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Study Me creative writing, and weeks ago, when a anxiety in print. take more than a few By Sharon Miki, was lucky enough friend who is currently Last week, another minutes to consider Editor in Chief to have some of my taking a fiction class friend texted me to my work—reading stories and poems mentioned in passing tell me that her class it was, after all, just ome of my favourite selected for the annual that she read one of my was reading a poem a class assignment. times at Douglas Pearls anthologies of stories for class. “Uh, I’d written in her intro Instead of freaking out, SCollege have been in student writing over some of the guys didn’t poetry class. Poetry is I should be excited the Creative Writing the years. I took this like the stuff about a form of expression that the words I’d department. The as a great honour, and tampons,” she said. that I hold possessively slaved over would be wonderful and patient didn’t really think too I thought back to the close—what if the read once more. Also, instructors spent much of it. story in question: it was class hated it? What if I’ll be sure to be more hours explaining Then, this year, I a violent, angry story they Googled me and open and less critical the mechanics of learned that having that I’d written during looked at my other when reading other storytelling to me, and my work published a particularly dark time work and mocked me? people’s work: I mean, never made me feel like sometimes means that in my life. Now that What if they set up a it’s possible that even my work was stupid people are actually that time had passed Tumblr to ridicule how Margaret Atwood sits (not even the time I reading it. And for me, it felt surreal to bad of a poet I am? at home worrying submitted a sonnet thinking about it. And, think about a classroom In the end, I realized about what people exalting my great love most likely, criticizing of youngsters reliving that it’s highly unlikely think about her writing, for Diet Coke). I love it. It started a few and analyzing my that anyone will too… right? THE DOUGLAS COLLEGE NEWSPAPER SINCE 1978 e DOUGLAS COLLEGE’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER NEWS OtherPress. SINCE 1976 Room 1020 – 700 New Westminster, BC Douglas College V3L 5B2 Royal Avenue T: 604.525.3542 Meat again? E. coli risk spawns recall Eric Wilkins, page 04 EDITOR IN CHIEF OPINIONS EDITOR Sharon Miki Natalie Serafini ARTS [email protected] [email protected] SPORTS EDITOR ASSISTANT EDITOR Josh Martin Jacey Gibb [email protected] His guitar gently weeps: Michael Kolk takes on Arts at One Kayla Steinman, page 06 [email protected] HUMOUR EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER Livia Turnbull LIFE & STYLE Angela Szczur [email protected] [email protected] STAFF WRITERS PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER Sophie Isbister Frugal foods: tips to save at the store Caitlin Van Den Brink, page 09 Stephanie Trembath Joel MacKenzie [email protected] Eric Wilkins FEATURE DISTRIBUTION MANAGER LAYOUT MANAGER Chris Paik Cody Klyne [email protected] [email protected] Student star? 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We are a registered society Press (CUP), a syndicate of student newspapers that includes under the Society Act of British Columbia, governed by an eight- papers from all across Canada. person board of directors appointed by and from our staff. Our The Other Press reserves the right to choose what we will head office is located in the New Westminster campus. publish, and we will not publish material that is hateful, obscene, The Other Press is published weekly during the fall and or condones or promotes illegal activities. Submissions may be winter semesters, and monthly during the summer. We receive our edited for clarity and brevity if necessary. All images used are funding from a student levy collected through tutition fees every copyright to their respective owners. Chairman Meow? The latest cuddly tyrant Liam Britten, page 22 News. XL Foods meat recall CFIA trying to cope company had failed to Canadians at the same follow an important time?’” with E. coli risk safety procedure called Rae’s statement was “bracketing”, whereby directed towards the fact By Eric Wilkins, they, “take out the that while the CFIA put a Staff Writer shipment ahead of it and ban on XL Foods shipping the shipment behind it to the United States (after hat started as a volun- and search those out, and being prompted by the tary meat recall from everything is brought back.” USDA) on September 13, WXL Foods last month has George Da Pont, head Canadians weren’t notified turned into a nation-wide of the Canadian Food of the first recalled products recall of over 1,800 products Inspection Agency noted until September 16. The and the indefinite closure that, “What we found is plant itself wasn’t shut of the Brooks, Alberta plant that the plant was not doing down until September 27. due to concerns about an E. appropriate trend analysis NDP Leader Tom coli outbreak. when they had spikes Mulcair echoed Rae’s The company has [in E. coli] the previous comments on Ritz, “He’s assumed responsibility for week. We found that there the one who put this self- the situation, saying in a were, when we did the regulating system in place. statement, “We believed XL further investigations, a He is responsible. Why is Foods was a leader in the few instances where the this minister of agriculture beef processing industry bracketing process that the still in his position? He with our food safety minister described was not must resign.” protocols, but we have now properly followed.” Ritz responded learned it was not enough. However, Interim by saying that they’re We take full responsibility Liberal Leader, Bob Rae, taking the outbreak “very for our plant operations and was unsatisfied with the seriously” and “We’re actions of the CFIA and working to ensure the CFIA the food it produces … we Fresh ground beef is packed at a local butcher shop Monday, October 1, 2012 in Levis Que. are doing everything we Agricultural Minister has the regulations that they Photo courtesy of Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press can to take the lead in an Gerry Ritz, saying, “I have require and the monetary a problem with how long capacity to get the job enhanced, comprehensive vomiting, bloody diarrhea, the list because they may that took. I think if someone done.” food safety program for our and a slight fever. The CFIA be contaminated with E. else had been minister, they E. coli has the plant.” is warning the public not coli. For a complete list of might have said, ‘Well, if potential to be fatal and Agricultural Minister to consume, sell, or serve the recalled products, visit we’re protecting Americans, the symptoms typically Gerry Ritz said that the any of the beef products on www.inspection.gc.ca. why aren’t we protecting include stomach cramps, Coquitlam-Burke Mountain NDP candidate list grows “I think most people legends DOA, who If you have a good idea riding, Coquitlam- By Dylan Hackett, will respect the fact spoke with The Other it goes out from your Maillardville, was only News Editor if you’ve got some Press earlier last month, community, across the short an NDP candidate experience at the civic made headlines with his province, across the for springtime election he list of candidates level, it can be transferred announcement to run in country, and maybe even for a week, after current vying to run against over to the provincial the riding as well. across the world if the MLA Diane Thorne Tthe BC Liberals this level,” said Lynch. “I’ve always thought idea is good enough,” announced that she spring in the Coquitlam- Former world change doesn’t come said Keithley.