NUTV not neccessary

By Kelsey Thompson

Editor, the Gauntlet, I was unaware that students give NUTV approximately $200,000 a year, now that I know that, I am concerned with the quality of programming I see on the TVs in the food court. Nothing on those screens from the artistic dancer by the river, to the blurry photographs of the Gauntlet, to… Continue reading NUTV not neccessary

The cover-up

By Chris Beauchamp

The University of Calgary is facing a serious public relations problem. With another round of massive budget cuts scheduled for the next four years, guaranteed maximum tuition increases over the same period and the announcement this week that this institution is sitting next to last on the Maclean’s ranking of universities in the medical/doctoral category,… Continue reading The cover-up

USRI–fill it out!

By Laura Schultz

Every year at the end of the semester every student is given the opportunity to reflect back on the courses they have been taking through the Universal Student Rating of Instruction. The purple scan-tron form that you fill in is much more than a trivial little survey, in fact for professors and the university it… Continue reading USRI–fill it out!

The truth about globalization

By Вen Li

In the last month, numerous one-off recordable CDs with such lofty titles as Globalization 101 and The truth about slavery have been anonymously tacked to bulletin boards about campus. The CDs contain close to 100 video, audio and text files scoured from the Internet that any tinfoil hat fanatic would love. “Who Is Ernst Zundel,… Continue reading The truth about globalization

Tuition–it’s time for a new strategy

By Greg Ellis

The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.– Samuel Johnson, British writer, Lexicographer Three years ago my university career began at The Haskayne School of Business. Three years ago, I encountered my first tuition protester. Much has changed in my three years. My precocious campus beginnings humbled by the surroundings of intellectual professors and… Continue reading Tuition–it’s time for a new strategy

Man B-ballin’

By Emma Cutfield

After fighting through multiple injuries, the Dinos men’s basketball squad hoped for a good result out of the Fri., Nov. 5 game versus the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds. True as the adage: Payback’s a… hard bullet to take! UBC stole the night with a 69-52 victory avenging last season’s encounter in which the Dino’s… Continue reading Man B-ballin’

Women’s basketball change the record

By Lee Bogle and Sean Nyilassy

November 5-7, the Dinos women’s basketball team travelled westward ho to have dinner with the national champions of the last two years. First on the menu was an omelette large enough to feed the team. To make it they needed to break a giant Thunderbird egg. And not only did it break, but our fine… Continue reading Women’s basketball change the record

Dinos not in the finals

By John Fisher

A 7-5-2 record was enough to get the Dinos women’s soccer team to the playoffs in Vancouver this year. The girls managed to finish the playoffs in second place after a huge upset victory over the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds Sat., Nov. 6 and losing to the Trinity Western University Spartans the following day.… Continue reading Dinos not in the finals

First week efforts

By Carly McKay

The opening weekend of CIS volleyball action saw the Dinos men visiting the Trinity Western University Spartans in an early Canada West battle. Looking to improve over last season’s matches versus the Spartans, in which the Dinos were a miserable 0-3, the team came out swinging on Fri., Nov. 5. After dropping the opening set… Continue reading First week efforts