a “Y 25 the ~OCiery The Ba oF es Sa folio‘! Will The Ping Cntinge kom? more sponta : ates ~ Mew 2 eMeste, © to Presigg Norm ©, #2 fare” toe deny aay bude dimer Kiet a Creenticgs of the pa Unal pectaty cyt eli deags p Nations® ang 2 Vice mill RE any us, pO! ga Of the Presen - Union Panam flue" edn, 0 bad oy Suppor, denes "8 bose! Stu. ALS fro Oring MCAns er Gery OF thaS 1 yo tb cates though oft the oP Ssune te for ment opt the 2¢ unc WE of Publication’ the Pudeey ° the <> Perce, Mons 54. we eng 8s tear gf oe. | Wn ‘Pa, SOcia, rem{idances * Will OS Amon” / ste Othe, On adverts this’20 fro Press ing oo In case you didn’t know, the perspective is our opportunity to talk about ourselves, and an exciting story it is. For example, we nearly lost our newspaper office in the - office reshuffle last week. ' So we wrote letters to the campus advisory council to explain the facts and we headed for the meeting. Just in case, we wore our guns. No problem, they turned out to be great guys and the office is still ours. The greatest problem facing us now is not having enough people. About eighteen people signed up at the beginning of the semester, and who knows where they’ve all gone. Some took one look and fled, others got buried beneath their text- books, and a few died that first production night. A handful of the new ones survived and are now blending in with the old ones that is, we're all haggard and overworked. Which brings us to the second problem - not enough hours in a day except production day which goes on and on and on.... but usually there’s no time for anything but work, work, work and write, write, write. So if any of our instructors out there are ening this and decide to $6 have mercy on us, it would sure be appreciated. It would help if we had more staff, and also things will get better when the new people stop wasting precious time by go-- ing to class. So how do we convince you to join The Other Press? Here’s a living testimonial’ from one of our ace reporters: “IT work on The Other Press because I like the practical experience of doing lots of writing. It satisfies my cur- iosity about what’s going on _ around campus. Also it’s new and exciting. We have lots of pub outings. I have the oppor- tunity to voice my opinions. I'm really having fun.”' So what’s the stupidest thing we did this week? It’s so embarrassing - at suppertime on production night four of us went for something to eat. And got locked out. If you noticed a strange person on the sidewalk of Columbia Street yelling at a window. above the Royal City Cafe, that was one of us. And the two people inside weren't much help because the keys weren't there. Oh boy, how do you like that? - six sets of keys and none with us. So how did the paper get | finished? It was a miracle. ae ‘Independence for our news- paper has cost us dearly. Not only are we overworked, un- derstaffed and confronted with danger everywhere we. go, we're also financially des- titute. In fact, we’re so broke that we almost couldn’t send any delegates to the upcoming CUP conference. Ingeniously, we figured a way. Two Other Press members have been bundled up and stamped Special Delivery, and will be sent air mail to Winnipeg. No dinner and drinks luxery for them, but it only cost us half price. We hear the mail flight isn’t very reliable, however, and if we lose two more staff we will be in big trouble. Would you like to be in a position of authority and make decisions affecting the student newspaper and the entire college? You can have this absolutely free by running as a student representative on The Other Publications Society Board of Directors. And since no one else is running, there’s an excellent chance you'll be chosen. For more information just phone this number: our view OO en ea It all started in a 50-watt radio station in Fresno...no no no, that’s not quite it. The history of The Other Press actually started in 1975, winen a few journalism students and interested éjgnds realized the weaknesses of the administration publication, Pinion, and’ decided to start a student newspaper. t "They kept referring to the new paper as the “other” paper, and the name stuck. At first The Other was based in a trailer on . Surrey campus, but in 1976 the paper moved its office to the broom closet at the rear of the New Westminster campus cafeteria, where it is now situated. . . " ” During its young life, The Other Press has emerged as a quality A Pipes ek nies cre oe Se ean ates Reaper ed rome Pees It’s accomplishmen' ts have come only because of the hard working scrl Seas ase thes tos cadena dirty ae loveaatie seu ( Data 9b sé Wiihiwute a week thews 6 ight on It’s not Monda‘ and being ‘paid a low salary, if an at all. Oh, we're ee the sty or feeling sorry for ourselves. If we didn’t like our job'we obviously wouldn’t be doing it. = 8 |. In fact, lately, we have been putting a bit of extra time in, thinking about the paper’s future and trying to do soi about it. We have realized the shortcomings of coming the pressures of student council. Since control our budget, we sometimes find ourselves eS eae. or report fairly on the student council. it is essential to thie sarin ned quleyiet 8 Sees ee that they remain separate and free from the influence of any student government. It also goes without saying that they must remain just as separate and free from the administration as well. j The freedom of the press is sometimes an overworked term, but its importance cannot be over-emphasized. The student newspapers parade soi si lita tol gs interests. wees 108 Dee Fe ed Dee ee getting a raw deal, or a fair deal? ite ; We do our best in trying to keep our standards high and if we see ———— wrong we, try to it. But sometimes that isn’t ible if you have the people who control your money breathing Duckily, that hasn't happened too this year, but it has happened in the past and it could happen again next year. Ti Gites Tete an doce i comee 708: tee students, with a an independant publications society. is society | Er canton Lis ne we ail suslels ack tee publish material in the students interest. Besides publishing The Other Press newspaper, it would, for the t publish the Otherthan Poetry review, a surprisingly successful book with readership around the world. Some people have argued against our society. Student council president Dave Johnston doesn’t think we are for autonomy. He says that we have not showed ‘‘continuity’’. In other words, our existance has been year after year and there is no quarentee that the society would live on after the present staff moves on. These sre antes eae St ees ee ing stronger in every department, semester. We have Eoen sioke cosadirelie: core Gauaieieee. more ized than any other student organization on any campus, student governments Other people worry that there will not be enough money to fund a publication society . This can be , but a publication society, in taking over the Compugraphic and the Otherthan review This momen! payments as well as cutting down on the office administration costs 6 ie Seale a, not be asking for a tremendous amount So, we humbly ( if The Other Press can actually be allowed to be heals bee Dormeves Cees = sine) eck es Se ee oe su by showing up at the Annual ing on oconey. We will oc aeeicndng werwardons and it will be time for you, the student, to decide whether or not you value a truely free press, or whether all our work has been for naught. as We have been trying to help you for the last three years, so please, 525-8684 in the daytime. ng September 3 1996 The Other Press—Twenty Years of Unrestricted Growth just this once take a little time and try to help us , and yourself.