Editor, the Gauntlet, Wow, great letter by Chuck Day [“Affordable housing blues and a call to abandon ship,” Chuck Day, Oct. 2, Gauntlet]. Finally somebody with “balls” and some political sense, two qualities rarely seen here on campus, especially together. The insults were only part of what it made it good, the other was its… Continue reading Letter: Caring about not caring
Month: October 2008
The benefits of not voting
With our southern neighbours engaged in one of the most interesting elections in recent memory, Canadians can feel proud that they decided to assert their independence and largely ignore the election here. Although the lowest voter turnout in Canadian history has garnered much negative publicity, there are actually a number of reasons that such a… Continue reading The benefits of not voting
University recognized for sustainability projects
By Nicole Pun
The University of Calgary’s efforts to be environmentally aware are finally paying off. The College Sustainability Report Card profiles 300 post-secondary schools across the United States and Canada and for the first time, the U of C was named in the report. The final evaluation gave the U of C an overall grade of a… Continue reading University recognized for sustainability projects
News for the unnewsed
Pizza parlour adds topping to menu The owner of Your Choice Pizza, located across the street from William Aberhart High School, confessed to selling marijuana to students Monday. Piotr Krol was seen selling marijuana under the code name “chicken nuggets” in July and August by an undercover Calgary police operation. Krol has been charged with… Continue reading News for the unnewsed
Cafe with peace on the menu opens soon
By Minkyu Hong
In a city with growing crime rates and accounts of violence, Bob Stewart and the Canadian Centre for Teaching Peace is making headway in community peace education. CCTP hosted the fourth annual Alberta Peace Conference aimed at creating a sustainable culture of peace and an Albertan peace education strategy Oct. 16-18. “Nobody has been able… Continue reading Cafe with peace on the menu opens soon
Researcher saves appendixes
By Joseph Tubb
Canadians can now blame those pesky SUVs for their appendicitis. University of Calgary medical researcher Dr. Gilaad Kaplan and his team have discovered a possible link between appendicitis and air pollution. Five thousand adults admitted to Calgary hospitals with appendicitis between 1999 and 2006 were used in the study, which attempted to correlate levels of… Continue reading Researcher saves appendixes
Degree guarantee not available to everyone who wants it
By Stacey Kee
This fall, the University of Calgary became the first university in Canada to offer a four-year graduation guarantee, but only first-year students in the faculties of communication and culture, social sciences, science and humanities were eligible to enrol. The program requires students complete one-quarter of their degree each year and meet with an academic advisor.… Continue reading Degree guarantee not available to everyone who wants it
Solar panels, coming to a home near you
Sunlight is an abundant renewable resource, but solar panels are expensive and yet to be widely used. University of Calgary chemistry professor Dr. Curtis Berlinguette is working on making panels cheaper and commercially viable. “We have like five to six orders of magnitude more sunlight striking the Earth than the entire global community currently uses,”… Continue reading Solar panels, coming to a home near you
Humanities dean passes
Dr. Rowland Smith, University of Calgary faculty of humanities dean, passed away early Monday morning at the age of 70. Smith is survived by his wife Ann and his children Russell and Belinda. Students’ Union humanities faculty representative Daniel Pagan said Smith will be remembered by his students as a man who shared his immense… Continue reading Humanities dean passes
New biomedical engineering centre proposed
Earlier this week, an announcement was made for yet another new project for the university to undertake. University of Calgary president Dr. Harvey Weingarten plans to propose a biomedical engineering centre to both the provincial and federal government, he said during a community presentation Oct. 15. The centre will focus on inter-disciplinary research and will… Continue reading New biomedical engineering centre proposed