Living—not just dealing—with a mental disorder By Anne Marie Abraham, Contributor My wrist is trapped in Ariel Sommers’ grip. “Always towards the thumb,” Sommers instructs as I twist my arm around forcing her to release me. “The thumb is the weakest part of the hand,” she explains, positioning herself in front of me to demonstrate [...]
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World Recap: June
By Dylan Hackett, News Editor Africa: (Central African Republic) The former president of the Central African Republic, Francois Bozize, had an arrest warrant issued against him last week under the charge of crimes against humanity. Bozize was ousted from power in a coup in March and has since fled to Cameroon. The current regime claims [...]
Print Futures program shakedown
Douglas professional writing program to reboot By Monica Rolinski, Contributor After 22 years of training professional writers, editors, and media professionals, the Douglas College Print Futures program is no more. “[It] is being redesigned as a one-year post-degree diploma,” explained Maureen Nicholson, coordinator for the Print Futures program. The tentative name for the redesigned program [...]
Pride collective talks non-gendered washrooms
Recently-elected Pride Liaison discusses aims for next school year By Dylan Hackett, News Editor Last week, the recently elected DSU Pride Liaison, Milo Leraar, discussed aims for the coming year within the pride collective including a push for Douglas to incorporate non-gendered washrooms and for better queer representation and understanding within the college. “The last [...]
Douglas Toastmasters host open house
Guest speaker focuses on leadership By Avalon Doyle, Contributor The Douglas Toastmasters, a chapter of Toastmasters International, hosted an open house last Tuesday featuring Darren Frew, director of planning and communication with the BC Bioenergy Network. Frew is a long-standing member of Toastmasters International as well as being a member of several other professional public [...]
Douglas arrives in Carmarthen
Wales Field School talks about first reflections at Trinity St. David By Dylan Hackett, News Editor Last Thursday, the 2013 Wales Field School took off from YVR en route to the University of Wales, Trinity St. David for a month-long soaking of Welsh culture and wet weather. The small University of Wales campus is located [...]
QOTSA keeps ticking ‘…Like Clockwork’
By Angela Espinoza, Arts Editor 5/5 Six long years have passed since Queens of the Stone Age’s last album, 2007’s Era Vulgaris. The Palm Desert-based psychedelic rock band returns this month with …Like Clockwork, their sixth album as a group, and honestly, one of their greatest albums to date. If we knew this is what [...]
Saying goodbye to the Wolfpack
‘The Hangover: Part 3’ review By Steven Cayer, Contributor 3/5 The first thing I’d like to say is, contrary to almost everyone who saw The Hangover Part 3, I liked it. Director Todd Phillips, who also co-wrote the screenplay, decided to change the formula for this third and final installment of the “Wolfpack” trilogy. Hangover [...]
What’s in a name?
We review the film ‘Epic’ By Eric Wilkins, Staff Writer 2/5 For your average moviegoer, Epic was always going to be a lightning rod for criticism. The name alone practically screams for it. The script appears to have been cobbled together from as many clichés and tired storylines as possible: a daughter of a divorced [...]
Douglas College hosts on-campus comic book conference
‘Comics and the Multimodal World’ runs from June 13 to 16 By Angela Espinoza, Arts Editor For the first time ever this June, Douglas College, in collaboration with comic book blogs Graphixia and The Comics Grid, will be holding an on-campus comics conference. Graphixia is run in part by three Douglas English professors: Brenna Clarke [...]
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