©) “ather pres Managing Editor Adam Honsinger the_editor57@hotmail.com News Editor Eileen Velthuis EileenV@telus.net Features Editor Sven Bellamy opfeatures@netscape.net Opinions Editor Erin Culhane opinionsubmit@hotmail.com - Culture Editor Kerry Evans submit_to_culture@yahoo.ca Assistant Culture Editor Amanda Aikman mandakell@hotmail.com Sports Editor Jordan Cripps dcsportseditor@yahoo.ca Proofreaders Tamara Billau Dawn-Louise Mcleod Layout Gerard Then op_production@graphic-designer.com Graphic Design Trevor Hargreaves bunkmedia@hotmail.com Photography Devon Lewis arachne@the-lair.com Office Manager & Distribution Pierre Florendo pyok@shaw.ca Advertising Manager Odin Zavier Opadvertising@shaw.ca Bookkeeper Ali Jamal alijamal66@hotmail.com Cartoonist JJ. McCullough wart_manu@yahoo.com Game Guys Nick Hogg and Cody Sawatsky CD Reviews Justin Ray opcomment@hotmail.com Astrology Odin Zavier schoolofthoth@yahoo.com Columnists Dawn-Louise Mcleod iconoclastcom@yahoo.ca Jennifer Aikman Look broadeyeview@hotmail.com Website Jennifer Aikman Look broadeyeview@hotmail.com Contributors Mother Hubbard, Steve Ferguson, Arthur Crowson, Krista Zundel, and Devon Lewis New Westminster Room 1020-700 Royal Avenue, New Westminster V3L 5B2 Ph//604.525.3542 Fax//604.525.3505 http://otherpress.douglas.be.ca email:submit@op.douglas.be.ca The Other Press is Douglas College’s autonomous student news- Paper. The Other Press is run as a collective and is published weekly during the fall and winter semesters, and monthly (as a maga- zine) during the summer. We receive our funding from a student levy collected every semester at registration, and from local and national advertising revenue. The Other Press is a member of the Canadian University Press (CUP), a cooperative of student newspapers from across Canada. We adhere to CUP’s Statement of Common Principles and Code of Ethics—except when it suits us not to. The Other Press reserves the right to choose what to publish, and will not publish material that is racist, sexist or homophobic. Submissions may be edited for clarity and brevity if necessary. Printed by Van Press Printers Led. TABLE OF CONTENTS: NEWS 3... Celebrating International Women’s Day 3... 10 Dalhousie Students firrested in Anti-War Protest 4... BC Provincial Budget Calls for More Students, Less Funding 4... President of Microsoft Canada Outlines Software Giant’s Future OP-ED Sad Broad’ s rs Eye U View 5... Science Matters 6... The Starving Student 6... Editorial Cartoon 7... Hockey Mom 8... Desperate Times—a Plea to my Fellow Students 9... Math Counts, but ‘i School Students Can’t CULTURE 10... What’s on Around Town This Week 11... fire You Kidding Me? 11... Other Press/DSU Pub Night Review 11... Film Review 12... Game Reviews 13... CD Reviews 16... Photo{graphic) W. --pseamaamsabiee FEATURES 18... Ken sechitiaage Canadian Journalist in Afganistan 19... Refugees and Immigrants in Canada 22... fi Persistence for Peace 24... Douglas College Prepares for Provincial Championships 24... Royals Fall to Lakers 25... Royals Take Out Lakers, Clinch Playoff Spot 26... Douglas Sports at a Glance 27... Olympics Require Many Considerations 27... Classifieds ‘Lakeside Residential Girls Camp in k wilderness trips, field sports, equestrian. maintenance & grounds, and kitchen supervisor. www.kippewa.com tel: 781-762-8291 | fax: 781-255-7167 e- Mise Arranged Counselors: Combined childcare/teaching. Must be able to teach or lead one or more of the following activities: gymnastics, tennis, swim, sail, canoe, water ski, arts (including stained glass, sewing, jewelry, wood, photo), dance, music, theatre, archery, Service Workers: including openings for kitchen, laundry, housekeeping, secretaries, Non-smokers. June 18 to August 23. Attractive salary (US) plus travel allowance. To Apply: Applications and photo gallery are available on our website: Kippewa, Box 340, Westwood, Massachusetts, 02090-0340, U.S.A. The Other Press Submission Guidelines The weekly deadline for submissions is Wednesday at 6:00p.m. for publication the following Wednesday. Letters to the Editor, vacant sections and “time sensitive” articles (weekend news or sports and cultural reviews) will be accepted until Saturday midnight and can be submitted to the editor, Adam Honsinger at: the_editorS7@hotmail.com All other submissions should be forwarded to t appropriate section editor below. Please include yo name, phone number/email address, the word cou and submit via email as an MS Word.doc attachment the attention of the appropriate editor. News Eileen Velthuis Opinions Erin Culhane Culture Kerry Evans Features Sven Bellamy Sports Jordan Cripps EileenV@telus.net opinionsubmit@hotmail.com submit_to_culture@yahoo.ca opfeatures@netscape.net desportseditor@yahoo.ca © page 2