Local mountains making big changes due to warmer winters
The warm weather weāve had over the past few winters has gotten the owners of the local ski mountains reconsidering the potential uses of their sky-top real estate.
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.
Nightmare of a nuisance
Following the viral story about a girl whose sleepwalking led to consuming all her roommatesā food, an increasing number of roommates have been self-diagnosed with sleepwalking. Their destructive behaviour has varied widely, from eating everything, to borrowing without asking, stealing without asking, and using up the toilet paper and then forgetting to buy more.
A review of the Academy Awards
This past weekend, the Academy Awards took place, and they were so fetch!
The truth of the Muslim community
On February 10, three young peopleāDeah Shaddy Barakat, 23, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, 21, and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19āwere fatally shot dead in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Craig Stephen Hicks, their next-door neighbour, was charged with their murders. According to the Chapel Hill Police Department, this tragedy was the result of an ongoing parking dispute, although other motives are being considered.
Letās Talk Science: UV Rays, geoengineering, and shrilk
To begin, we must realize that UV rays, or ultraviolet rays, are not always harmful. In some cases, UV rays are actually useful. They help in some medical treatments and provide the essential vitamin, Vitamin D3 to the body. Even though the sun is their primary source, UV rays are not just emitted by sun but also by other objects like mercury lamps, tanning lamps, laser machines, and often during welding. UV rays are electromagnetic rays that are invisible to us.
Donāt be that guy: A whole latte trouble
For many, coffee is the only thing that gives them sanity in the morning. Feeling tired? Drink coffee. Want something more? Grab a latte. Really desperate? Take shots of espresso.
So lame it just might work
This is not a criticism of any individual or organization, but rather the designs that come from an embarrassing collective demand. Iām talking about technology such as the selfie stick. You know, the elongated pole that people use to take pictures of themselves.
Livāer drink
Torontonian, Mark Selkirk was diagnosed with acute alcoholic hepatitis in 2010. Told by doctors that his life was going to come to a premature end without a liver transplant, he was in dire straits. To make matters worse, Selkirk was an alcoholic, and all Canadian liver transplant centres require candidates to be alcohol-free for six months.
Photoshop challenge
Can a magazine with untouched images of models sell? I donāt know. Every time I have stood in the supermarket checkout line, Iāve noticed the stunning works by digital artists on the front pages of magazines. I must admit; Iām not the demographic for those magazines.
Fuck the police?
Itās a trend thatās as old as the profession itself, but has only gained noticeable momentum in the past decade or so. It appears as though you canāt even mention ālaw enforcementā in a light that is anything but completely negative without some young kidāwho spends far too much time reading alternative news websites and YouTube commentsājumping up your ass and verbally tearing you to pieces for implying that we donāt live in a police state where the average law enforcement officer is a power-hungry closet murderer.