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 Room 1020 - 700 Royal Ave. Douglas College New Westminster, BC V3L 5B2 EDITOR IN CHIEF Sharon Miki editor@theotherpress.ca SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR ARTS EDITOR Angela Espinoza arts@theotherpress.ca SPORTS EDITOR Josh Martin sports@theotherpress.ca STAFF WRITER Keating Smith GRAPHICS Joel McCarthy graphics@theotherpress.ca OrhérPress. ASSISTANT EDITOR Jacey Gibb assistant@theotherpress.ca DISTRIBUTION MANAGER LIFE & STYLE EDITOR a Laurel Borrowman lifeandstyle@theotherpress.ca HUMOUR EDITOR Livia Turnbull humour@theotherpress.ca STAFF WRITER Sophie Isbister Ed Appleby illustrator@theotherpress.ca registration, and 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. SUT RB eee ls student newspaper since 1978 TELEPHONE: 604.525.3542 WEBSITE: www-theotherpress.ca EMAIL: editor@theotherpress.ca BUSINESS MANAGER Angela Ho accounting@theotherpress.ca NEWS EDITOR Jonathan Roy Chris Paik Dylan Hackett socialmedia distribution news@theotherpress.ca @theotherpress.ca @theotherpress.ca OPINIONS EDITOR Natalie Serafini opinions@theotherpress.ca STAFF WRITER Eric Wilkins LAYOUT MANAGER Cody Klyne layout @theotherpress.ca ILLUSTRATOR CONTRIBUTORS Anne Marie Abraham, Ken Bablitz Idrian Burgos, Steven Cayer Elliot Chan, Kyrsten Downton Glauce Fleury, Lindsay Moore, Zach Roubos, Parker Thompson Caitlin Van Den Brink Letter from the Editor: Back to the future his past week, a motley crew of The Other Press staff and I journeyed to the far-off land of Toronto to join other papers from across the country for the annual Canadian University Press national conference (NASH). This year’s conference was historic, as it was NASH’s 75"* anniversary— if it were a marriage, CUP would be showered with diamonds and gold for sticking together that long. I kid, of course, but 75 years is a really long time for groups of weird (yet totally passionate) newspaper kids to be gathering and sharing their stuff with each other. I think about the issues that Canadian post-secondary newspapers face today—things like the decline of print journalism in general and the over-saturation of news in society—and wonder what the big issues were when CUP first started in 1938. Could editors back then have ever imagined how much things would change today? Will newspaper editors 75 years from now laugh at how I worry about our social media reach on Facebook? Will there even be newspaper editors 75 years from now? Indeed, thinking about the past brings forth many questions about the future. Still, there is something comforting about belonging to a tradition that’s spanned generations. This week, let’s all take some time to think about where we stand in the grand timeline of things—whether it be in your family, your job, or the world. Sharon Miki