Author: The Other Press
The Other Press, Douglas College's student newspaper since 1976. Articles, insight and updates from the New West and Coquitlam campuses.
OP Player of the Month:
It has been quite the month for the women’s basketball team. They went 7-0 and extended their win streak to 12 games.
OP Player of the Week:
This week’s OP Player of the Week is Amber Beasley of the women’s basketball team.
Hot and cold
It was a big weekend for the Royals volleyball teams as they travelled across the waters of the Salish Sea to challenge their rival, the Vancouver Island University (VIU) Mariners.
Royals Preview:
After possibly the biggest two weeks of the regular season for both basketball and volleyball, both teams are looking at an easy week heading into the reading break.
Valentine’s Day attaches strings and materialism to an important emotion
Whether perpetually single or happily married, each of us has our own thoughts on Valentine’s Day.
Those were the dates
It’s been years since I’ve dated. If you dropped me back into the dating scene, I wouldn’t turn cool, confident, and desirable; I would become feral, become the creepy guy at the club, or become a loner who waits around until one of my other single friends calls me up to hang out.
Love (and Groupons) will keep us together
Falling in love has never been more complicated—we’re working in the difficult Netflix-and-chill era of dating, where vegetable-themed emojis are easier to interpret than facial expressions and ghosting is more ubiquitous than a Kardashian-Jenner at a Lakers’ game.
Imagine there are no prostitutes
We consider it the oldest profession, but such a claim creates an illusion that what is happening now and has been happening since the dawn of men and women is okay.
Stay the night
Behind closed doors, it doesn’t matter what two people do. Regardless of who’s home or where you are—as long as it’s private—people deserve their privacy.