7a a. Live and let lime Jessica Berget Editor-in-Chief H ave you ever wondered why limes are so expensive? Some supermarkets charge more than a dollar fora tiny, singular lime. As someone who buys limes for cooking Mexican, Vietnamese, or Thai food, I’ve always wondered why these small, green babies are so costly. I can see why weather or production would make a good become expensive, or the price of shipping them to Canada would also make Room 1020 - 700 Royal Ave. Douglas College New Westminster, BC, V3L 5B2 604-525-3542 Jessica Berget Editor-in-Chief M editor@theotherpress.ca Position Open News Editor © news@theotherpress.ca Morgan Hannah Life & Style Editor M lifeandstyle@theotherpress.ca Position Open Entertainment Editor WM humour@theotherpress.ca Layout Manager M layout@theotherpress.ca Lauren Kelly Graphics Manager © graphics@theotherpress.ca a A 6 sense. One answer I was not expecting is Mexican drug cartels. It’s true! According to a 2014 CBC article, the reason that these limey bastards are so expensive is because these cartels are branching out to other means of business. Since they are one of Mexico's key exports, they are shifting to also becoming lime cartels. Interesting, no? Youre probably wondering why I’m talking about limes. Although, why shouldnt I? Limes are great, I shouldn't need a reason to talk about limes. They're a delicious hybrid citrus fruit, they taste good @ theotherpress.ca © editor@theotherpress.ca ¥ © /theotherpress f/douglasotherpress Janis McMath Assistant Editor M assistant@theotherpress.ca Sonam Kaloti Arts Editor M arts@theotherpress.ca Position Open Opinions Editor M opinions@theotherpress.ca Caroline Ho Web Editor © webeditor@theotherpress.ca Nhi Jenny' Vo Production Assistant re Jacey Gibb Distribution Manager ioe in salsa and in curries, it’s my favourite Starbucks drink that they no longer sell (rest in peace Cool Lime Refresher), and you know what? They’re just neat. Oh yeah, and I guess since my sign off for these lettitor things is literally “limes,” that probably raises some eyebrows. To tell the truth, I don't really remember how my obsession for limes began. It was as an inside joke with my friends when we killed ourselves laughing talking about well, limes but I don’t remember how it got started. Ever since then, whenever we yell out “limes!” to each Brittney MacDonald Business Manager Cara Seccafien Illustrator Atiba Nelson Staff Reporter Craig Allan Tania Arora EG Manilag Michele Provenzano Staff Writer Billy Bui Staff Photographer Jerrison Oracion Senior Columnists Richard Dick Contributor Brie Welton The Phoenix - UBC Okanagan via Canadian University Press Cover and feature illustration by Cara Seccafien ion. other, it’s guaranteed to get a chuckle. When I first thought about becoming Editor-in-Chief of this paper, I had trouble deciding what my sign-off could be. My friends recommended as a joke to just put “limes,” But I actually loved it, so I did. If you ask me, limes are an underrated fruit anyway, and they should be in the limelight. Limes, Jessica Berget Jessica Berget 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 our staff. Our head office is located 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 tuition fees every semester at registration, and 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 is hateful, obscene, or condones or promotes illegal activities. Submissions may be edited for clarity and brevity if necessary. All images used are copyright to their respective owners.