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STAFF BOX.

Hello folks! Welcome to
another term at Drugless
College. Please allow us to
imtroduce ourselves: Our
fearless editor, who never
sleeps, is Ian Hunter.
Tom [alias Hunter S.] wrote
our feature. Perry
‘Scope’? Obeninski wrote
che brilliant expose on
Kevin’s layouts. Assort—
ed Lackies specializing in
Bogus Work included P.J.
Stallard, Christopher’ Page,
Graham Hunter [lets keep it
all in the family, eh
ian?], Hayden McClean
and myself, Lina Meagher.
The ‘brave _ souls_ that
-jendured the frustration of
typesetting are Helene
Wisotzki and Miche.
Special thanks to Marianne
van Loon , another radical
trom SFU who did a bit
of everything, and Debbie
Wilson from the Canadian
University Press. Yet
nother radical,smilin’ Dave

 

alderstone, wrote the
ditorial and helped quite
bit also. I hope the

beople whose names J have
missed will forgive me and
chat you enjoy the first

broduction. One final note:
the Other Press needs all
the help we can get, so
rome on up and see us
Is ome time!

VIEW, the OTHER PRESS
Publication Society’ s ‘‘une-
thical (omniveres’’) poe
pamphlet published preten-
tiously by previous presses
is going to be promptly
placed on the pages of the
OP:

Five years ago, when the
first OTHER PRESS
POETRY REVIEW. was put
out, a chain of events was
started which caused ripples
in poetry circles around the
world. Poetry and prose
from Portugal to Port
Moody came through the
door of the O.P. POETRY
REVIEW after OTHER-
THAN REVIEW after
OTHERTHAN REVIEW
(three) were put out with an
other than regular pattern.

But attrition in the O.P.
took its toll and the original
creators passed on the leg-
acy of this publication to
new OTHER PRESSERS.
Due to the fact that to-put
out a book one needs a lot of
time, dedication, organiza-
zation and money; and due
to the fact that the O.P.
staff had none from the time
the last ‘‘OTHERTHAN”’
was put out; and, also, due
to the fact that this last
issue left the legacy of a two
thousand dollar overdraft,
no further issues were put
out. That was in 1978.

Today, poetry is still being
sent to the OTHER PRESS
WITH THE FAR OFFhope

fesule of published. As a

 

result of this there is in the

 

The OTHERTHAN REG

The O.P. has been doing some soul searching lately,

examining seriously the role of the student press here

and at large.

Leftist rag or conservative piece of shit?

Discussions within the staff and between the O.P. and
other campus papers in the Lower Mainland tend
strongly toward one point of view. The student press
should be a vehicle for students to understand what’s
happening on campus as well as critically analyzing
events and situations the commercial media avoid.

The student press should offer news and analysis that is

not available elsewhere.

This means covering cutbacks to education funding .
nere and elsewhere; bringing to light injustices locally
and internationally in a manner unlike the wire reports of
the dailies; and relating some kind of over-all picture of

our society. .

Discussing the role of the student press one invariably

nears the phrase ‘‘agents of social change.’

press in Canada (i.e.,

’ The student

the O.P.) should see its role as

oeing active in effecting change in people’s understand- ~
ing of the world around them.

Social change in relation to student newspapers means
to present a realistic, honest and fair view of people and ©
the structures that surround them.

Social change doesn’t mean being a leftist rag OR a

conservative piece of shit.
office of the O.P. a box (16’’
x: LO? sx: 12°") “PACKED
FULL of poetry.

A solution had to be found.
Letters, with self addressed
envolopes were not being
answered...some were not
even being opened. A crea-
tive way to dispose of this
stuff was found.

PUBLISH IT IN THE O.P.

This solution, it turns out,
is not as easy as one would
at first assume.

To be fair to the poets, who
would not be overjoyed to
learn that their prized

my poems, the works of art that

they had slaved weeks and
months over, would only get
as far as a rinkydink college
newspaper, A_ statement
would have to be included at
the end of every ‘‘OTHER-
THAN REVIEW PAGE“ TO
THE BOOK FORM TO BE
PUBLISHED EVERY De-
cember. This gets into the
problem of puting out a
book again.

Another problem is that, in
order for good, publishable
poetry to be separated from
mediocre, upulishable ma-
terial, there has to be a
readership and editorialship
established to determine the
differece.

Rejection and acceptance
notices must also be sent to
all of those who have made
contributions to the above
mentioned box. All of this
takes organization.

Luckily, another series of
events has made possible
these other tasks.

this newpaper.

requirements.

 

 

EVENT, formerly a poetry
and literary magazine, pub-
lished from the Surrey cam-
pus of Douglas College, i

now solely the property of
Kwantlen College. That
leaves Douglas College with
nothing but it’s student
handbook. Enter OTHER-

- THAN REVIEW.

The first meeting of the
OTHERTHAN REVIEW was
last Monday consisting of;
Terry Glavin, founder of the
O.P. and creator of the

   

 

Other Corner

  
 
  

 

Do you think the Other Press should
be a leftist rag or a conservative

piece of shit.

Jeannette Miller: Idon’t
know about the term ‘‘con-
servative piece of shit’’ but I
agree with Reagan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stan Walker: Leftist, get
some original ideas in there.

 

OTHERTHAN REVIEW*
Bill Main english instructor,
John Keith Gilbert (alias
Jody), future OTHERTHAN
REVIEW editor, and my-
self: driving force.

At this meeting it was
more or less decided that

Jody and I would argue on
what would go in, but he’s
bigger and an egomaniac to
boot. It was also decided
that administration would
handle most of the clerical
duties including keeping a

 

Laurel Cooper: Leftist be-
cause it is more opinion-
ated.

 

 

 

file system and establishing
a readership.

The future of the OTHER-

THAN REVIEW is still very

much in doubt, but one
thing is for sure; it does
have a future.

The OTHERTHAN  RE-

VIEW will be accepting
submissions from students,
faculty and pretty well any-
one, anywhere, who can
pick up a pen and put
thought on to paper.

~~ This page of The Other Préss is reserved solely for
the purpose of correspondence and opinion. The views
expressed on this page do not necessarily reflect those. of

_ All letters and opinions must be types at a 60-stroke et
line, double-spaced and must bear the name | :
| author for reasons of validity. Submissions which are not
signed will not be published. Letters should be no more
than 200 words in length and dpinion pieces should be
either 450 or 900 words in length due to space and layout =

  

We reserve the right to edit all letters and opinions for
clarity and libel. Letters and opinions cma thew
specified will be edited to size. :
SS line for submissions is 4 p.m_ Mondays.

 

 

 

Marty Jensen: Conservative
piece of shit...ahh no, leftist
rag because I’m a soviet

spy.

 

The Other Press is a dempcratically- run, ‘student

newspaper published twelve

the fall and spring terms under the auspices of The ©

Other Publications Society.

member of Canadian University Press and a subscriber _
to Youthstream Canada Limited.

The Other Press news office is located at the back of
the New Westminster campus cafeteria.

phone: 525-3542, news phone

times a semester during

The Other Press is a

Business —
$25-3830.

 

 

 

 

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