Baseball mayday
For many baseball teams in the Northwest Athletic Conference, the month of May is one for tuning. For others, the month signifies the start of an epic competition: the race to the playoffs.
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The Other Press, Douglas College's student newspaper since 1976. Articles, insight and updates from the New West and Coquitlam campuses.
Exceeding maximum capacity
As we prepare for the coming summer months, we should also prepare for all those fun warm-weather sports they bring with them. But what do you do when water skiing or volleyball really isn’t your thing?
Douglas College hires Joe Enevoldson
The world of sports is constantly shifting. With the hiring of new coach Joe Enevoldson, this is especially true for the men’s basketball program this year.
Softball breakdown
The pressure of the NWAC Softball Championship is nothing new for the Royals’ coach Michelle Peters.
Sweet silver
Normally, finishing second means that you’ve lost in the finals, which can leave quite the bittersweet feeling on a team. But for the softball team who finished silver this year at the NWAC Softball Championships, the medal was a proof of the progress that team has made since last year.
The gendered language of sporting events
We’ve spoken in past articles about the discrepancies between men’s sports and women’s sports. From pay gaps to media coverage to general funding, there’s no denying the fact that professional sports are still framed in a way that benefits men far more than it benefits women.
The cult of Justin Trudeau
The declaration of Justin Trudeau as our new prime minister was widely celebrated by many Canadians.
The rise of the Negative Nancy
As I’ve gotten older, my social circle has certainly grown. Through various jobs, friends, or other reasons, I often find myself in situations where I’m required to interact with people I don’t know very well.
#AutismDoesntEndAt5
There’s a scene in the film Wreck-It Ralph that, to this day, continues to haunt me. The character Vanellope von Schweetz, who experiences glitches due to damaged coding, paused from racing to do a checkup on her car and was confronted by the other racers led by Taffyta Muttonfudge.
The passion of the nerd
James Rolfe, better known as the Angry Video Game Nerd (or the Nerd) for his profanity-laden Internet comedy series of the same name, recently published a short video explaining that, despite his fanbase’s anticipation, he would not be reviewing the Ghostbusters reboot.