news // no. 4

Climate Change Protest

Michelle Lim
Contributor

theotherpress.ca

QO: Friday, September 27, an estimated 100,000 people in Vancouver marched from City Hall through downtown as part of the Global Climate Strike protests. The protests are
inspired by the actions of 16-year-old Greta Thunberg and led by teens who left school and work to attend the strike. Although most of the protesters are not yet old enough to

vote, they are using their voices to try to force policy change.

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Photo by Billy Bui

» Fall 2019 fitness offerings at Douglas College

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he Freshman 15 might not be real, but

student life does consist of lectures,
exams, and unfortunately, decreased
physical activity.

Although walking up the Eighth Street
hill to campus from New Westminster
Skytrain station could be considered a
complete workout, you'll probably need
more than those three hundred and
something steps to stay fit.

For those students who want more,
recreation and wellness has you covered.

The Douglas Recreation and Wellness
department is going out of their way to offer
a myriad of fitness options this semester
available to all Douglas College students.

Similar to (another wonderful staple
of your life) the Other Press, recreation
programing at Douglas is subsidized by
a portion of your student activity fees.

Specifically, the $35.80 “athletic and activity
fee,’ which means all students, both
part-time and full-time, get access to both
Douglas College fitness centres and all
available fitness classes.

The New Westminster Fitness Centre
is easy to find, since the facility coupled
with the gym and occupies a large footprint
on the New Westminster campus. But for
students looking for fitness options on
the Coquitlam campus, Douglas’ second
workout hub may not be as well known.

Douglas College has an agreement
with Pinetree Community Centre, owned
by the City of Coquitlam, which permits
Douglas students and employees to receive
a free activity card that allows them to use

the fitness centre at the Community Centre.

To receive an activity card at the
Pinetree Community Centre, simply show
your Douglas College student ID card and
proof of enrolment at the front desk. Proof
of enrollment can bea printed copy of

  
  

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your current schedule, or proof of Douglas
College tuition and fee payment.

Once registered, students using the
Coquitlam campus facilities have more
fitness class options than their New
Westminster counterparts—with longer
workout hours and weekend choices.

The fitness class schedules for the New
Westminster Fitness Centre and Pinetree
Community Centre can be accessed on the
Recreation and Wellness section of the
Douglas College website.

There are two classes offered at both
sites: Zumba—the frenetic exercise class
based on Latin dance choreography, and
Hatha Yoga—which “[...] uses bodily
postures (asanas), breathing techniques
(pranayama), and meditation (dyana) with
the goal of bringing about a sound, healthy
body and a clear peaceful mind,” according
to the fitness class descriptions on the Get
Healthy section of the Douglas College
Recreation and Wellness website.