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A brief history of 40 volumes worth of the Other Press? Should I
assume you're someone who's never enjoyed our paper before? Can
I dive into the paper’s lore and expect you'll know everything I’m
referring to? History is something I’ve grown to appreciate as I’ve
gained more of it myself. Without documentation, those things called
memories can dissolve into blips in our cranial databanks.

The Other Press has been a mainstay at Douglas College since
1976, over time producing 39 volumes. As of this issue’s printing,
we're now in Volume 40. Didn’t know Douglas College has a
newspaper? We're a relatively large publication compared to other
college/ university newspapers, with a core staff of 16 people and a
collective of dedicated contributors, made up almost exclusively of
Douglas students and alumni. We publish weekly during the fall and
winter semesters, monthly during the summer, and we're open 24/7
over at theotherpress.ca.

To commemorate this literary milestone of 39 volumes past, I
decided to round up some Other Press history and compile it into one
digestible word count. We've got some insight into how the paper
first came to fruition in ‘76, a look at how the content has changed
since then (spoilers: a lot), and there are even some words from Other
Press graduates.

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A healthy alternative since ‘76

Let's start this memory-train off in 1976, when the Other Press
made its official debut as the second newspaper at Douglas College.

An article by Terry Glavin in the 20-year anniversary issue of the
Other Press tells the story of how a small group of hopeful writers
gathered for an all-nighter to construct the premiere issue. “All we
knew is that some of us knew how to write, and some of us knew
how to use a camera, and when it came down to it that’s what we
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One night, the group of rogue writers asked the program head/
then-editor of the Pinion, Charlie Giordano, if they could use the
newspaper's production equipment. He gave the go-ahead and
then left for the night. When Giordano came back the next morning,
Glavin and company were still there, putting the final touches on
what became the first issue of the Other Press. The team then pooled
their money and trekked out to Hacker Press in Abbotsford for the
official printing.

Where did the paper’s name come from? Even Glavin couldn’t
recall. “We hadn’t quite decided what to call the thing. All we knew
for certain was that we wanted to produce something other than the
Pinion. So the name fell to the Other Press.”

Fashion and other funny business

In our office at the New Westminster campus, you'll find a
bookshelf lined with blue yearbooks of Other Press volumes past. The
oldest, from ‘77, contains Volumes Four and Five.

Structurally, the paper is unrecognizable from what it once was.
Separate sections didn’t even make their debut until the third issue
of Volume Four and were limited to Letters, Arts, and Sports, though
campus content and opinions pieces existed without mastheads.
Makes the current setup look pretty sweet, right?

You wouldn't know by looking at it, but a tent pole section of the
Other Press, Life & Style, is relatively new—at least in relation to the
paper overall.

Originally pitched in 2010 as the Fashion half-section by then-
Contributor Stephanie Trembath, the section was meant to help fill
the gaps between Arts and Opinions, where topics like designer
trends and style pieces could find a home. By the next semester,
Fashion had become a full section and eventually underwent a name
change to Life & Style, adding things like recipes and a recurring sex
column.

“The Life & Style section is a constant reminder that you have to
have confidence in your ideas,” says Trembath, on how it felt to be a
pioneer for the Other Press. “If you're passionate about something, it
will resonate in your work.”

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