The Other Press THE OTHER PRESS PUBLISHED SINCE 1976 Room 1020 — 700 Royal Avenue, New Westminster, BC V3L 5B2 TELEPHONE: 604.525.3542 FAX: 604.525.3505 EDITOR IN CHIEF J.J. McCullough editor.otherpress@gmail.com ASSISTANT EDITOR Iain Reeve op.associate@gmail.com ACCOUNTANT AND BUSINESS MANAGER Mark Fisher NEWS EDITOR J.J. McCullough (acting) editor.otherpress@gmail.com SPORTS EDITOR Garth McLennan supergarth@hotmail.com ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Luke Simcoe aeditor@gmail.com OPINIONS EDITOR Laura Kelsey drsexysex@yahoo.ca GRAPHICS Trevor Hargreaves (acting) LAYOUT Angela Blattmann otherlayout@gmail.com PHOTOGRAPHER Laura Kelsey (acting) drsexysex@yahoo.ca WEB/L.T. Edward Keech other_press@shaw.ca DISTRIBUTION MANAGER Derek Ungless ILLUSTRATOR J.J, McCullough This Week’s Headlines A AT Student Union’s Halloween pub night enjoyed by (almost) all -J.J. McCullough, page 4 Forget the national debt, why isn’t the government helping | pay off student debt? -Sonja Jelaca, page 6 Vancouver's Police Department: Taser-happy or trustworthy? -Garth McLennan, page 13 Pa SS Sa a Prominant photo artist shows off his work at Douglas gallery -Mark Fisher, page 10 ’ Yankees lose two of their brighest stars -Garth McLennan, page 15 November 5, 2007 wart_mamu@yahoo.com ADVERTISING MANAGER Luke Simcoe lukesimcoe@yahoo.ca ; Anyone can submit to the Other Press. The weekly deadline for submissions is Thursday for publication the following Thursday. Letters to the Editor and “time- sensitive” articles (weekend news, sports, and cultural reviews) will be accepted until Saturday noon and can be submitted to the editor at: editor.otherpress@ gmail.com All other submissions should be forwarded to the appropriate section editor. Please include your name, email address, word SUBMISSION GUIDELINES count, and submit via email as an MS NEWS SUBMISSIONS Word.doc attachment to the attention of the editor.otherpress@ gmail.com ep eee SPORTS SUBMISSIONS : res 0 fi eee A eT sin supergarth@hotmail.com student who writes an article of at leas 1,500 words for the newspaper’s “features” — ee section. Submit story ideas to the Editor in aoe Ene eeae Chief. FEATURE ARTICLES The Other Press holds weekly staff editor.otherpress@ gmail.com meetings at 6 PM on Thursdays. All OPINION SUBMISSIONS interested students are welcome to attend. drsexysex @ yahoo.ca WHO WE ARE 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. Today we are registered society under the Society Act of British Columbia, governed by a board of directors. 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 of the = Canadian University Press (CUP), a syndicate of student newspapers that includes papers from all across Canada. The Other Press reserves the right 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.