©) "ther pres Managing Editor Jennifer Aikman Look the_editorS7@hotmail.com News Editor Sara James submit@op.douglas.be.ca Opinions Editor Kerry Evans opinionsubmit@hormail.com Culture Editor Amanda Aikman Submit_to_culture@yahoo.ca Features Editor Barbara K. Adamski opfeatures@netscape.net Sports Editor Adam Flash Gordon desportseditor@yahoo.ca Proofreaders Tamara Billau Dawn-Louise McLeod Production Gerard Then op_production@graphic-designer.com Graphic Design Trevor Hargreaves bunkmedia@hotmail.com Photography Kim Meier nocontrolling@hormail.com Information Systems Ed Keech ed-keech@shaw.ca Advertising Manager Odin Geiger schoolofthoth@yahoo.com Business Manager Joselin Erroa joselin103@hotmail.com Accountant Ali Jamal alijamal66@hotmail.com Columnists Jennifer Aikman Look Dawn-Louise McLeod Munir Amlani J.J. McCullough Culture Critic Justin Ray opcomment@hotmail.com Cartoonist J.J. McCullough wart_manu@yahoo.ca Contributors Barbara K. Adamski, Munir Amlani, Patti Enloe, Heidi Hoff, Leigh Mackay New Westminster Room 1020-700 Royal Avenue New Westminster V3L 5B2 Ph//604.525.3542 Fax//604.525.3505 http://otherpress.douglas.be.ca email:submit@op.douglas.be.ca Letters to the Editor Re: Fun With Bums I was offended by the very insensitive article “Fun with Bums” (May 2003). Homelessness is a serious issue in our city, and such a mean-spirited column has no place in The Other Press, a paper that should celebrate and reflect the diversity found in our college. my best friends are “beggars,” as J.R. Mints would call them, and although they are illiterate, they would no doubt be at least as offended as I, especially at the shameless notion of exploiting bums The May 2003 issue would be of more use to them as toilet paper (although they would probably use it for for amusement. that anyway). I will be canceling my subscription immediately. Eve Sawatzky Some of Shame on you! ANY FOOT- $ 1 .0O OF F ANY FOOT- LONG Buy Any Regular Foot Long Sandwich LONG SUB And Receive $1.00 Off The Regular Price, SUB 74- 8th Street Or 0.50¢ From Regular 6" Sandwich. —_Limit: One coupon per New Westminster ee et = i tae Chaiini Caen "The Place Where Fresh % The Taste ere Tel: 522-7823 aE 3 ne AY promotions or Fax: 517-8795 : meal deals, Good news for Douglas College Alumni! = University of = Phoenix” bachelor degree programs. programs. to 3 years. Douglas College has recently signed an articulation agreement with University of Phoenix, Vancouver Campus. Douglas College students can transfer their two-year diplomas and associate degrees to University of Phoenix’s Douglas college students who have completed their associate’s degree can transfer up to 72 credits to University of Phoenix and earn a Bachelor of Science in Management degree and specialize in their associate degree focus. The degree is designed for students working in diverse industries who want to develop the basic skills needed to man- age people and processes in their own organization or professional context. Douglas College students can also transfer their two-year diploma to any of University of Phoenix’s bachelor degree Founded in 1976 for the working adult student, University of Phoenix is North America's largest, private, accred- ited university. With flexible scheduling, University of Phoenix empowers students to achieve their educational and career goals simultaneously by attending class one night a week and completing their degree in approximately 2 University of Phoenix, Vancouver Campus and Abbotsford Learning Centre, currently offers graduate and under- graduate degree programs in management, administration, e-business, and education. For more information, call 604-762-1145 or visit http://bc.phoenix.edu. The Other Press is Douglas College’s autonomous student newspaper. The Other Press is run as a collective and is published weekly during the fall and winter semesters, and monthly (as a magazine) during the summer. We receive our funding from a student levy collected every semester at registration, and from local and nation- al advertising revenue. The Other Press is a member of the Canadian University Press (CUP), a cooperative of stu- dent newspapers from across Canada. We adhere to CUP’s Statement of Common Principles and Code of Ethics—except when it suits us not to. The Other Press reserves the right to choose what to publish, and will not publish material that is racist, sexist or homophobic. Submissions may be edited for clarity and brevity if nec- essary. Printed by Van Press Printers Ltd. eee Page 2 hitp://otherpress.douglas.bc.ca