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U of C Construction Timeline

By Michael Leung

Year Month Event1957 Cosmic Ray lab, Sulhpur mountain1960 9 Arts main building1960 9 Science a completed1961 9 Cosmic Ray lab, Sulhpur mountain extended1961 12 Physical Education portion1961 McMahon Stadium1962 8 Grounds building1962 9 Greenhouse1963 9 Library Block1964 8 Grounds building extended1964 10 Engineering, Block E1964 10 Science B lower floor and basement1965 1 Science A… Continue reading U of C Construction Timeline

An angry tirade from the Chief

By Michael Leung

This is no goodbye note. This is a lashing out–essentially a giant fuck you.Yep, that’s right, your 2001/02 Gauntlet Editor-in-Chief has nothing to say to everybody else out there and will reserve this space for a message to his staff: Take your wussie-shit sunshine goodbye sentiments and shove ’em. This year has been perfectly atrocious… Continue reading An angry tirade from the Chief

Wright’s lonely world

By Michael Leung

“Ian! Ian, I just want to start off by saying you’re an incredible human being.”An equally incredible silence blankets the room. Then, Ian himself pierced the silence with his barely-contained laughter. I shook my head in disgust.It was a perfectly good night when Lonely Planet presenter Ian Wright visited MacEwan Hall last Thu., March 21-except… Continue reading Wright’s lonely world

Banana reality

By Michael Leung

In what was previously a comfortable moment, an ex-girlfriend once asked me in bed what it was like to be Chinese. With rapt eyes, she waited for my answer and as I stared back at her, I realized I had none. As a completely “whitewashed” Chinese-Canadian teenager, I was so dismally unaware of my Chinese… Continue reading Banana reality

Beauty is the beast

By Michael Leung

Dr. Jim Romano is a cosmetic surgeon based in San Francisco. Aside from the usual array of corrective surgeries for women, Dr. Romano also offers cosmetic surgeries for men–services like “male nipple reductions” or “chest enhancements.”"In the two years alone between 1997 and 1999, the number of men undergoing liposuction alone rose an incredible 82… Continue reading Beauty is the beast

Clashing world views

By Michael Leung

After nearly five years of working as a quasi-journalist, it’s still a marvel to contemplate the bitter arguments that have coloured my existence at the Gauntlet. There are few other places where people engage so passionately as to be moved to write about it. It’s simultaneously enlightening and saddening to see generations of editors, letter… Continue reading Clashing world views

Religiously remixing

By Michael Leung

Throughout all of his efforts, fame and music, DJ Tiesto stays dogmatically close to his mantra of keeping things real. Hard work, a little luck and a lot of love for music are his themes in the church that is the club. The sermons of house and trance he delivers through the tables have congregations… Continue reading Religiously remixing

America’s tragedy

By Michael Leung

Welcome to the American Dream. It now lies under ash, paper, steel and bodies. Such is the reality of the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., last Tues., Sept. 11. Do you remember the dream? It is the dream that provides the enduring symbols of today’s society: corporate logos, American capitalism and… Continue reading America’s tragedy