WHO WE The Other Press has been Douglas College’s student newspaper since 1976. Since 1978 we have been an autonomous publication, independent of the student union. We are a registered society under the Society Act of British Columbia, governed by an eight-person board of directors appointed by and from our staff. Our head office is lecated in the New Westminster campus. The Other Press is published weekly during the fall and winter semesters, and monthly during the summer. We receive our funding from a student levy collected through tutition fees every semester at registration, and The Student Newspaper of er ress Douglas College e PUBLISHED SINCE 1976 Room 1020 — 700 Douglas College Royal Avenue EDITOR IN CHIEF Cody Klyne editor@theotherpress.ca ASSISTANT EDITOR Sharon Miki assistant@theotherpress.ca BUSINESS MANAGER Angela Szczur accounting @theotherpress.ca PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER Stephanie Trembath publicrelations@theotherpress.ca DISTRIBUTION MANAGER Chris Paik distribution@theotherpress.ca ADVERTISING MANAGER Ashlee Cichon advertising@theotherpress.ca NEWS EDITOR Maria Asselin-Roy news@theotherpress.ca ARTS EDITOR Angela Espinoza arts@theotherpress.ca LIFE & STYLE EDITOR Laurel Borrowman lifeandstyle@theotherpress.ca ARE wa from local and national advertising revenue. The Other Press is a member of the Canadian University Press (CUP), a syndicate of student newspapers that includes papers from all across Canada. The Other Press reserves the right to choose what we will publish, and we will not publish material that IN § Will Mars rover ‘Curiosity’ provide the answers to is hateful, obscene, or condones or promotes illegal our questions? activities. Submissions may be edited for clarity and : brevity if necessary. All images used are copyright to Tim Ryckman, Pg. 05 their respective owners. New Westminster, BC » oe V3L 5B2 . 7 2 TELEPHONE: 604.525.3542 § Vancouver’s Christmas market brings German traditions out west OPINIONS EDITOR Jacey Gibb Joel Mackenzie, pg. 08 opinions@theotherpress.ca SPORTS EDITOR Josh Martin sports@theotherpress.ca HUMOUR EDITOR Liam Britten ; humour@theotherpress.ca § Always connected and forever alone: Tips to beating the isolation blues STAFF WRITERS Laurel Borrowman, pg. 09 Allie Davison Dylan Hackett Eric Wilkins Do CMO ae LAYOUT MANAGER Brian Yoo layout@theotherpress.ca GRAPHICS Timothy Arndt graphics@theotherpress.ca § Are you fracking kidding me? Matthew Visser, pg. 12 CONTRIBUTORS David Hollinshead Joel Mackenzie OPINIONS Livia Turnbull ” Matt Visser Naomi Ambrose Natalie Serafini Tim Ryckman ke = = Tyler McColl § Ifthe rating fits, you must admit: Fé hain Anyone can get published in The Other Press! Just email your story to the appropriate section editor from the list on the right. Please send your file as an MS Word .doc file. The weekly deadline for submissions to section editors is Thursday by 12:00 a.m. for publication the following Monday. Time- sensitive articles (weekend news, sports, and cultural reviews) will be accepted until Saturday at noon and can be submitted to the editor at editor@theotherpress.ca. All submissions will be edited for clarity and style. The Other Press will pay $50.00 to any contributor who writes, and successfully has published, a feature article of at least 1,200 words. Also, The Other Press will pay $50.00 for every five issues a contributor is published in on a per semester basis. The Other Press holds weekly staff meetings at 6:00pm on Mondays in room 1020 at Douglas College’s New Westminster campus. All interested students are welcome! Ratemyprofessors.com Jacey Gibb, pg. 14 F fi Y i S Mi § Lions roar, Bomber’s sore: Our review of 2011’s NEWS SUBMISSIONS Grey Cup match up news@theotherpress.ca David Hollinshead, pg. 18 ARTS SUBMISSIONS arts@theotherpress.ca LIFE&STYLE lifeandstyle@theotherpress.ca OPINIONS SUBMISSIONS = ~ opinions@theotherpress.ca SPORTS SUBMISSIONS a Pa sports@theotherpress.ca § The path to the poorhouse is paved with glitter FEATURE ARTICLES glue and crafty cards editor@theotherpress.ca Stephanie Trembath, pg. 21