THE OTHER PRESS Student Newspaper of Douglas CoUege PUBLISHED SINCE 1976 Room 1020 - 700 Douglas College Royal Avenue, New Westminster, BC V3L 5B2 TELEPHONE: 604.525.3542 EDITOR IN CHIEF Garth Mclennan [email protected] ASSISTANT EDITOR NEWS Chloe Bach Is cheating on the rise? [email protected] - Glynn Brothen, Pg. 06 BUSINESS MANAGER & ADVERTISING Angela Szczur [email protected] NEWS EDITOR ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Kristina Mameli [email protected] can Scott Pilgrim take on the mainstream? -Cody Klyne, Pg. 08 STAFF REPORTER Tanya Colledge [email protected] LIFE AND STYLE EDITOR LIFE AND STYLE Stephanie Trembath [email protected] Jen Giles Campus Creations - Stephanie Trembath, Pg. 9 SPORTS EDITOR Josh Martin [email protected] ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR FEATURE Jay Schreiber [email protected] The new #1 superhero - Garth Mclennan, Pg. 10-11 OPINIONS EDITOR Trevor Dore [email protected] HUMOUR EDITOR OPINIONS Liam Britten [email protected] How to fix BC transit -Trevor Dore, Pg. 14 GRAPHICS Timothy Arndt [email protected] SPORTS LAYOUT Brian Yoo Is way the one? layout@theotherpress. ca - Josh Martin, Pg. 18 ILLUSTRATOR Ellen Lee [email protected] PHOTOGRAPHER Maria Asselin-Roy WHO WEARE [email protected] The Other Press has been Douglas College's student newspaper registration, and from local and national advertising revenue. The since 1976. Since 1978 we have been an autonomous publication, Other Press is a member of the Canadian University Press (CUP), a WEBSITE EDITOR/I.T. Knowlton Thomas independent of the student union. We are a registered society under the syndicate of student newspapers that includes papers from all across [email protected] Society Act of British Columbia, governed by an eight-person board of Canada. directors appointed by and from our staff. Our head office is located in The Other Press reserves the right to choose what we will publish, and the New Westminster campus. we wjll not publish material that is hateful, obscene, or condones or DISTRIBUTION MANAGER Ben Claydon The Other Press is published weekly during the fall and winter promotes illegal activities. Submissions may be edited for clarity and semesters, and monthly during the summer. We receive our funding brevity if necessary. All images used are copyright to their respective from a student levy collected through tutition fees every semester at owners. 2 New faces and times at the OP 1J__Q_,9 4 ---.--8 16 my very best to uphold and continue the 4 6 2 53~IT 8 7 9 1 3 high standards he set. - . - This is a time of big change for 8 , 1 3 4 6 9 5 7 2 Garth Mclennan your friendly neighbourhood student Editor in Chief newspaper. Josh Martin, a great kid fresh 1 3 6 2 9 5 8 4 7 hen I was set to sit down and out of NWSS high school, is taking 2 4 8 7 3 1 6 9 5 write this article, my first over for me in sports, and I have full W ever "Lettitor" as the new confidence that he'll blow me out of 9 7 5 8 4 6 3 2 --' 1 editor-in-chief of The Other Press, I went the water. Angela Espinoza, a long time to write my name at the top like I have for contributor who makes our paper better 5 '2 4 9 7 3 1 6 !8 every article I've written for this paper. every issue, is our first ever arts reporter However, right off the bat, I messed while Cody Klyne is replacing long time 3 8 1 6 2 4 7 5 9 up. Instead of 'editor' beside my name editor Jay Schreiber as the head of the 6 9 7 1 5 8 2 3 4 as I was supposed to write, I instead put arts section. With Cody and Angela, you the much more familiar 'sports editor'. couldn't ask for two better writers to take That should say enough right there that care of arts and entertainment. while I'm very excited to be taking the We also have Maria Asselin-Roy reigns of a paper that I've cared deeply assuming the duties of staff reporter in the about for almost three years now, I'm still news section with the departure of Tanya a little nervous to be taking the big job Colledge. She's another bright young (understandably, I hope). writer that should do great things here. After all, I'm replacing the esteemed There are still some familiar faces Liam Britton, someone I've considered sticking around for the upcoming a close friend for years now. Liam and I semester, not the least of which is my started at the OP right around the same current assistant editor Chloe Bach, who time, and less than one week into my I already know will save my bacon more tenure as editor-in-chief; it's already very than once while I'm doing this job. strange not having him around. He