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 Now Hiring! 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 Adam Tatelman Alex Stanton Cazzy Lewchuk Senior Columnists Jerrison Oracion Lauren Paulsen David Manky Sarah Walker Contributor Duncan Fingarson Josh Visser WwW we've made it. The last issue of the Fall semester. The next time the Other Press hits the stands will be in frigid January days. January 2016. As always, with the New Year come new trials, tribulations, and tests. Knick knacks and garbage. Successes and failures. Time eventually weighs us down with physical and emotional memories and were left with no other option than to pick what truly means something and what’s merely been a delightful acquaintance in passing. My desk at home is an utter mess right now. The captivating lustre of Ikea laminate buried under a disturbingly large mountain of receipts, notes, articles, and other random © 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 : bits and bobs. It’s a sight : familiar to any high schooler, : hopeless nostalgic...or hoarder. : Fortunately, I’m fairly certain I : don't fall under the lattermost : category, and, being a college : graduate, I’m no high schooler, : which leaves me as nothing more : than a hopeless nostalgic. I’ve always been a bit of'a : packrat. I just can’t help it. And : there’s nothing wrong with : holding onto objects that mean : something to you—objects : that trigger some lost feeling : long ago imprinted—that : needn't be explained to anyone : else. But our memories, like : our storage spaces, do have a : maximum capacity. You can’t : keep everything forever. It’s : deciding what’s important, newspapers that includes papers from all across Canada. : what’s most important, that : creates the tough calls. Anyone : can squirrel every trinket away, : but it’s not necessary, and not : right. If every moment is spent : trying to hold onto the past, are : you really living life as it’s meant : to be lived? A stagnant person is : a person in regression. If youre : not up, you're down. If you're not : forward, youre backward. Some things are best in the : moment. As we race towards the : first of January and New Year's : resolutions, take some time for : a bit of early spring cleaning. : It doesn’t have to be of the : physical variety. Similar to how : a childhood collection of toys : can be remembered by keeping ra © 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 may be edited for clarity and brevity if necessary. All images used are copyright to their respective owners. : just one or two as mementos, the : same can be done for emotional : baggage. No, don’t block that ex : out of your mind completely; that : relationship has had a part in : creating the mosaic that is who : you are today. Don’t try and erase : painful memories of loss with a : family member—they need to : remain existing in your heart. But : don’t hold onto everything. Don’t : allow those thoughts to dominate : your mind. Keep only what you : need. A piece. A scrap. A token : for the memory machine. Danke danke, Editor-in-Chief theotherpress.ca facebook.com/DouglasOtherPress | twitter.com/theotherpress