Almost, but not quite out of gas >» Winter takes everything a step-down Matthew Fraser Editor-in-Chief almost didn’t make it out of bed this morning. My pillow held my head down and my blanket was like a strap across my chest. If I say I fought mightily 1 hope you would believe me. The struggle lasted for minutes that could have been hours but in hindsight, it felt like seconds. I won eventually though; I have a hard time writing in bed, so I had to make it to my desk somehow. There was no school bell calling, just some numbers on my schedule. No car to heat up, just a slog to the SkyTrain. On the way there, that crisp, cold Vancouver air did wonders to shock a little bit of energy into me. Still, it was only a matter of time before I would meet that Queen sized vice grip again. I say this like it only happened today; the reality, I almost haven't made it out of bed every day since mid-September or so. It’s like there’s not enough sleep to put gas back in the tank and not enough sunlight to jolt me in the morning. I go through the day rebuilding my stores of energy just to have it sucked out in the late evening as I succumb to the nightly trance called sleep. Once in that cotton prison of a bed, just enough is given to be refreshing, but never enough to make waking up and rising from the bed easy. It doesn't help that I don’t drink coffee. I thought and hoped that daylight savings time would give me a little help, but that only lasted for a week. Maybe we should officially move everything back to 10 am in the winter instead of whatever god-awful time we currently consider acceptable right now. Wouldn't that be nice? We can let the early birds go out, get the worm, and have the roads to themselves while the rest of us wallow in our pillows. It can’t just be me who finds this massively appealing. I can't believe that I’m the only one who feels short on energy and gas when winter rolls around. Certainly, someone FUEL TECHNOLOGY TY else feels perpetually a gear lower than they normally would be once the O and N months come around. I know Seasonal Affective Disorder is real, but I think that’s a step too far. This is just a strange and long-lasting downshift in the internal machine. Like all your energy went south for the holidays and forgot to give your brain advance notice. Matthew Fraser Editor-in-Chief M editor@theotherpress.ca Christine Weenk Layout Manager M layout@theotherpress.ca Nhi Jenny' Vo Production Assistant Athena Little Illustrator Udeshi Seneviratne Illustrator CJ Sommerfeld Staff Writer Position Open Assistant Editor The Other Press has been a student newspaper since 1976. Since 1978 we have been an autonomous publication, independent of the student union. We are a registered society under the Society Act of British Columbia, governed by an eight-person board of directors appointed by our staff. The Other Press is published weekly (olUTeelemen=miclLm-TeleMmUZIELICTE semesters, and monthly during the summer. The Orisa he Mot Olae 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 ArcTRcIE IM UALTELtACIP 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. Photo by Anna Machuik Mayhaps the internal caveman ancestor is warning his long-disconnected ancestor of the perils of winter and the need to conserve energy. Maybe that’s why my pillow will nearly win tomorrow. mattheu fraser @ theotherpress.ca ¥ © /theotherpress M editor@theotherpress.ca f /douglasotherpress Jerrison Oracion Senior Columnist Massistant@theotherpress.ca Craig Allan Business Manager Billy Bui Arnaldo Fragozo Staff Photographer Anna Machuik Staff Photographer Jorge Villeda Staff Photographer Staff Photographer Brandon Yip Senior Columnist M businessmanager.otherpress@gmail.com Jonathan Pabico Senior Columnist Angelika Leal Ash Sabinin Emi Namoro Mo Hussain Win Pyae Pyae Phyo (Hazel) Contributors Cover and feature layout by Athena Little and Christine Weenk