4) Accessibility: New Westminster is at your doorstep at
NWC with Columbia Street just south, and Uptown only a
short jog uphill. Some decent restaurants, bars, and pizza
joints are located within a block, and transport to many
other popular destinations is just a train ride away. Or, you
could hang out with the high school kids on your lunch

break at David Lam...

5) Finally, the best reason to be attending classes at NWC
is... livability: New Westminster is a much cheaper and
therefore affordable city to live in, especially for full time
students. Everything is close; apartments are everywhere,
and cheap eateries are plentiful. For a student on a budget,

  

living in New West can be a godsend. DLC patrons
usually have to drive, or make a special effort to get out to
campus every day, and that can sometimes be a real pain
in the ass.

 

David Lam second to none

   

Douglas College’s David Lam campus is like the
New Westminster Campus’ cooler younger brother.
Updated with all the new technology and goodies
that New Westminster is so jealous of, David Lam
is the kid with all the perks. As the newer of the
two main campuses, David Lam is the much more
student-friendly one. It has been thought out better
and means a better student experience. It is the
fastest growing campus at Douglas College. As such,
it has better amenities for students to enjoy.

Unlike the New Westminster campus, David
Lam has a Tim Horton’s, which exists to satisfy
the sweet tooth of each student at the David Lam
campus. New Westminster? All the older brother
has is Chartwell’s. This has very little to offer New
Westminster students outside of overpriced food and
long lineups at lunchtime.

David Lam is aesthetically pleasing which
is more than anyone can say about the New
Westminster Campus. With a lake and a community
centre within walking distance there is little doubt
that the facilities offer more to the average student
for recreational activities. David Lam is by far
the more beautiful of the two campuses with its
curves and windows. New Westminster is like a
block of concrete with very little windows and no

 

comfortable seating. David Lam, on the other hand,
has cushy chairs in the atrium and a multitude of
seating throughout the campus including study
tables on the third floor.

However, the best part of the architecture is
the Stacks. This is where the books are kept in the
library. The area is underneath the main floor of
the library and is cooler in the summer. There are
study spaces by the windows and there is hardly
anyone ever there. It’s much quieter than the New
Westminster library, which makes it nearly a utopian
library where you can actually study quietly without
fear of interruption.

David Lam is often forgotten by groups at
Douglas, but that is one of the largest tragedies of
the school. However, in recent years, the David Lam
campus is getting more and more attention. I hope
that in the future this beautiful and arguably better of
the two campuses begins to get the attention that it
deserves in the form of more classes and sections.

By Wendy A. Case