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 OTHER PRESS

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

DISTRIBUTION MANAGER
Chris Paik
distribution@theotherpress.ca

ADVERTISING MANAGER
Ashlee Cichon
advertising@theotherpress.ca

WEB EDITOR
Liam Britten
web@theotherpress.ca

NEWS EDITOR
Maria Asselin-Roy
staff@theotherpress.ca

LIFE & STYLE EDITOR
Stephanie Trembath
fashion@theotherpress.ca

SPORTS EDITOR
Josh Martin
sports@theotherpress.ca

 

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 may be edited for clarity and
brevity if necessary. All images used are copyright to
their respective owners.

Student Newspaper of
Douglas College

PUBLISHED SINCE 1976
New Westminster, BC

V3L 5B2
TELEPHONE: 604.525.3542

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
EDITOR

Angela Espinoza
arts@theotherpress.ca

OPINIONS EDITOR
Jacey Gibb
opinions@theotherpress.ca

STAFF WRITERS
Allie Davison
Dylan Hackett
Eric Wilkins

GRAPHICS
Timothy Arndt
graphics@theotherpress.ca

LAYOUT MANAGER
Brian Yoo
layout@theotherpress.ca

CONTRIBUTORS
David Hollinshead
Joel MacKenzie
Kyle Wallis

Livia Turnbull
Naomi Ambrose
Natalie Serafini

  

 

 

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 12:00am 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! —

 

WRITE

 

 

NEWS SUBMISSIONS
staff@theotherpress.ca

ARTS SUBMISSIONS
arts @theotherpress.ca

LIFE&STYLE
fashion @theotherpress.ca

OPINIONS SUBMISSIONS
opinions rpress.ca

SPORTS SUBMISSIONS

sports @theotherpress.ca

FEATURE ARTICLES
editor@theotherpress.ca

 

eS RE

 

Soccer squad misses out on provincials
as a result of a clerical error
Dylan Hackett, pg. 13

 

 

§ Debating the future with the Douglas College
Dialogue Club
Maria Asselin-Roy, pg. 05

 

 

§ Memories worth remembering: Dancing at
Lughnasa at Douglas
Angela Espinoza, pg. 06

 

 

i Get in shape with or without the weight
Stephanie Trembath, pg. 10

 

 

Seeing the world at waist level: Life in a wheelchair

Livia Turnbull, pg. 14

 

 

 

 

Scoring in youth soccer: A healthy dose of reality
or just plain mean?
Eric Wilkins, pg. 19