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WHO WE ARE The Other Press has been Douglas College’s student registration, and from local and national advertising newspaper since 1976. Since 1978 we have been an revenue. The Other Press is a member of the Canadian autonomous publication, independent of the student University Press (CUP), a syndicate of student union. We are a registered society under the Society newspapers that includes papers from all across Act of British Columbia, governed by an eight-person Canada. board of directors appointed by Wand from our staff. The Other Press reserves the right to choose Our head office is located in the New Westminster what we will publish, and we will not publish campus. material that is hateful, obscene, or condones or The Other Press is published weekly during promotes illegal activities. Submissions may be the fall and winter semesters, and monthly during edited for clarity and brevity if necessary. All images the summer. We receive our funding from a student used are copyright to their respective owners. levy collected through tutition fees every semester at THE DOUGLAS COLLEGE NEWSPAPER SINCE 1978 e The Douglas College OtherPress. student newspaper since 1978 Room 1020 – 700 Royal Ave. TELEPHONE: 604.525.3542 Douglas College WEBSITE: www.theotherpress.ca New Westminster, BC V3L 5B2 EMAIL: [email protected] EDITOR IN CHIEF ASSISTANT EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER Letter from the Editor: Homework Sharon Miki Jacey Gibb Angela Ho [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] ummer semester is here, and while I’m sure there are SOCIAL MEDIA many important and interesting things to study for your COORDINATOR DISTRIBUTION MANAGER NEWS EDITOR classes,S I would also like to challenge you with some extra- curricular life assignments for the month of May. Why? At the risk of sounding like Drake, you only live once. Stay up all night, but not because you have to. There will be plenty of time to pull all-nighters out of essay- writing-induced bitterness later: deprive yourself of a little sleep and see what happens when you’re Jonathan Roy Chris Paik Dylan Hackett usually sleeping and/or in front of a computer. If this socialmedia distribution [email protected] can involve nature in some way, you’ll receive bonus @theotherpress.ca @theotherpress.ca marks. ARTS EDITOR LIFE & STYLE EDITOR OPINIONS EDITOR Clean your slate. Too often, we get trapped in routines that aren’t satisfying out of weird obligations. Sure, there are things that you really have to do (like go to class); but there are also things that you do just because you usually do them (like watching American Idol). Breaking up with things that you don’t like anymore can be very liberating—or at least that’s what my ex- Angela Espinoza Sophie Isbister Natalie Serafini boyfriend said when he cleaned his slate of me. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Eat something you never have. You only have so many SPORTS EDITOR HUMOUR EDITOR STAFF WRITER years to live, and you can only realistically eat a few times a day. Do you really want to die without having tried wasabi–flavoured gelato? That’s it for now, but I urge you to give these assignments a try. Send me photographic evidence of your results before May 27, and I might just feature them online at theotherpress.ca. Josh Martin Livia Turnbull Eric Wilkins [email protected] [email protected] Sharon Miki STAFF WRITER STAFF WRITER LAYOUT MANAGER Aidan Mouellic Elliot Chan Cody Klyne [email protected] GRAPHICS ILLUSTRATOR CONTRIBUTORS Avalon Doyle Savis Irandoost Joel MacKenzie Adam Tatelman Lisa Theriault Joel McCarthy Ed Appleby [email protected] [email protected] Klara Woldenga Know the scoop or have a lead? Contact the editor at [email protected] News. Rock the flash mob Voter drive campaign plans flash mob By Dylan Hackett, News Editor he Canadian Federation of Student’s (CFS) Rock the TVote BC campaign is planning one last hoorah to mobilize student voters with a flash mob poised to take place on May 10, four days before the polling booths open up. The flash mobbers are looking for as many participants as possible to increase buzz for the event in the hopes of creating a social media splash. “The main goal is to draw attention to the importance of voting in a fun way. We want voting to be a group activity because the result of political action benefits communities,” explained CFS BC chairperson Katie Marocchi. Two rehearsals for the flash mob have already taken place. Attendees of the flash mob are privy to the secret location of the event. “Rehearsals have been well-received and a lot of interest has been shown in the project by multiple groups in the community. We have another rehearsal coming up on