By Tanya DeLyzer and Amanda VanSteelandt
The University of Calgary men’s soccer team is looking for a few good men. Well, maybe just one. Head Coach Andy Gibbs is choosing a new captain this week and he’s looking for more than just a good player. “Maradonna’s a good player–but would you follow Maradonna? No, he’s an idiot,” said Gibbs in jest.… Continue reading Young and manly, but leaderless
By Вen Li
A pair of recent studies about tobacco use caught our attention this week. The first meta-study examines the effectiveness of various smoking prevention measures, while the second focuses on smoking cessation on one college campus. In a review article in the July/August issue of the Journal of Public Health Management Practice, entitled “The Effects of… Continue reading Recent research on smoking cessation
By Bryan West
When the 62nd Student Legislative Council was inaugurated last May one of the first things identified as a key weakness in the organization of the Students’ Union was a lack overall purpose and direction. For years the SU has survived (and in some areas even thrived) on the bare minimum of future planning. This trend… Continue reading What a difference planning can make
By David Ng
After learning that Canada has signed an amendment to allow Norad to share information with the U.S. National Missile Defense program, I am reminded of the parable of the frog in the pot of boiling water. If you throw a frog into a pot of boiling water it will jump out, but if you increase… Continue reading Canada joins Star Wars
Editor, the Gauntlet, Re: “The lessons we hope to learn,” Sept. 9, 2004 I would hope that we were secure enough in our national identity as Canadians not to criticize anyone who tried to learn a thing or two from our neighbours to the south, but apparently I was wrong. Seeing a few Canadian MPs… Continue reading Editor, the Gauntlet: conservatism
By Emily Senger
I did a very important thing this week. I crossed the great gap from being a carefree kid to being an adult. The transformation occurred in about one minute, the minute I got and accepted a job offer. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve had plenty of jobs before. But this job is different. In this… Continue reading The great job hunt
Two weeks ago, I was working the till at my fast food job downtown during a busy lunch rush when four teenage girls approached the counter. They held up the line by assaulting me with silly questions (“What is the calorie count in Diet Pepsi?”) in singsong voices. As I was putting up their tray,… Continue reading Our hurried world
With the World Cup of Hockey–an alias for “Canadian drunkfest”–now over, the next time our beloved stars like Lemieux, LeCavalier or Iginla play is a mystery fit for Nancy Drew–I mean Sherlock Holmes, ’cause he’s more manly. How will we Canadians occupy our time this winter without the NHL to entertain us? Will the approaching… Continue reading Hockey Night in Canada, abridged version
A new municipal government will be elected on Oct. 18 and a U of C student hopes to be among the newly inaugurated. Mike Pal, aged 21 and a Philosophy and Political Science major, is running for mayor. Working with a campaign team assembled over the last year, Pal is running because he and his… Continue reading Mike moves in mayoral race
Whether or not to get an energy contract can now be added to the list of things that students living on their own need to worry about. All energy market deregulation has created new choices for energy consumers. The first of these choices is to pay the Regulated Rate Option, which is a fixed price.… Continue reading Liberals warn of sticky energy contracts