WHO WE ARE The Other Press has been Douglas College’s student registration, and from local and national advertising newspaper since 1976. Since 1978 we have been an revenue. The Other Press is a member of the Canadian autonomous publication, independent of the student University Press (CUP), a syndicate of student union. We are a registered society under the Society newspapers that includes papers from all across Act of British Columbia, governed by an eight-person Canada. board of directors appointed by and from our staff. The Other Press reserves the right to choose Our head office is located in the New Westminster what we will publish, and we will not publish campus. material that is hateful, obscene, or condones or The Other Press is published weekly during promotes illegal activities. Submissions may be the fall and winter semesters, and monthly during edited for clarity and brevity if necessary. All images the summer. We receive our funding from a student used are copyright to their respective owners. levy collected through tutition fees every semester at OtherPress. RZ Letter from the Editor: Room 1020 - 700 Royal Ave. TELEPHONE: 604.525.3542 e Douglas College WEBSITE: www-theotherpress.ca New Westminster, BC V3L 5B2 EMAIL: editor@theotherpress.ca om @ | ngs EDITOR IN CHIEF ASSISTANT EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER | * never change owe se rt Though almost editor@theotherpress.ca assistant@theotherpress.ca accounting@theotherpress.ca 6 SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR DISTRIBUTION MANAGER NEWS EDITOR eve ry | ng 0 OS Py \ ie had the chance to swap stories with two former editors in chief of The Other Press. As could be expected, the discussion eventually turned towards varying stories of woe, success, and intrigue had while at the helm of this Jonathan Roy Chris Paik Dylan Hackett paper over the years—and I couldn’t help but notice that socialmedia distribution news@theotherpress.ca while the individuals on staff may change, certain things @theotherpress.ca @theotherpress.ca about a college newspaper are inevitable. Put enough young, artsy writers and editors in a room together, and ARTS EDITOR LIFE & STYLE EDITOR OPINIONS EDITOR without doubt, people will fight, people will fall in (and out of) love with each other, and people will create some truly remarkable pieces of journalism. As we come to the 35th year of publication of The Other Press, | have to wonder how different things are under my leadership today from when our first editor in chief was in charge in 1978. Sure, we write our articles on Microsoft Angela Espinoza lf Sophie Isbister . Natalie Serafini Word instead of typewriters, and our students can read arts@theotherpress.ca ifeandstyle@theotherpress.ca opinions@theotherpress.ca the latest issue on their smartphones instead of just in print—but I reckon that the issues we’re concerned about SPORTS EDITOR HUMOUR EDITOR STAFF WRITER are fundamentally the same: we want to give Douglas College a quality publication, filled with interesting content that reflects everyone's experiences as young people and students. My only hope is that 35 years from now, The Other Press will still find a way into our children’s hands, too. Josh Martin Livia Turnbull Eric Wilkins .. sports@theotherpress.ca humour@theotherpress.ca Sharon Miki STAFF WRITER STAFF WRITER LAYOUT MANAGER Keating Smith Elliot Chan Cody Klyne layout @theotherpress.ca GRAPHICS ILLUSTRATOR — CONTRIBUTORS Steven Cayer, Grant Crossley Gary Lim , Carolyn McCarthy Aidan Mouellic, Sonia Panesar Eleanor Qu, Monica Rolinski Joel McCarthy Ed Appleby graphics@theotherpress.ca illustrator @theotherpress.ca Ee