October 5th, 1984’'’ Dr. Cannabis will answer any ‘quest- ions onLust, Drugs, Booze or anything under the full moon. Just drop them off at room 1602. Dear Dr. Cannabis I’ve just started classes at Douglas College and don’t really care for the economics program I’m in. Would it be a good idea next semester to change rae and major in Animal Hus- bandry Unfulfilled Dear Unfulfilled Hey, whatever makes you happy. Just don’t let anybody catch you at it. Dear Dr. Cannabis My problem is so foul and disgust- ing that | dont know who else to turn to. If ray friends ever found out I’d be ashamed and ostracized forever by them. | am a study-aholic. It took me a long time to accept this, let alone admit it. Things started off normally, studying just enough to do homework and pass exams. But slowly my bad habits started to surface as | spent more and more time at the library. | stopped missing classes and started dropping in on my teachers during office hours. Friends started hearing excuses for my not coming out Friday nights: ‘‘my (pick one) dog/cat/gold- fish/pet rock is sick.’’ at this point | was fooling myself in thinking | could THE OTHER PRESS © Dear Dr. Cannabis control it anytime. But pretty soon I’d be hiding small textbooks in Playboy magazines and joining record clubs strictly for the language lessons. Whenever my girlfriend and | made love she mistook my mumbling in her ear to be sweet nothings. In reality,they were mathematical equations. I’ve reached the stage now where I’m always carrying 20 pens with me in fear of the first 19 running out of ink. My body breaks out in a cold sweat if my classes don’t have any homework for that night. One time, my testbooks went missing and | was forced to break into the bookstore for a philosophy fix. What am | going to do? Even as I’m writing this, my ears are ringing and | see chemical symbols flash before my eyes. Please help me before | hurt somebody! Desperate Dear Desperate Not often do | get a letter that’s a study in freakiness. Study-addiction is a heavy trip facing us today, and it’s gettin’ outa hand. And what are our bigwig politicians and scientists doing about it? They’re encouraging it! You must fight them and the addiction before it’s too late. One way a lot of ex-studiers have used (repeatedly if they’re masochists) is to have a friend tie you to a bed and Think about it. Talk about it Take action. Canada OVER- DRINKING. iv put a textbook just out of reach. It'll be 24 hours of one bad trip (you'll see winged notebooks and sabre-toothed calculators coming out of the walls), but you should: be cured. If that doesn’t do the job, you'll have to get help from a Pro. There are several counselling joints you can hang out at.: The Anti-Intellectuals society, Thinkers Anonymous, Pseudo-Genius Hotline (phone 539-6029 and the Contem- plater’s Rehab. Center. Good luck and here’s hoping you make it back with a negative |.Q. like the rest of us. Dear Dr. Cannabis | have a personal problem and don’t know how to deal with it, so I’ve decided to follow whatever advice you gaveme. Last week, while leaning on the railing, | saw my girlfriend in one of the empty classrooms making out with another guy! Should | ask my girlfriend about it (1 didn’t see his face) and track him down, or stop being jealous and mind my own business? Igor Dear Igor MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS!!! Tip for the day: Marriage is like.a three ring circus. First there’s the engagement ring, wedding ring, and then suffering. uC “I like the taste of a cold beer on a hot day, but | certainly don’t think you have to get the gang together with a couple of cases of beer just to celebrate the fact you've had a bit of exercise?” JOHN WOOD OLYMPIC SILVER MEDALLIST Health Santé et 5 and Welfare Bien-étre social Canada Canada page 9° OTHER CORNER WHAT IS YOUR OPINION OF THE OTHER PRESS? Sharon Ducharme: It’s good for a laugh once in a while. John Banovic: | It doesn’t compare to the Van- couver Sun, but it sure beats reading the bathroom walls. 4 re Leanne Jackson: : | like it, it explores new ideas. Doyle Childs: | like the information and _ its leisurely style. BES; ga; Mike VanZanten: | haven’t had the chance to open it up yet.