Local band Earthbound brings the beat
What teenager doesn’t dream of starting a rock band with his friends and going professional?
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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.
The medium is the message
Sidney Lumet’s Network is a rare sort of film with the courage to bite the hand that feeds it.
Canada’s tumultuous Olympics
The Summer Olympics in Montreal started off with a bang, not only because of the opening ceremonies, but also due to the controversy that encircled the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in relation to their stance on certain countries participating this year.
Creative minds circuiting computer science
For Steve Jobs, experimenting with electronics has always been a passion.
World’s tallest tower belongs to Canada
The CN Tower, the world’s tallest tower and free-standing structure, has been officially opened to the public, following a three-year construction process.
Death penalty abolished nationwide
A controversial and historical bill has been passed by the House of Commons on July 14 in a free vote, with 131 members of Parliament voting in favour of abolishing the death penalty in Canada—narrowly passing the bill against 124 votes in opposition.
United States elects new Democrat president
Another US election has passed, resulting in a victory for the Democrats and their candidate, Jimmy Carter, a former governor of Georgia, on November 2.
Strange new shark intrigues scientists
A discovery has been made by a US Navy ship 25 miles off the coast of Kane’ohe, Hawaii.
NASA successfully lands on Mars
Humans have always looked at the stars and wondered about visiting worlds up above, whether they are celestial in nature as the early humans thought, or more scientific, as humankind has discovered other planets.
Questionable Quebec
In a landslide victory, the emerging nationalist party Bloc Quebecois (BQ) ousted the Liberal Party and rose to power on November 15 in the Quebec provincial election.