OtherPress. Room 1020 — 700 Royal Ave. Douglas College New Westminster, BC V3L 5B2 TELEPHONE: 604.525.3542 WEBSITE: theotherpress.ca EMAIL: editor@theotherpress.ca STAFF LIST Natalie Serafini Editor-in-Chief Meditor@theotherpress.ca Eric Wilkins Assistant Editor Massistant@theotherpress.ca Angela Ho Business Manager Chris Paik Distribution Manager Cody Klyne Layout Manager Joel McCarthy Graphics Manager Mike Lemieux Production Assistant Ed Appleby iHustrator Jony Roy Social Media Coordinator NOW HIRING! Features Editor Meditor@theotherpress.ca Angela Espinoza News Editor Minews@theotherpress.ca Cheryl Minns Arts Editor Marts@theotherpress.ca Sophie Isbister Life & Style Editor Mlifeandstyle@theotherpress.ca Elliot Chan Opinions Editor Mopinions@theotherpress.ca Sharon Miki Humour Editor Mhumour@theotherpress.ca Brittney MacDonald Cazzy Lewchuk Mercedes Deutscher Staff Writers Senior Columnists Jerrison Oracion Joshua Grant Steven Cayer Idrian Burgos Lauren Paulsen Andrea Arscott Margaret Matthews Columnists Patrick Vaillancourt Contributors Simon Etra Julie Wright Game changer ports fans, get ready to hate me: as of this issue, my first lasting act as Editor-in-Chief is to cut the Sports section. Now, don’t get riled up right away; I haven’t been harbouring some deep-seated hatred for the Sports section, plotting a vendetta to control, content from our pages. This rather sudden change is not- so-sudden, but it needn't be a permanent rerouting of the Other Press’ history. For the last month or so, our current Assistant Editor, (and former Sports Editor) Eric Wilkins, and I have split editing and maintaining the Sports section. During this time, we've advertised and hoped for a new Sports Editor, to fill the kicks Mr. Wilkins left behind. As one who is wholly unfamiliar with the world of sports, I’ve felt like a pseudo- Sleeping Beauty, waiting for someone who could awaken me from a sports-saturated existence. My contributions to Sports have been as far from the : © Getloknowus! : genreas I can possibly muster : while still slotting them into : the section, injecting Opinions : pieces with some athletic : enhancements. I’m really the last person : who should be contributing to : anything Sports-like, so I was : anticipating the day when an select all, and delete the athletic : : section, and I could stop poring : : over sports news. As days went : by and I remained in my state : of ephialtes, I gradually came to : the realization that something : had to change. incumbent could champion the While I’m told that : the Sports section is one of : the most-read sections ina : newspaper, it’s unfortunately : not the most-written for. Not to : perpetuate stereotypes about : word nerds, but a fair number : of our contributors and staff : would be as lost with Sports : affairs as I am; this reflects in : Sports’ dwindling contributor : numbers, and the fact that we : didn’t receive a single, solitary : application for Sports Editor. : : One day my prince will come, or ! he'll be off-put by the perplexing : : whirligig of balls, scores, rules, : and sports politics. The last two weeks of : realizing I might have to write : my “Sport/Schmort” and : “Sports Shorts” columns for : the rest of my life have been : an ensuing scramble to fill this : staff gap. I’m genuinely sorry to : see the Sports’ section go: first off, it would be tremendously : easier to just find someone to : fill the darn position. Second, : the section’s a popular read, : and few newspapers are : complete without at least : some competitive content. The : section and I have also become : like step-siblings in our tense : time together, learning to : negotiate our differences; as I : wrote my final Sports piece, I : confess I was a little bit sad. Sorry as I am to see it leave, I’m anxiously excited at the : prospect of something new: my : first lasting act as EIC will also : be to create a brand spanking : new position and section. : Dearest readers, this is the first issue of the Other Press that will : feature a Features section. © 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. 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Rm We're venturing into : unknown territory since, as far : as I know, the Other Press has : never had a Features Editor : in its more than 40 years. : Traditionally, managing the : Feature cover story has fallen : to the EIC, the Assistant Editor, : and the staff and contributors : who are enticed by the $50 we : pay for it. This will introduce : anew page in the newspaper's : story, with someone dedicated : to gettin’ the scoops that set the : tone for each issue. I can’t wait : for someone to take the reins of : this new endeavour. The Sports section might : make a return somewhere down : the road, and we're sowing seeds : to keep its content secreted : between the pages in some : way or another. For the time : being though, we’re making a : line-change. Hello gorgeous, Editor-in-Chief SM aCe al-las)escicm es) A youtube.com/user/theotherpress instagram.com/theotherpress