Why is it cool to be apathetic? The typical image of coolness is that of the
person who doesn’t let things bother them and who doesn’t work at anything more
than necessary. Recent movies such as So Fucking What epitomize this kind of
thinking. The ad campaign for this movie featured statements describing situations
that should raise one’s ire and counter them by saying “so fucking what?” Why get
emotional about things that should disgust us? Why care about anything? Why try
to change things? Why donate time to good causes? Why get involved with anything
at school? Do you think I’m a nerd or something?

We at the Other Press believe that it is time for people who care about things
enough to try to change them to be considered cool. Those who don’t care about
things can gather moss while watching television. They should rightly be exposed
as losers‘instead of those who join the science club, the student society, or Amnesty
International.

The whole concept of self-actualization relies on the fact that people will
strive to become well-rounded individuals. They should try to accomplish this by
learning and doing as much as they possibly can. What better reason for living is
there than the goal of becoming the most complete individual possible? Being
cool and doing nothing will not make anyone a complete individual and ultimately
provides no reason for continuing a sorry life.

Student apathy is a major problem here at Douglas College. Too busy, lazy, or
cool to be bothered, most DC students do little more than attend classes and leave.
This is very frustrating to student-run organizations like the OP. We are under-
staffed and overworked because very few people come here to volunteer. In this
issue, we are flogging our readers with “Join the OP!” advertisements. We really
do want you to join the OP. Not only do we enjoy fresh faces, we also want writers,
photographers, coordinators, and all other kinds of helpers. This will help lighten
our workload and put out a better quality paper.

Many people complain that the Other Press isn’t as good as it could be, and
they’re right. The problem with such complaints is that those who voice them
don’t come down to help us put out a better product. We’re just volunteers doing
the best we can with what we have. You know what ‘they’ say: if you’re not part of
the solution, you’re part of the problem. Come join us! We’re in room 1020. Here’s
a map...

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I totally agree with Boyd who wrote
to you in the second to last issue of the
Other Press last semester and I do not
agree with you and the Penguins
responses in a subsequent issue. Your
response to Boyd (Get the point, Boyd)
made me laugh and also angry. You told
Boyd he “got the point and missed the
point”. one that’s a contradiction and two
Boyd got exactly what you meant in
what you wrote the problem is that it
sounds like you either didn’t write what
you meant or you’re just trying to dig
yourself out of a hole that you dug.

I agree that women should be
cautious when out in the world but I
don’t believe we should hate all men
because of the acts of a minority of men.
Also men are not the only violent gender
out there women can also rape and
murder just like a man and some have
done just that. Taking precautions to
keep yourself safe from violence be it
inflicted by a man or woman is very
different from hated a group of people
for the acts of some.

Be precautious but do not make
yourself a victim being controlled by that
fear and not do anything about that fear.
You say that laws will not do anything
to change the state of things not there. I

Dear Other Press;
,

disagree, I believe that laws are a start
in making society change for the better.

You ended your letter to Boyd
by writing “Don’t blame me, blame our
society.” Well, girl, I blame both but
unlike you I do something about it. I
march for the rights of victims, I have
volunteered for victims rights groups, I
have signed petitions, and I back all that
up by living what I say and believe in
unlike you who writes crap like wanting
sex for Christmas and giving some guy
“some awesome head.”

Jet Girl go do something more
productive with your life and leave the
rest of the female population of the world
out of it.

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Dear “Jet Girl”

Before the latest issue, I was going
to write you a letter regarding yout
immature, trite, stale rhetoric. However
your cutesy uninformed articles have
been overshadowed by your
correspondence with Boyd regarding
“man bashing”. As an ardent, I have to
say— I do not hate men.

Not all men are abusive, and they
do not deserve your stereotype. You are
a bigot when you generalize about an
entire group. Your outlook simply
perpetuates the divisions between the
sexes. Women have struggled to “catch
up” with men in society, and in many
ways we have surpassed them. Women
are able to express their emotions-and it
is socially acceptable whereas men are
warned since childhood that “boys don’t
cry”. Jet, this is not simple issue. Not
all men rape and not all women are
victims. Stop generalizing and start to
understand the issue from both
perspectives. Stop being a victim. Get
the point?

PS. you are going to remain
“Horny” (O.P. Dec 95) if you treat men
as the enemy.

I am enclosing a copy of my petition, which I mentioned in a letter to the Other Press, to replace the inferior
telephone registration system with superior human beings. I am seeking support of the Student Council, the Faculty
Association (I have meeting, on December the 4th, with Dr. Terry Farrel of the Political Science Department) the
Administration, the Faculty and the Students because the majority of Douglas College people (that I have talked
with) agree with my initiative. In other words, if the majority of Douglas College people sign my petition the
registrar will have to replace the inferior telephone registration system with superior human beings; to do otherwise
would bring Douglas College into disrepute, and it would no longer have the support of its own people.... In addition,
can the Other Press please print a copy of my petition in its next edition (I am unable, due to the sheer volume, to
print 5,000 copies of my petition) as that is the best and most efficient way of contacting the people of Douglas
College. Finally, I know many Douglas College people read the Other Press; therefore, they will be able to sign my
petition (if they want to); also, anyone who signs my petition can drop it off at the Student Society office; however,
they should ask the receptionist to place the petition in my file.

Name
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Address

Sincerely
Linda Meyer

Phone Number