Month: June 2011

By Erin Shumlich

There will be no more setting, bumping or spiking for the Golden Hawks. After an extensive review of the athletics and recreation program at Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo, Ont. the board decided to discontinue its men’s and women’s varsity volleyball programs due to lack of funding and in order to meet a rising demand… Continue reading Laurier Golden Hawks cut varsity volleyball

By Alicia Ward

Hardcore sports fans might be glued to a screen during the Stanley Cup playoffs, but Michael Melski’s Hockey Mom, Hockey Dad wants to keep your eyes glued to a stage.“On one level, it’s about two single parents coming together looking for companionship. On another level, the show is about violence in hockey,” explains Mike Griffin,… Continue reading Hockey Mom, Hockey Dad brings playoff season to the stage

By Victoria Nguyen

In the notorious online Urban Dictionary, the word “rad” has over sixty user-created definitions. This is quite fitting for the quirky band Rockets and Dinosaurs, as they too would describe themselves as a mash-up of many different characteristics.R.A.D. are a four-piece Calgary-based pop-rock group comprised of guitarists Jordan Potekal and Cam Bahan, bassist Gavin Howard,… Continue reading Rockets and Dinosaurs

By Kaye Coholan

Pedalling through Calgary was never so worry-free. About 100 cyclists rolled through the city last Sunday escorted by Calgary police motorcycles as part of Ride the Road, an event aimed at drawing attention to the city’s need for improved bicycle infrastructure. Gary Beaton, president of the Calgary Tour de Nuit Society and organizer of the… Continue reading Riding like they own the road

By Ken Clarke

If you’ve ever listened to a radio, you’ve heard the Funk Brothers, the most prolific hit machine in music history. In 1959, music producer Berry Gordy amassed the most talented blues and jazz musicians in Detroit for his now-famous label Motown Records, which quickly became known as “Hitsville U.S.A.” The Funk Brothers were the label’s… Continue reading The Funk Brothers Keep Motown Alive

By Gauntlet Editorial Board

Brigette DePape’s protest during Friday’s Speech from the Throne has drawn a good deal of discussion across the country — too much, some say, calling it merely a publicity stunt for herself. As the speech was being read to the Senate on June 3rd, the 21-year-old who had been a senatorial page since last August… Continue reading Stop! In the name of ‘Gov’

By Erin Shumlich

SlutWalk, the event that is capturing Canada by storm, will no longer be taking place in Calgary. The event was a protest to the blame-the-victim attitude many people hold and a way to raise awareness about sexual assault. Event organizer Nicole Brady announced the cancellation of SlutWalk Calgary on May 31. The event was cancelled… Continue reading SlutWalk walks away from protest

By Gauntlet Editorial Board

After two weeks of peaceful protesting, a protest in the Santa Ana region of Peru turned violent. A local tax office was broken into and files were set ablaze in the streets when talks between Bear Creek, a Canadian owned company hoping to start a mine in the region, and members of the Ayamara indigenous… Continue reading Doing business abroad

Students were required to evacuate MacHall just before 2 p.m. on Tuesday. A fire alarm was triggered when Den employees were moving tables in the bar. “They were moving some tables around and they clipped one of the sprinklers,” said Students’ Union communications manager Ron Riopka. “Obviously the sprinkler went off when they hit it,… Continue reading U of C squeegee team practices for upcoming national tryouts