Here come the heroes
Superhero movies are perhaps the most common and successful blockbusters today.
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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.
Chairman of the Board: ‘A spy by any other name’
Codenames is a party game for two or more players designed by Vlaada Chvátil and published by Czech Games Edition (CGE) in 2015. The players split into two teams, each lead by a “spymaster.”
The sweetest sounds at Douglas College
On February 25, Guzman Ramos invited his audience to sit, relax, and sip softly on the divine taste of music during his performance at Douglas College.
Comic Corner: The world’s toughest
Una the Blade by Steve LeCouilliard delivers in terms of being radically different than anything I have ever read before, but comes up a bit short story-wise.
Still searching for a challenge
I was excited when I heard about Final Fantasy Explorers for the Nintendo 3DS. Although I haven’t played a lot of the Final Fantasy games, this one looked different than the typical turn-based combat typically found in the retro games, and I was excited to try it.
Flawed by Design: Use your words
Many video games concern themselves with creating an avatar for the player, usually by offering some level of customization in the areas of character appearance and skill specialization.
For the love of the craft
On February 23, local Vancouver wordsmith John Vaillant met with creative writing students in Douglas College’s Aboriginal Gathering Place to discuss the writing and publishing of his award winning books The Golden Spruce, The Tiger, and The Jaguar’s Children.
Ask, learn, and share at the Douglas Health Fair
Among the flock of students entering Douglas’ doors every day, there are likely many who place well-being and healthy living among their top priorities.
Ready for Action
Two All-Candidate Forums were held for the ongoing DSU Student Representative Committee election last week. While the Other Press was unable to cover the February 23 forum at David Lam, which was attended by six members of Action and two members of NeXgen, the New Westminster campus’ February 25 forum was covered.
Will ‘Good Samaritan Drug Overdose’ Act save lives?
BC has seen its unfortunate share of deaths due to drug overdoses. According to the BC’s Coroner Service, 465 people died due to illegal overdoses, an increase of 27 per cent compared to 2014.