CAPILANO COURIER

Alisha Samnani

(SHE/HER)

Editor-in-Chief editor@capilanocourier.com

When she’s not running back and forth between classes, editing articles or stuck on transit, Alisha is often writing frantically in her bullet journal, petting all the animals she can find, or hiding with her nose buried in a book. Ironically, her most recent read is titled How to Do Nothing

Q: Describe your role in the Courier in 3 words or less.

A: Chaos coordinator

Q: All-time favorite food?

A: Spicy buffalo chicken wings

Q: Dream travel destination?

A: Majorelle Botanical Garden in Morocco

Q: What song would you add to the staff playlist?

A: Legends — Joyia

Q: What cartoon character do you resonate with?

A: Nani from Lilo and Stitch

Q: What’s the meaning of your name?

A: Noble; protected by god

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK

Is this the storage room? No, we’re your student paper We may be located next to the dumpsters, but we’re anything but trashy

As the Courier’s most senior editor, I would like to share with you the most asked question in my inbox.

Is this the storage room?”

With all due respect dear reader, no, it’s not. We are CapU’s number one independent student-run paper. In fact, we’re the only one — but winning that title by default doesn’t mean it’s untrue. We cover all sorts of topics from hard-hitting news pieces to satire, mostly thought up by our hard working group of lean, mean writing machines — aka our caffeine-riddled editors — and you!

And no, you may not have our furniture. You’re more than welcome to work on pieces in the office when it’s open, though!

I remember the first time I tried to get to the Courier office. Walking past the shiny new Bosa building, I found myself standing in the CSU Maple Lounge – one of the few things I knew was in the Maple building. Our room numbers are similar, so I found myself walking laps around the enthusiastic pool players in the lounge before finding the entrance to the Courier office — a hidden gem of a space that I clearly never left.

If there’s one thing you should do at CapU besides play a riveting game of pool in the Maple Lounge, it’s write for the Capilano Courier.

Join us. Contribute. Become a staff writer. Become an editor. Let us pay for your overpriced (and delicious) coffees at Good Earth during your time at CapU. Pitch something for the paper!

Or at the very least, get on the pitch list, and let us help you get filthy rich (well, maybe not filthy rich… but can-affordcampus-coffee-rich!).

XOXO, Alisha

Your 2021/22 & 2022/23 Editor-in-Chief