca LIFE&STYLE eee lifeandstyle@theotherpress.ca ee ala OPINIONS SUBMISSIONS opinions@theotherpress.ca SPORTS SUBMISSIONS sports@theotherpress.ca FEATURE ARTICLES editor@theotherpress.ca i KJ is back and better than ever! Liam Britten, pg. 23