The Other Press

www.theotherpress.ca

THE OTHER PRESS

Student Newspaper of Douglas College

PUBLISHED SINCE 1976

Room 1020 — 700 Douglas College Royal Avenue,

New Westminster, BC

V3L 5B2 TELEPHONE: 604.525.3542

EDITOR IN CHIEF Liam Britten editor@theotherpress.ca

ASSISTANT EDITOR Shawna Swatez assistant@theotherpress.ca

BUSINESS MANAGER & ADVERTISING

Mark Fisher accounting@theotherpress.ca

NEWS EDITOR Matthew Steinbach news@theotherpress.ca

ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Ashley Whillans associate@theotherpress.ca

SPORTS EDITOR Garth McLennan sports@theotherpress.ca

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Chloé Bach opinions@theotherpress.ca

OPINIONS EDITOR Nikalas Kryzanowski opinions@theotherpress.ca

HUMOUR EDITOR Liam Britten humour@theotherpress.ca

GRAPHICS Timothy Arndt graphics@theotherpress.ca

LAYOUT Brian Yoo layout@theotherpress.ca

ILLUSTRATOR Ellen Lee illustrator@theotherpress.ca

PHOTOGRAPHER Wayne Cheng photographer@theotherpress.ca

WEBSITE EDITOR/I.T. Angela Szczur web@theotherpress.ca

DISTRIBUTION MANAGER Garth McLennan

This Week’s Headlines

Bus accident causes severe damage to Salvation Army store. -Matthew Steinbach, Pg.5

| How to tell if SAD affects you.

-Priscilla Bartleman, Pg.9

Is a Bachelor’s degree really worth anything to employers? -Lindsay Jolivet, Pg.10 :

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

_ A journalist revisits his time in a small town in his new book. -Sam VanSchie, Pg.12

The Sundin Saga comes to an end. -Garth McLennan, Pg.19

January 5, 2009

WRITE FOR US!

Anyone can get published in the Other Press! Just email your story to the appropriate section editor from the list on the right.

Please send your file as an MS Word doc file, and include your full name, email address, and word count.

The weekly deadline for submissions is Wednesday night for publication the following Monday. Letters to the Editor and “time-sensitive” articles (weekend news, sports, and cultural reviews) will be accepted until Saturday at noon and can be submitted to the editor at editor@theotherpress.ca

peas will be edited for clarity and NEWS SUBMISSIONS style. The Other Press will pay $50 to any news @theotherpress.ca student who writes an article of at least SPORTS SUBMISSIONS 1,000 words for the “features” section. sports @theotherpress ca Submit story ideas to the Editor in Chief. Offer good once per semester per student. A&E SUBMISSIONS The Other Press holds weekly staff arts @theotherpress.ca meetings at 6 PM on Mondays in room FEATURE ARTICLES 1020 of the New Westminster campus. All editor@ theotherpress.ca interested students are welcome.

OPINION SUBMISSIONS

opinions @theotherpress.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 an eight-person board of directors appointed by and from 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 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.