By Jacqui Thompson, Stephanie Ferguson, Darcy Ippolito, Dave Almon, Andrea McIvor, Murray Birt
Imagine a university campus that is completely powered by renewable energy. Imagine a campus where you never have trouble finding a recycling bin. Imagine a campus where all food waste gets composted. Imagine a campus where tuition dollars aren’t flushed down the toilet with wasted energy use. In reality our campus is powered by dirty… Continue reading We need campus sustainability
By Jacqui Thompson and Murray Birt
What do you get when you take seven strangers, pile them into two small vehicles, send them on a 1,000 kilometer journey of prairie driving and road kill avoidance? You get a new group of friends learning, and thinking about the sustainability of the University of Calgary. The Sustainable Campuses conference was held in Winnipeg… Continue reading Sustainability
By Вen Li
Students Murray Birt, Jacqui Thompson, and Nicole Walters attempted to give University of Calgary President Dr. Harvey Weingarten quite a jolt on Tue., Oct. 19. They had planned to present him with a certificate representing three years worth of solar energy for his desktop computer. Unfortunately, Weingarten was in China at the time, so U… Continue reading Energy Certificate Presentation
By Murray Birt
Editor, the Gauntlet, I would like to issue a complaint about the campaign material being used by the "No" U-Pass campaign. In the electoral supplement, on posters, and on their website, the campaign is using the phrase "No Up Ass." I find that the hyphenation of "U-Pass" into "Up Ass" both offensive and distasteful. By… Continue reading U-Pass Not Up Ass
By Murray Birt
Editor, the Gauntlet, Re: "Women’s centre not necessary," Oct. 9, 2003, Jankovic admits men are still able to physically and emotionally dominate women, making women’s shelters still necessary. Is the campus somehow immune to this? In my five years on campus I have read countless reports of stalkers, voyeurs, men exposing themselves and assault. A… Continue reading Centre would bring change
By Murray Birt
“There are not enough great things in our society because there are too many good things,” said President Harvey Weingarten to the Nov. 2002 graduates. Referring to society in general, but higher education specifically, Dr. Weingarten is working to make the University of Calgary a great university. That is to be applauded. However, one area… Continue reading U of C needs to look at environment
By Murray Birt
>”We’re Albertans… of course we care about the environment.” Or so goes Alberta’s Kyoto advertising campaign. So what is it all about? Are economics and ecology forever doomed to be at loggerheads? This PIRG column aims to “percolate” ideas about social justice and the environment into the campus community. While some might think that makes… Continue reading Rethinking the Kyoto Accord
By Murray Birt
We lived off rice and lentils, slept in a canvas tent under the cold October sky, trekked many miles and fought the harsh climate of the Alberta Rockies. The cameras were constantly on us as we struggled to achieve the ultimate goal. One million dollars? Not even close. The goal was to better understand the… Continue reading WTO woes
By Murray Birt
Mr. Birt is an organizer with Calgary Public Interest Research Group. In March of 2002, students will be asked whether or not they support a refundable student levee funding CPIRG. Last year, a non-binding opinion question found a majority of students supported the idea of funding CPIRG. Wash dark colours separately. Machine wash warm. Tumble dry… Continue reading Finding felonious factories
By Murray Birt
Editors, the Gauntlet,Re: Dinos’ Athletic Advisory Council Decision to raise fees 50 per cent in two years I would like to commend the Gauntlet and its writers on the excellent piece about Conrad Black. What I most respect, and what most readers may be unaware of, is what this two-page spread means for the staff… Continue reading Gauntlet delivers the goods