You know, it’s kind of funny that very few people
actually talk about war on remembrance day. Most of us
are just glad to kiss off a day of school so we can kick
back and relax.

There’s nothing wrong with relaxing on a national
holiday. Frankly, the majority of people who benefit from
remembrance day are not old enough to remember just what
the hell it is we are supposed to remember! But isn’t it the
same way for every holiday? Every time we get a day off,
we are thankful our government was perceptive enough to
realize that we simply need to have a day to make us think
we are getting a break. Few of us actually take the entire
day to remember. The holiday system is like that.

Whoever is in charge of handing out holidays that
allow us to have a long weekend is very sneaky indeed!
They are reminding us that on that particular holiday,
something significant happened. So the big deal is, the fact
that you are able to lay-about at home, go up to whistler,
or head off to the states for that highly anticipated shopping
spree means that you should be thanking all the war
veterans for their heroics that enabled you to do all those
fun things. Be thankful for that day-off, but just remember
who it was that let you have it.

And hey, this just might be an opportunity for
Canadians to prove we do indeed have a reason for national
pride. Stranger things have happened.

The Other Press is Douglas College’s autonomous student newspaper, and
we’ ve been stark-raving mad since 1976. If you haven’t noticed us by now,
you’ve got terrible timing, or you're much too serious.

The OP is an uncontested member of the Canadian University Press, a
worldwide conspiracy designed to irritate the out of daily newspapers.
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Rugby Players
show the O.P. how
it's done

Dear the Other Press,

I am not sure how many of you
students and sports fans even know that
Douglas College has a women’s rugby
team. If you didn’t know, you do know
now so please don’t plead ignorance.
There are many people at this school
who been a great support to helping us
achieve our goals over the last three
years. Last year repeated attempts to
get the Other Press involved with the
whole range of sports here at the college
(including men’s and women’s rugby)
were to no avail. The one article that
the women’s rugby team asked you to
print, got printed three issues later, when
the information was no longer relevant.
It was only then, after repeated
persistence that you decided that you
would send a photographer out to one
of our games - only you were too late,
the season had ended one week earlier!!!

I find it very discouraging that
Dave Dalcanale is writing selective
articles for the Other Press. What is the
sports co-ordinator doing? Why is not
all of the sports being covered here at
the college? It is not just the women’s
rugby team, there is also very little about
men’s rugby, and if there is it has been
submitted by someone on the team. I
think that it is highly unfortunate that
this is a regular occurrence here at the
college. The Douglas Women’s Rugby
Team has been around for five years and
only the last three have we been
affiliated with the college. This way the
college looks good for supporting
women in upcoming sports and we get
some minor. funding.

The point to this article is that
your Douglas College Women’s Rugby
team is first in our division. We have
won our last 5 games in a row and are
presently undefeated. Our first game of
the season was against Burnaby 10 - 5.
We then crushed S.F.U. 44-0. James
Bay was next with a convincing victory
of 25 - 0. We then had an unlucky tie
with Burnaby 0 - 0. This was partially
due to an unfortunate injury and the first
half was called at 15 minutes. We beat
U.V.LC. last week-end with the best
game of the season 20 - 17.

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that the Douglas Rugby Club has

 

 

teamed up with the college and actually
offers scholarships for women’s rugby.
There were five well deserved
scholarships given out this year. Thanks
to our coaches Diver Dave and Frenchie
(Bill Lacroix). Cheers to our rookies,
Stephanie Bigger, Anne Canarcon and
Sarah Fritz to name a few, who are
looking great this year. We practice
every Monday and Wednesday night at
7:30 p.m. at Queens Park. Our games
are on Sundays with a kick-off time at
12:15 p.m. We are always looking for
new players and no experience is
necessary.

- With the exception of a few
diligent hardworking individuals, we do
not get a lot of support from the college.
It would be nice to see this change
around for the future because women’s
rugby is an up and coming sport. There
are currently about 14 women’s teams
in B.C., not including the numerous
high-school teams that are springing up
all over the place. The B.C. Women’s
Ruby Team has also won the
NATIONALS for the last two years ina
row. This letter is just an attempt to
persuade those that cover sports here at
the college that there are other sports
besides the mainstream ones. So why
don’t you help us out????

Sincerely Yours,
Dennis C. Moore

Attempted man-
bashing in New
West

Get a grip Jet Girl,

Iam of the male gender. I am not a rapist,
I do not sexually or physically assault
woman, and I don’t expect to get laid
just because I take a woman out for the
evening. I have news for you jet girl:
you are a bigot. When you classify any
group into a stereotype, you are a
bigot—plain and simple.

I certainly agree with you that
men who abuse woman should have
their balls roasted over hot coals. But
your comments, “I start to hate all men
even though some of my friends are of
the male persuasion,” and “I begin to
wonder what all men are capable of ”
are ignorant remarks in the extreme (I
feel sorry for your male friends and

 

 

   

advise them to stay away from t
coals). Simply because many terror
attacks are conducted by Muslims, dc
not mean that all Muslims are terroris
By labeling all men as “control freak:
you are making an unfounded and gr¢
generalization. Some of us happen to
nice guys who view woman abusers
pathetic losers who need a good beati
themselves. In the words of Hen
Rollens:

“You generalize and tell me lies
Like all the things that I put betwe
you thighs

All the things that I put you through
And all the things that I might do
Don’t worry why I run away

When you tell me it’s my time to pa’
For all the tears and all the pain

For all the terrible things I never did
I’m not all men. I’m just one man. I
not that man. I’m not all men.”

I understand that we must ta
action against sexual abuse, but ma
in the “womanist” movement a
helping to create what they initial
started out to destroy—hatred. Please.
Girl, cease your man-bashing rheto:
and focus on something mo
productive—like changing tt
country’s sexual assault laws, or
encouraging more woman to rep
sexual assaults. I am sure that in doi
so you will find much support. Ev
from us of the male persuasion.

Boyd Pears:

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