Wednesday, May 8th at 8 p.m. Flash mob participants practice their routine |Photo courtesy of UPO - Universidad Pablo de Olavide (Flickr) under Robson Square,” said recorded and the video will be be revealed on Friday morning in the upcoming provincial Advance polls are open Marocchi. a great reminder that Douglas and interested participants are election. Rock the Vote’s main through May 8-11 in select “I feel like this is a great Students care about the future encouraged to come out to the aim is to encourage youth voter stations throughout BC ridings. opportunity for Douglas of our province,” said Jenelle spot for 3 p.m. turnout. The under-34 voter To find your riding polling students to meet new people Davies, outgoing women’s The Rock the Vote campaign demographic has the lowest stations, visit: and have a great time, all liaison for the Douglas Student’s has been active at Douglas since turnout rate, with over 500,000 http://www.elections.bc.ca/ while learning the importance Union. the fall semester, registering eligible voters refraining from index.php/maps/electoral- of voting. The event will be The secret location is set to hundreds of students to vote the polls. district-finder/. Candidates debate at David Lam the riding over the next four got the trust of the people I’ve Columbians have been trapped were running restaurants in By Dylan Hackett, News Editor years, including transit projects, represented.” in the two-party system, with Vancouver. All the different the future of the Riverview Wilson also noted his the Liberals on the far right groups would get together, the ast Monday, a ballot of property, and health care. business and investment and the NDP on the far left. workers, the owners, the clients, MLA-hopefuls for the Given the statistical histories for the commerce- With both parties committing and they would sit down and Coquitlam-BurkeL Mountain prediction of the BC NDP focused audience. to running a deficit, I guess our decide what kind of meals riding held court at the David forming government next week, Douglas Horne, incumbent children will have to pay for it they would serve,” explained Lam campus in an all-candidates many of the questions were MLA, expressed a frustration someday. I don’t see a difference Geddes. “It would be horrible. debate hosted by the Tri-Cities directed at NDP policy plans or with his own party’s attack between the two parties.” Why would we want to do that Chamber of Commerce. The were crafted on the assumption ad focused campaign while Paul Geddes, BC Libertarian with our education system and debate paralleled the televised of an Adrian Dix premiership, answering a question about Party candidate and party vice our health care system?” leader’s debate, also taking putting Chris Wilson, NDP Christy Clark’s red-light president sat on the ideological Of the five candidates place Monday night. Questions hopeful, on the defensive. running, the political headline fringe, not answering questions registered to appear on the May were presented to the candidates “I have a strong proven that day, saying “We have to get with political consequence in 14 ballot in the Coquitlam-Burke by a Chamber panel, as well as track record in bringing positive politics out of the gutter.” mind, just policy. While this Mountain, the only absent collected from the couple dozen change to our community,” BC Conservative candidate, approach was sincere, Geddes member was the BC Green audience members throughout Wilson opened, citing examples Shane Kennedy, reiterated in his often tacked together absurd Party’s Ron Peters, who had a the debate. of the many non-profit groups opening address what he told scenarios to exaggerate his family matter to attend to. Peters The candidates discussed and efforts he is a part of in the The Other Press earlier this year, opponent’s philosophies. attended two other evening issues that are assumed to shape Tri-Cities area. “I think I have claiming “For too long, British “Just imagine if the NDP debates in the riding last week. 3 News. Know the scoop or have a lead? Contact the editor at [email protected] A resident looks at flames racing across hills as a brush fire pushes towards the coast in Camarillo, California May 2, 2013. | Photo courtesy of Gene Blevins/Reuters (Syria) Israeli air forces flew wildfire was borne out of the him assassinated. Uribe, a Asia: (Bangladesh) The massive By Dylan Hackett, News Editor into Syria to perform an air Camarillo Springs area, 80 km conservative politician, was garment factory collapse that strike, halting a shipment of from Los Angeles. Southern also accused of involving the killed over 500 in Dhaka, the Middle East: (Turkey) The weapons from Bashar al-Assad, California fire departments Venezuelan right in the plot.