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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 Jacey Gibb Editor-in-chief Meditor@theotherpress.ca Natalie Serafini Assistant Editor Massistant@theotherpress.ca Angela Ho Business Manager Chris Paik Distribution Manager Cody Klyne Layout Manager Joel McCarthy Graphics Manager Ed Appleby illustrator Jony Roy Social Media Coordinator 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 Eric Wilkins Sports Editor Msports@theotherpress.ca Courtnie Martin Sports Reporter Sharon Miki Humour Editor Mhumour@theotherpress.ca Aidan Mouellic Cazzy Lewchuk Julia Siedlanowska Staff Writers Steven Cayer, Jerrison Oracion Senior Columnists Taylor Pitt Columnist Andrea Arscott, Garry Balaganthan, Lindsey Florio, Margaret Matthews, Maria Asselin-Roy Contributors Return to sender: Lettitors t : but that kind of freedom can : be suffocating. There’s no way : to say this without sounding : like an egomaniac, but the : Lettitor’s a big part of the : newspaper. Aside from the : cover, it’s the first thing readers : usually see. (The fact that : you're reading this sentence Jacey Gibb Editor-in-chief Meditor @theotherpress.ca Time flies when you're making awful puns and sitting through 2,a.m. production nights. Seems : lot of expectations placed on it, : though most are self-induced. : Should I focus on wittiness? : Go for the heart strings? Past : editors have used it to preview : the issue, while others used it : mostly to talk about hockey. I : honestly couldn't tell you what : my thought processes have : been, but they’re equal parts : enjoyable and hair-pullingly : frustrating. like just yesterday we were tabling for fall open houses and then BAM it’s the beginning of April. While the year is by no means over, the Other Press enters a semi-stasis for the summer months, publishing only once a month with the occasional online update in- between. It’s a chance to give our team some time away so they can recharge their creative fuel cells and get some sunburns. Personally, it’s also a transition period as my year- long term as EIC is nearing its end. Issue 30 will be my last as Editor-in-chief and it’s somewhat of a relief. Not surprisingly, being at the head of a publication is pretty stressful. What may be surprising though is where a chunk of that stress originates from: my weekly Lettitor. Sure, having the freedom to basically write about anything you want sounds great at first, © Getloknowus! © 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. Weare 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 tutition fees every semester at registration, and from local and national advertising revenue. The Other Press is a member ofthe Canadian University Press (CUP), a syndicate of student newspapers that includes hat never were further proves it.) There are a Twenty-five Lettitors ago, : I found myself dreading the : months to come: how could I : possibly come up with a new : one of these every week? Now, : with only four more to go, what : once seemed like an impossible, : : infinite gap of creativity has : closed to a meagre four issues’ : worth of Lettitors. I have to be : picky with what I write about : from now on—but before that, : [decided to compile a list of : Lettitor ideas that just never : took off. A couple of them even : have 400-word drafts floating : around on my desktop but I papers from all across Canada. © The OtherPressreservestheright 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. : ultimately decided to forgo : giving them their own byline. : “Twenty-three years later, : : [realize I suck at karaoke”: : a to-date timeline of my tragic : romance with karaoke. The : first time I sang it, the moment : I realized I wasn’t good at it, : and why that last part doesn’t : really matter. But as much as : I’m sure you want to hear about : the various ways I’ve murdered : “American Pie,’ I realized it : was just an anecdote without a : message. Being tall at concerts: : written haphazardly after I’d : gotten home from a concert, : this was to be my courageous : last stand against short people : complaining about being : behind meat concerts. Basically : : an extended, “Sorry I’m so tall : but not sorry.” When I went : back to read what I’d written, it : was so unbearably incoherent : and full of swearing that I : simply deleted it. The return of pop music : to my life: fora bit of context, : Tcome froma jaded musical : background where my favourite : band for years was Evanescence. : : When I dropped the Top 40 and : : started to listen to more diverse : : music, the genre of pop became : : the Devil’s music. It wasn’t until : : recently that] began toaccept : : pop music for its simplistic yet By www.trailbaboon.com : overproduced nature and enjoy : aspects for what they are. “Room on my head for : two EIC hats”: I’ve spent the : last seven months balancing : school with two jobs: EIC for : this here weekly publication : and EIC fora monthly music : magazine. I found out I got the : two jobs a week apart and my : feelings were, in chronological : order, overjoyed, proud, and : terrified. Physically, it’s been : draining; creatively, even more : so. The reality was I needed : both jobs to be able to pay my : bills and live comfortably, but : Thad an even more powerful : motivator: I loved what I : was doing. I still do and I’ll : positively miss things about having to check two work email : addresses throughout the day, : but it’ll also be nice to take a : load off. I’ve had a million other : Lettitor ideas come and go, but : these were the top failures. I : promise it’s all quips and life : knowledge from here, so go kick : ass on your exams and I'll meet : you all back here in May. So it goes, Troey Gibb Editor-in-chief coc Ug 9) CEM] @ facebook.com/DouglasOtherPress (J twitter.com/theotherpress youtube.com/user/theotherpress instagram.com/theotherpress