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With so many other good candidates for the post of VP Op-Fi, it would be easy to overlook the inexperienced Jason Brown, and that is exactly what voters should do. Brown believes that “apathy control” spending should be reduced, that the SU should add a grocery store, a gas station and a liquor store, and… Continue reading VP Op-Fi – Jason Brown

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’

Every year, we see tonnes of posters sprayed across walls in anticipation of the SU election. Some posters are good. Some are bad. The Gauntlet Election SWAT team, consisting of Isaac “Techno” Azuelos, Brent “Cynic” Constantin and Andy “Sunny” Williams, brave the horrid conditions to offer a constructively critical perspective on SU election candidates’ posters.… Continue reading Election SWAT 2011

By Daniel Pagan

While many students prepared for a turkey feast, Anti-Racist Calgary braved the freezing winds Saturday to rally against what they say is fascism in the community of Bridgeland. Surrounded by journalism students and police officers on bikes, a dozen protestors marched down 1st Ave. N.E., handed out leaflets and held discussions with Bridgeland residents about… Continue reading Protestors make it clear hate not welcome in ‘cowboy town’

By Sarelle Azuelos

I had my first experience with anti-Semitism when I was 11. My synagogue, Agudas Israel, was hit with a Molotov cocktail in the middle of the night and over $130,000 worth of old books and foundation was destroyed. Many were brought from Israel and could never be replaced. I grew up in a small town… Continue reading Burning down racism

By Jordyn Marcellus

The modern comedy movie is based on finding the cheap outrageous gag and then running it right into the ground. This trend started with the infamous Farrelly Brothers movie There’s Something About Mary when Ben Stiller discovered the use of semen as hair gel. It further escalated with the infamous pastry-loving scene in American Pie… Continue reading Teen pregnancy is a laughing matter