How to combat colds
It’s that time of year again: the flu season, the time when everyone ends up sick—yuck. Unfortunately, we can’t really avoid it. Each of us will end up sick at some point. It’s inevitable.
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.
Participating as a citizen in the city and beyond
With the municipal elections coming up this month in the greater Vancouver area, residents have an opportunity to have a direct say in how things are run. In addition to voting for the mayor, Vancouver citizens will elect city council members, park board commissioners, and school board trustees.
The height of Gamergate
We are now in the 12th week of the Gamergate movement. As stated in the last edition, Gamergate began after the combination of a multi-thousand-word blog post by one Eron Gjoni about his ex-girlfriend and game designer Zoe Quinn and the release of the sixth Tropes vs. Women in Video Games—a YouTube video by Feminist Frequency.
Save money, concoct coffee
With the lack of working hours available combined with bank account-crushing tuition fees, Douglas College students are finding it hard to manage their finances. A group of students have taken matters into their own hands by using laboratory equipment to brew coffee.
College Confessional…
Did you forget to wear a shirt today? Did you wear too many shirts today? Were you so hungry after lunch that you found yourself eating barely-trash Timbits from the cafeteria garbage can?
I’d take that class!
Sick of taking real(ly boring) classes every semester? We explore the courses that we’d actually like to take. Douglas College—take note!
What the heck is ‘Halloween’?
Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there was a young boy, about five years old, named Reginald, who was so passionate about Pre-Christmas (which falls on October 31), that he just didn’t know what to do with himself.
The prince and the unpleasant evening
Once upon a time, in a faraway land known as Vancouver, there was a prince who just happened to be wandering when he overheard two peasant city workers discuss the recent disappearance of their princess.
Western-style visible protests are rarely effective and often adverse
Whether your protest is for extremely right-wing causes, extremely left-wing causes, or anywhere in between, the fury of assumed injustice has always been a powerful and irrational force.