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 OrthérPress. Room 1020 — 700 Douglas College Royal Avenue 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. RMA ALA Lae FERRE OD saa PUBLISHED SINCE 1976 New Westminster, BC V3L 5B2 TELEPHONE: 604.525.3542 EDITOR IN CHIEF Cody Klyne editor @ theotherpress.ca SPORTS EDITOR Josh Martin sports @ theotherpress.ca ASSISTANT EDITOR Sharon Miki assistant @ theotherpress.ca HUMOUR EDITOR Liam Britten humour @theotherpress.ca BUSINESS MANAGER STAFF WRITERS Angela Szczur Allie Davison accounting @theotherpress.ca David Hollinshead Eric Wilkins PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER Stephanie Trembath publicrelations @ theotherpress .ca LAYOUT MANAGER Brian Yoo DISTRIBUTION MANAGER layout @ theotherpress.ca Chris Paik distribution @ theotherpress.ca GRAPHICS Timothy Arndt NEWS EDITOR graphics @ theotherpress.ca Dylan Hackett news @ theotherpress.ca ARTS EDITOR Angela Espinoza arts @ theotherpress.ca CONTRIBUTORS Caitlin Van Den Brink Jenn Markham Keating Smith Livia Turnbull Naomi Ambrose Natalie Serafini Siavash Emamzadeh LIFE & STYLE EDITOR Laurel Borrowman lifeandstyle@ theotherpress.ca OPINIONS EDITOR Jacey Gibb opinions @ theotherpress.ca i Bill C-19 on its way to the Senate: long-gun registry on the way out Eric Wilkins, pg. 04 What makes Global TV’s Bomb Girls tick? Angela Espinoza, pg. 06 LIFE&STYLE i Arecipe for success: Chomp Vegan Eatery Keating Smith, pg. 11 FEATURE i A historic comeback or sophomoric slump? A Canucks special report Siavash Emamzadeh, pg. 13 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 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. NEWS SUBMISSIONS news@theotherpress.ca ARTS SUBMISSIONS arts@theotherpress.ca LIFE&STYLE lifeandstyle@theotherpress.ca OPINIONS SUBMISSIONS opinions@theotherpress.ca SPORTS SUBMISSIONS sports@theotherpress.ca FEATURE ARTICLES editor@theotherpress.ca 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! i Too good to be true: part-time employers to watch out for Jacey Gibb, pg. 17 SPORTS A 9 CFL free agency highlights and more David Hollinshead, pg. 20 § Scrabble dictionary be damned: op is not a word Liam Britten, pg. 23