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Room 1020 — 700 Royal Ave. Douglas College New Westminster, BC V3L 5B2 TELEPHONE: 604.525.3542 WEBSITE: theotherpress.ca EMAIL: editor@theotherpress.ca STAFF LIST Jacey Gibb Editor-in-chief Meditor@theotherpress.ca Natalie Serafini Assistant Editor Massistant@theotherpress.ca Angela Ho Business Manager Chris Paik Distribution Manager Cody Klyne Layout Manager Taylor Pitt Production Assistant Joel McCarthy Graphics Manager Ed Appleby iHustrator Jony Roy Social Media Coordinator Angela Espinoza News Editor Minews@theotherpress.ca Cheryl Minns Arts Editor Marts@theotherpress.ca Sophie Isbister Life & Style Editor Mlifeandstyle@theotherpress.ca Elliot Chan Opinions Editor Mopinions@theotherpress.ca Eric Wilkins Sports Editor Msports@theotherpress.ca Sharon Miki Humour Editor Mhumour@theotherpress.ca Cazzy Lewchuk Julia Siedlanowska Staff Writers Steven Cayer Brittney MacDonald Joshua Grant Jerrison Oracion Senior Columnists Andrea Arscott Lindsey Florio Margaret Matthews Columnist Emile Rybak Jennifer Markham Livia Turnbull Contributors You don't have to go home (but you can’t stay here) xcited. Anxious. Relieved. Heartbroken. Generally content about it all. They’re all states I found myself in at least once—if not simultaneously— during the writing of this here Lettitor. If we're to be completely honest with each other, I’ve been putting it off for a while. I know most people are prone to procrastination, but even more than usual I’ve been to write for my final Lettitor. Volume 40, Issue 30 is my final issue as Editor-in-chief and likely my last with the Other Press. Week after week, I’ve found myself staring down a blank Word document and been forced to compile whatever thoughts or feels might be and sugar daddies to feminism and Christmas; I’ve told you about my breakups, social anxieties, and why I “can’t go home again.” But alas, the time © Getloknowus! © 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. We area registered society under the Society Act of British Columbia, governed by an eight-person board of directors appointed by our staff. Our head office is located in the New Westminster campus. © 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 ofthe Canadian University Press (CUP), asyndicate of student newspapers that includes : streak of Lettitors? Do I cram it : with inside jokes and shout-outs : : to the staff that I’ve come to call : my friends over the last four : years? Keep things brief and : talk about something light like : the weather or fart jokes? How : about I find a middle ground : and do neither? Surprisingly, few people : have everasked mewhere my — : : editor signoff came from or what : : it means. For those unfamiliar humming and hawing over what : : “So it goes” comes from his : magnum opus Slaughterhouse- : Five, a novel from 1969 about : the effects of war and class : struggles, all laced with an : element of time travel. In the : book, Vonnegut frequently uses : “So it goes” as a way to shift the : narrative from a more serious : topic or event into something circulating through this bearded : brain of mine. I’ve gabbed about : everything from friends-for-hire : : could look at the phrase—as : comedic relief during heavier : moments, as a copout from : having to develop ideas—but : the way I interpret it is a bit has come to say goodbye to it all. : So how to end this 12-month : with Kurt Vonnegut, the line often completely different. Still with me? There are a couple ways you different. No matter how significant a moment may be papers from all across Canada. : to the overall plot, regardless : Vonnegut can defuse any : situation with a simple “So it : goes.” Whether you look at it : positively or negatively, it’s : there to tell you “That’s what : happened, there’s nothing we : can do about it, and let’s move > on. : the Other Press, it’s a speck on : the timeline. I’ve been around : for just over 10 per cent of the : paper’s lifetime and even that : means nothing when you look : at the larger picture. Often I : found myself thinking about : the editors who came before : me, who faced trials similar to : or completely different from : mine, and no matter how much : : saying goodbye meant to them, : the newspaper continued : on without them. Student : journalism is a cold beast, but : we already knew that. of what may be happening, ” Four years might be a long time to me, but in terms of I’ve spent the last four : years writing, editing, learning, : exploring, and fucking up—and : : they've been some of the best: : years of my life. 1 know I won't : be remembered 10 or even five : years from now at the paper, but : that’s okay. It was never about : leaving a legacy or creating a : dynasty; it was about helping : make some great shit and : then leave room for the next : generation to take things from : there. Helping ease my transition : away from the Other Press is : the confidence I have in my : successor: outgoing assistant : editor Natalie Serafini. Having : the opportunity to watch : Serafini grow over the past three : years, from a nervous writer : to the powerhouse editor she : is today, has been a pleasure : in itself. I’ve already had the : chance to see her sit behind the : Editor-in-chief desk and let me : tell you, it suits her perfectly. Youre all in for a heck of a year : and while I know she doesn’t : need it, I wish her luck. And with that, we’re almost at the end of it all. Yall ready : for it? One last time, for good measure. So it goes, Tacey Gibb Editor-in-chief coc Ug 9) CEM] © The OtherPressreservestheright 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. @ facebook.com/DouglasOtherPress (J twitter.com/theotherpress