By Bonnie Leung
The Magna Scholarship Fund is offering its annual $10,000 As Prime Minister Awards to students across Canada to come up with new ideas to improve the country. According to Magna of Canada Scholarships Managing Director Joan Crocker, students can enter the competition until June 5. "Students write an essay whichis 2,500 words," she said. "After… Continue reading I wanna be like Jean
By Anna Leung
With the release of Joshua’s Habit’s first CD, Images of Energy, Calgary can be proud of a hometown band with real talent. Joshua’s Habit is a cold rock band that has it all: good chords, solid riffs, strong lyrics and a singer with a voice. Although the band is less than a year old, it… Continue reading Joshua’s Habit, Images of Energy
After a season of ups and downs and multiple head-on collisions with Canada West and Canadian Interuniversity Sport rivals, the Dinos wrestling team enters a transitional season. A number of rookies join the ranks and a number of veterans prepare to end their varsity careers.For the women, this means a whole new year of rivalry… Continue reading Wrestlers ready to rumble
After a slow summer, the MacEwan Student Centre third-floor redevelopment is finally back on track. Despite a promising start in April, the project was delayed by the removal of hazardous asbestos, a saturated construction market, and specific issues to the new occupants–CJSW, NUTV and the Multi-Faith Prayer Room and Chapel. According to Students’ Union Project… Continue reading CJSW, NUTV relocation delayed, again
The contents of this supplement are a little immature, especially as far as travel goes, considering the bulk of the authors and photographers are new to the game. Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia… these are not the Himalayas, Burundi or even Russia. Most of your friendly neighbourhood student journalists are not that different than… Continue reading Travel Supplement Introduction
By John Leung
Another year has gone by, fading into the annals of history. Looking back on the year that was, it was filled with many an up and down, many a cheer and a disappointment. It was a year that was black in its dreariness and brilliant in its successes (depending on what view one takes). So,… Continue reading Looking forward
The Gauntlet Tier 2 elections took place Wed., March 20. As per usual, there was a hand grenade thrown square at the crotch of democracy."None of the races were even contested," said an obviously drunk Editor-in-Chief-elect Kris Kotarski, who swept to victory two weeks before. "These bastards didn’t even have to campaign.""What are we, the… Continue reading Pablo, honey?
As fans of alcohol and the Simpsons alike, we felt it necessary to include them both in this year’s Gauntlet Bar Supplement. Hence Surly, Remorseful and the rest of the gang grace our cover along with the lovely Miss Alison Gowling, the Gauntlet’s resident artist. After years of experience in the realms of drinking, bar… Continue reading 2001 Bar Supplement Introduction
No, you won’t find any lesbians here. That’s just the way it is with Earth, Deepa Mehta’s second film in her nominally-tied trilogy. Mehta’s first film in the set, Fire, caused much controversy in India and abroad because of its radical sexual orientation themes. During screenings in India, rioters crashed the now-banned film, breaking glass… Continue reading Earth peers into India’s past
By Bonnie Leung
Have you been online lately? If so, you might have seen the results of last fall’s Students’ Union standardized teaching evaluations, posted three weeks ago.Access to Fall 1998 teaching evaluations is available though the Infonet Services Menu at http://www.ucalgary.ca/infonet. However, ratings for winter session will not be available until Sept. 15.According to SU Vice-president Academic… Continue reading Profs graded online: Teaching evaluations on the infonet deemed “very useful”