How Canada paved the way for ponies, mutants, and pocket monsters to become educators By Angela Espinoza, Arts Editor Television is no longer as doomed as it may have seemed to have been. In an age where all forms of media can easily be consumed for free, there are still people who pay monthly in [...]
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George Norris and a dehumanized city
By Liam Britten, Contributor George Norris was not a bitter man. But when the sculptor’s greatest work, a graceful, 13.4-metre stainless steel abstract, was removed from its place outside Pacific Centre and destroyed by city workers, it affected him deeply. Norris, who died last month at the age of 84, is remembered for sculptures like [...]
Policy, procedure, and advocacy
Three boring words that just might be music to your ears By Sophie Isbister, Life & Style Editor As the last day of class draws near and the end of semester approaches, many Douglas College students will be turning their thoughts to tropical vacations, beer pong, and the ever-elusive summer job. But others might be [...]
Culture Clash
Vancouver: shattered mosaic or melting pot By Elliot Chan, Staff Writer Look carefully through the urban retail stores, coffee shops, and construction sites, and you will see the foundations of Vancouver: a First Nation’s totems pole, a Chinese noodle house, a Punjabi market place, and an Italian bocce game. Culture is defined in the Oxford [...]
Dangerous strike, or paranoid hype?
Online re-creation of local secondary school in first-person shooter video game stirs questions of where virtual violence meets reality By Sharon Miki, Editor in Chief Imagine walking through the familiar hallways of your old high school. You see the dusty classrooms where you sweated through exams in, the worn lockers that once contained your personal [...]
From self-love to social media, the evolution of narcissism
By Jacey Gibb, Assistant Editor The transition from traditional narcissism into a modern incarnation was as gradual as it was subtle. Since humans first discovered the reflective properties of certain surfaces, they’ve been in love with themselves—not in the conventional “hold a boom box outside of their window at night” kind of romance, but the [...]
The dine and dash fund: how bars are exploiting their employees
By Avalon Doyle, Contributor We’ve all heard the term “dine and dash.” It’s when a customer goes to a bar or restaurant, runs up a tab with a server, and then takes off without paying. It’s theft, but people steal all the time. But the difference between shoplifting and dine and dashing is that it’s [...]
The ones who wear the masks
Uncovering the truth behind psychopathy By Aidan Mouellic, Contributor What sort of image comes to mind when you think of a psychopath? Chances are you conjure up images of serial killers with catchy nicknames or fictional characters like Dexter or Hannibal Lecter. We correlate psychopaths with coldness and gruesome violence. But with one per cent [...]
The face of intimidation
Could that social butterfly be a social bully? By Leslie Ste. Marie, Contributor The classroom buzzes with students readying for lecture to start. They unload backpacks, commiserate about homework, and rush through sandwiches cased in plastic triangles or brown Timmy’s bags. On one side of the room, three girls talk and laugh, one with exaggerated [...]
‘The Other Press’ guide to beer pong
By Dylan Hackett, News Editor The game of beer pong (according to Wikipedia) was fashioned 40 or so years ago by Ivy League boneheads with too much time on their hands. The activity has come a long way since then, now largely played by suburban boneheads willing to mess up their parents’ basement furniture with [...]
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