in the Other Press! Just email and style. sports, and cultural reviews) will be welcome. accepted until Saturday at noon and can be submitted to the editor at editor@theotherpress.ca WRITE FOR US! “Mendoza, Argentina” by Timothy Arndt NEWS What’s stopping the DSU from getting out of receivership? -Matthew Steinbach, Pg. 6 Do we have free will? Or are we just puppets? Roll up a fatty, because this article will blow your fuckin’ mind. -Priscilla Bartleman, Pg. 6 FEATURE We issue midterm report cards on the Vancouver Canucks. -Garth McLennan, page 14 SPORTS Casey Pierro-Zabotel: long name, long list of accomplishments. -Garth McLennan, page 16 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT We review Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. SPOILER ALERT: it’s not that bad. -Chloé Bach, Pg. 22 Happy Birthday Brent Spiner (60) WHO WE ARE The Other Press has been Douglas College’s student newspaper since 1976. levy collected through tutition fees every semester at registration, and from Since 1978 we have been an autonomous publication, independent of the local and national advertising revenue. The Other Press is a member of the student union. Today we are registered society under the Society Act of Canadian University Press (CUP), a syndicate of student newspapers that British Columbia, governed by an eight-person board of directors appointed includes papers from all across Canada. by and from our staff. Our head office is located in the New Westminster The Other Press reserves the right to choose what we will publish, and we campus. will not publish material that is hateful, obscene, or condones or promotes The Other Press is published weekly during the fall and winter semesters, illegal activities. Submissions may be edited for clarity and brevity if and monthly during the summer. We receive our funding from a student necessary. All images used are copyright to their respective owners. 2 Anyone can get published Submissions will be edited forclarity = NEWS SUBMISSIONS news @theotherpress.ca your story to the appropriate section The Other Press will pay $50 to SPORTS SUBMISSIONS editor from the list on the right. any student whowritesanartileof . sports@theotherpress.ca Please send your file as an MS Word at least 1,000 words for the “features” docfile, and include your full name, oe arts@theotherpress.ca address, count. in Offer once per nhs pigs semester per student, FEATURE ARTICLES submissions is Wednesday night for The Other Press holds weekly staff publication the following Monday. meetings at 6 PM on Mondays in OPINION SUBMISSIONS Letters to the Editor and“time- room 1020 ofthe NewWestminster OPinions@theotherpress.ca sensitive” articles (weekend news, campus. All interested students are A&E SUBMISSIONS editor @theotherpress.ca THE OTHER PRESS Student Newspaper of Douglas College PUBLISHED SINCE 1976 Room 1020 — 700 Douglas College Royal Avenue, New Westminster, BC V3L 5B2 TELEPHONE: 604.525.3542 EDITOR IN CHIEF Liam Britten editor@theotherpress.ca ASSISTANT EDITOR Shawna Swatez assistant@theotherpress.ca BUSINESS MANAGER & ADVERTISING Mark Fisher accounting@theotherpress.ca NEWS EDITOR Matthew Steinbach news@theotherpress.ca ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Ashley Whillans associate@theotherpress.ca SPORTS EDITOR Garth McLennan sports@theotherpress.ca ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Chloé Bach opinions@theotherpress.ca OPINIONS EDITOR Nikalas Kryzanowski opinions@theotherpress.ca HUMOUR EDITOR Liam Britten humour@theotherpress.ca GRAPHICS Timothy Arndt graphics@theotherpress.ca LAYOUT Brian Yoo layout@theotherpress.ca ILLUSTRATOR Ellen Lee illustrator@theotherpress.ca PHOTOGRAPHER Priscilla Bartleman photographer@theotherpress.ca WEBSITE EDITOR/I.T. Angela Szczur web@theotherpress.ca DISTRIBUTION MANAGER Garth McLennan