leaves With the start of a new year at behind a pair of very big shoes to fill, and Douglas, this couldn't be a better time by the time I leave this place for good for you to pick up and get involved in I know that I 'II be lucky to be half the our newspaper. We welcome anyone who editor he was. wants to be a part of The Other Press, and To put it simply, Liam was an if you getting involved isn't something excellent editor whose end goal was you can do right now, please continue to making the paper you're holding in your pick up the paper, we're always there. hands better for you, the reader and the student of Douglas College. He was a Garth McLennan good friend and you couldn't ask for a Editor-in-chief better boss. I can assure you that I'll do The Other Press Al.,anecangetpublshed Subrrissions wiU be edited for clarity NEWS SUBMISSIONS [email protected] en lntheOiharPNalJust email and style. -· your story to the appropriate section The Other Press will pay $50 to SPORTS SUBMISSIONS editor from the list on the right arPJ student who writes an article of [email protected] at least 1,000 words for the "features" = Please send your file as an MS WQrd A&E SUBMISSIONS a= doc. file, and include yourfuU name. section. Submit story ideas to the [email protected] email address. and word count Editor in Chief. Offer good once per FEATURE ARTICLES The weekly deadline for semester per student [email protected] ... submissions is Wednesday night for The Other Press holds weekly staff - publication the folk7Mng Monday. meetings at 6PM on Mondays in OPINION SUBMISSIONS [email protected] ... Letters to the Edtor and"time­ room 1020oftheNewWestminster 11- senWYe" articles (WI!ekend news, campus. AI interested students are spa1s. and a.m..al reviews) wil be welcome. a= accepted lnl Sab.lday at noon and - can be submitted to the editor at ~ • 3 ~~ Douglas College Wrap-Up 40 years come and gone! By Kristina Mamell Douglas College turns the big 4--0 with a week of celebrations Fall registration-it's not too late! The fall registration deadlines for specific programs have been extended in some instances until early September! To avoid line-up congestion at the Registrar's Office, the best way to get your questions answered is to call the helpline at 604-527-5478 Monday to Friday, 8:30am-4pm, or send an email to [email protected]. For information on Academic Advisors visit: http://www .douglas .be .calapplication­ services/academic-advising.html Wednesday at the New Westminster campus, stop by For information on refunds, waitlists, the gymnasium for an afternoon of sports you won't student services and more, con~ult the soon forget, where teams will play a three-sport Registration Guide at: http://www.douglas. mini-tournament (basketball, volleyball, indoor bc.calapplication-services/registration-guide. soccer). There will be great prizes for the winners html and for best team outfits. Former Douglas music instructor Henry Waack will perform a free concert Hybrid education comes to Douglas rty years ago, Douglas College welcomed on Thursday, September 23 in New Westminster, Chemistry 1108 (Introduction Chemistry) ts first students in the fall of 1970. This while the Douglas College alumni basketball games this fall will be the first ever hybrid class F1September, the college will celebrate this will take place on the Saturday. offered at Douglas. The innovative teaching milestone by acknowledging the past 40 years with a The celebrations wrap-up on Friday, September technique reduces the usual four hour lecture series of events for students, employees, alumni and 24, with a homecoming party! From 5-9pm, period to a mere two hours per week with the friends. everyone is invited to partake in an evening of rest of the lecture material available online. The festivities will begin on September 18th, fabulous food, drinks, music, and prizes. In addition, This means that students taking Hybrid and will be held at both the David Lam and the New everyone who RSVPs to the Homecoming event Introductory Chemistry only need to come Westminster campus. David Lam will once again be before September 3 will be entered in a draw to win to class on campus once a week. The hybrid the host of the 2"d Annual Fall Fair, which will be a Flip Video camcorder! method combines classroom interaction with held on Saturday, September 18, 2010. This family­ Of course, the college would not be able to oriented event for the Tri-Cities community includes the modem immediacy of the technological host such events without the generous time donated world.