‘But what if I like rotting vegetables in my trash?’
Metro Vancouver’s new organic food waste disposal regulations have come under scrutiny by naysayers who disagree with the concept of waste reduction.
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.
Religious extremists target New Westminster business
Havoc erupted late last Monday evening at New Westminster’s favourite noodle restaurant, as radicalized Pastafarians demanded respect for their religion.
Real-talk wisdom from the PornHub comments section
In today’s modern technocratic culture, more and more people are living their lives devoid of the written word. Why write a letter when you can SnapChat? Why court a lady when you can swipe her on Tinder?
Turtz the Terror strikes again
The menacing beagle hybrid that made news just after Christmas has made a second attack on the tiny tinsel town at the North Pole. The incident took place on a brisk March evening, at the home of Mr. Harold Elf, where a small gathering was taking place.
Pizza utopia
You walk into a room. She’s sitting there, on the table. Crust so soft and tomato sauce so fresh, you’d think the jar was just plucked off of the tree. That’s where tomato sauce comes from, right?
Attention to apathy
Mind your own business and stand up for what is right. Those two contradicting sentiments have led to many problems over the years as they’ve supplied fuel for revolutions and weakness towards authorities. We blame children for letting their peers get bullied; yet we punish them for confronting their demons.
Don’t be that guy: Mine, mine, mine
The absolute worst thing about watching Netflix with others is when you have to watch it with That Guy.
Diversify your reading life
Work and school life don’t present a lot of opportunities to explore new literature. But in order to achieve imaginative growth and find new perspectives, we need to read more than instructional documents and textbooks. How though? How can we incorporate stories into our lives after an exhausting day of reading boring material?
Yours, mine, and ours
Our personal time is in many ways the biggest and most valuable commodity. Not only is it the only possession we have that can never be regained, but it’s the only commodity that everyone in the world has an equal amount of. We all have the same number of hours in a day in the end, although the activities we occupy it with and the efficiency in managing it varies.
The cost of convenience
John Sylvan is the inventor of Keurig K-Cups coffee pods. Like Doctor Frankenstein bringing life to his monster, Sylvan caused unintended havoc with coffee pods.