The Other Press www.theotherpress.ca THE. OTHER PRESS Ea y = Student Newspaper of Se Noe This Week's Headlines PUBLISHED SINCE 1976 October G 2008 ' Room 1020 — 700 ; ae ul Douglas College Royal Avenue, New Westminster, BC V3L 5B2 TELEPHONE: 604.525.3542 EDITOR IN CHIEF Liam Britten editor@theotherpress.ca ASSISTANT EDITOR Shawna Swatez assistant@theotherpress.ca ACCOUNTANT AND BUSINESS MANAGER Mark Fisher accounting@theotherpress.ca NEWS EDITOR Nikalas Kryzanowski news@theotherpress.ca ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Matthew Steinbech associate@theotherpress.ca SPORTS EDITOR Garth McLennan sports@theotherpress.ca ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Weezer hits Vancouver; sweaters everywhere destroyed By Mark Fisher, Page 14 Se LINE ae Se Eales ae ee ee j On the back of a hot keeper, the Royals look to the playoffs 3 By Geoff Lenahan, pg19 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Chloé Bach opinions@theotherpress.ca OPINIONS EDITOR Matthew Steinbach opinions@theotherpress.ca HUMOUR EDITOR Liam Britten humour@theotherpress.ca GRAPHICS Timothy Arndt graphics@theotherpress.ca LAYOUT Brian Yoo 4 layout@theotherpress.ca wi ir cc Anyone can get published in the ae will be edited for clarity and NEWS SUBMISSIONS ene ey Other Press! Just email your story to the Style. shannon.mackay@gmail.com : ee if The Other Press will pay $50 to an news @theotherpress.ca appropriate section editor from the list on pay y the right. student who writes an article of at least SPORTS SUBMISSIONS ne Please send your file as an MS Word 1,000 words for the “features” section. sports @theotherpress.ca web@theotherpress.ca doc file, and include your full name, email Submit story ideas to the Editor in Chief. . : address, and word count. Offer good once per semester per student. A&E SUBMISSIONS DISTRIBUTION MANAGER The weekly deadline for submissions The Other Press holds weekly staff arts @ theotherpress.ca Garth McLennan is Wednesday night for publication the meetings at 6 PM on Mondays in room FEATURE ARTICLES esate | ae to —— and ee ee ere All editor@theotherpress.ca me-sensitive cles (weekend news, . sports, and cultural reviews) will be accepted OPINION SUBMISSIONS until Saturday at noon and can be submitted opinions @theotherpress.ca to the editor at editor@theotherpress.ca WHO WE ARE The Other Press has been Douglas College’s student newspaper since 1976. Since 1978 we have been at registration, and from local and national advertising revenue. The Other Press is a member of the an autonomous publication, independent of the student union. Today we are registered society under the Canadian University Press (CUP), a syndicate of student newspapers that includes papers from all across Society Act of British Columbia, governed by an eight-person board of directors appointed by andfrom Canada. our staff. Our head office is located in the New Westminster campus. The Other Press reserves the right to choose what we will publish, and we will not publish material that The Other Press is published weekly during the fall and winter semesters, and monthly during the is hateful, obscene, or condones or promotes illegal activities. Submissions may be edited for clarity and summer. We receive our funding from a student levy collected through tutition fees every semester brevity if necessary. All images used are copyright to their respective owners. 3