By Toby White
Do you ever feel nervous about your future? Is everyone pressuring you to decide what you want to do with your life-and you have no clue? Feel like the “real world” is approaching and you’re not ready? Well, you’re not as alone as you may think. Many university-aged people feel like they’re going through a… Continue reading Confused about your future?
By James Keller
With last year’s general election riddled with glitches and complaints, the Students’ Union passed a new bylaw that will help them try, try again. That is, if they want to.During a Students’ Legislative Council meeting on Aug. 20, 11 councillors unanamously voted in favor of the On-Line Election Procedure. The bylaw outlines how on-line elections… Continue reading SU on-line voting
By Вen Li
Somebody dislikes the University of Calgary’s student newspaper.On the evening of Monday, Sept. 2, one or more unknown individuals relocated approximately 2,000 copies of the Aug. 8 issue of the Gauntlet from pick-up stands to nearby garbage, bottle and other receptacles. Stands in publically-accessable parts of campus remained devoid of papers for about two hours… Continue reading Gauntlets Liberted
Many of us take for granted the fact that most of our home continent has been thoroughly explored. This leads us to conclude that the same is true for the rest of the world, an assumption which could not be further from the truth. Explorers still roam the earth searching for treasures of the distant… Continue reading U of C team explores ancient African Fortress
By Вen Li
Almost two months after Students’ Union Academic Commissioner Gavin Preston commented about commissioner remuneration, he will face a hearing on charges of breaking SU bylaws. Scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday September 10 in Council Chambers, the hearing may determine if Preston is responsible and impose sanctions, or refer the matter to a Review Board.At issue… Continue reading Comissioner Preston still in trouble
By Eric Fung
For the first time, it’s not the students that have to pay, as the Den introduces a new $2.00 cover charge for non-students on Thursday and Friday nights."The cover charge will serve a two-fold purpose," said Students’ Union Vice-President Operations and Finance Robbie White. "First, it will be a small source of revenue. Second, the… Continue reading Den to instate cover charge
By James Keller
If you were Prime Minister of Canada, what would you do? If your answer includes the value of Canadian youth staying in Canada, improving the Employment Insurance Program and changing business models to encourage entrepreneur-style business, then you may already be the winner of $10,000.Such is the case for Steve McIlvenna, a 34-year-old Ind-ustrial Design… Continue reading As Prime Minister finalist
By James Keller
There’s a community at the U of C that–while sometimes forgotten–deserves both attention and recognition.The Council of Canadians with Disabilities awarded University of Calgary Electrical Engineering graduate student Sanjeet Singh with the ccd Award in Ottawa in July. The award recognizes members of the National Educational Association of Disabled Students executive board whose work benefits… Continue reading Electrical Engineer recognized
Living in the middle of nowhere, Saskatchewan must leave people with a lot of time on their hands. Luckily for you and me, the members of Filmmaker have decided to put this time towards polishing their tunes for their first full-length release.On An Invitation to an Accident, the band lays claim to the pop-punk genre… Continue reading Filmmaker, An Invitation to an Accident
Sometimes, things aren’t as simple as they seem. Love To Night, the Mark Kleiner Power Trio’s freshman effort, is, and that actually isn’t a bad thing. After all, this is an album where a quarter of the song titles (and the album title itself) have “love” in them. This is an album about the upside… Continue reading Mark Kleiner Power Trio, Love To Night