November 28, 199!

 

  

It’s unfortunate that some people
are so quick to criticize when they don’t
understand the volunteer nature of the
Other Press. The following is a quoted
section of the letter written last,issue by
Dennis C. Moore and my response to it.
I hope what I have to say will clarify the
problem, and where the problem is.

Dear the Other Press,

I am not sure how many of you
students and sports fans even know that
Douglas College has a women’s rugby
team. If you didnt know, you do know
now so please dont plead ignorance.
There are many people at this school
who have been a great support to helping
us achieve our goals over the last three
years. Last year repeated attempts to
get the Other Press involved with the
whole range of sports here at the college
(including men’s and women’s rugby)
were to no avail. The one article that
the women’s rugby team asked you to
print, got printed three issues later, when
the information was no longer relevant.
It was only then, after repeated
persistence that you decided that you
would send a photographer out to one
of our games - only you were too late,

the season had ended one week earlier.

As the staff of the Other Press
change every semester I cannot speak
for the members of the paper last year.

I find it very discouraging that
Dave Dalcanale is writing selective
articles for the Other Press. What is the
sports co-ordinator doing? Why is not
all of the sports being covered here at
the college? It is not just women’s rugby
team, there is also very little about men’s
rugby, and if there is it has been
submitted by someone on the team. I
think that it is highly unfortunate that
this is a regular occurrence here at the
college. The Douglas Women’s Rugby
Team has been around for five years and
only the last three have we been affiliated
with the college. This way the college
looks good for supporting women in
upcoming sports and we get some minor
‘funding.

Dave Dalcanale takes the
information that the coaches send to him
and then writes the stories based on that.
All teams have the option of sending the
info to him, “but they (women’s rugby

team) have never
sent the information
to me[sic].”

What is the
sports coordinator
doing? Well, three
times members of
the women’s rugby
team have entered
the offices of the
Other Press and
stated, “I want to
write some stories
about our team for
you guys.” We
agreed that she
would also bring in
a schedule of the
games so we could
send a photographer
or a reporter to some
of the events
however all 3 times
the story, and the
schedule failed to appear in our office
by deadline.

It wasn’t until the fourth time
(November 18) a member came and
gave me a copy of your schedule.

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I do not wish to place blame
upon anyone, however I would like to
remove the fault from both Dave
Dalcanale and the OP. We have tried
several times without success to have
stories written. It is unfortunate that we

 

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were unable to cover your games and |
hope in the future it will be more
comprehensive.

Colin Stralak
OP Sports Coordinator

 

DOUGLAS
COLLEGE