By Ryan Kerr
Explorer, professor and filmmaker Mark Terry stopped by campus Sept. 28 for a screening of his documentary The Antarctica Challenge. Filming documentaries for over 20 years, Terry has achieved tremendous international acclaim for his work in Antarctica. He attributes the success of his film to a conscious effort not to push a heavy agenda. “I… Continue reading Filmmaker hopes to raise awareness for global warming
By Ryan Kerr
Signs of political hopefuls running in the Calgary 2010 municipal elections have surrounded campus. Mayoral candidate Rick McIver’s sign near the intersection of 32 Ave. and Crowchild raised questions among students regarding the legality of its placement. McIver’s campaign signs, as well as those placed by Naheed Nenshi and Craig Burrows on 24 Ave., are… Continue reading Online Exclusive: Sign sign everywhere a sign
By Emily Ask
After years of tossing around ideas for a television show, Aaron Kerr and Scott Lutley, both 23 and recent University of Calgary graduates, finally put their ideas into production last summer. Using mainly their own money, equipment and circle of friends, the webseries 2219 was born. The series follows the life, love and drama of… Continue reading You’re invited to 2219
By Ryan Pike
Summertime can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. To many Calgarians, the summer is nothing but sunny days, barbecues and wearing a cowboy hat and jeans to work for a week. For others, though, the best kept secret every summer is the Calgary Folk Music Festival. Held in picturesque Prince’s Island… Continue reading Gearing up for some awesome folking
The strongest Dinos cross-country team in recent memory made the trip to Edmonton where they stripped the host Golden Bears of the Stewart Cup Oct. 26 and 27. Both the men’s and women’s teams won the race, trotting out a Dinos overall victory. Geoff Kerr finished first in the Stewart Cup and second in the… Continue reading Dinos cross the winning country against U of A
By Ryan Pike
It seems so long ago that the Calgary Folk Club partnered with the Alberta government to present what was then called the Traveling Folk Festival and Goodtime Medicine Show to commemorate the province’s 75th birthday. That festival quickly became an annual event and 27 installments later, the Calgary Folk Music Festival stands as one of… Continue reading Four days of sun, fun and folk
While countless fans were glued to their seats–and the pages of the Gauntlet–throughout the past semester, many students hit the books and missed out on the sporting achievements of the Dinos. Here’s what the studious around campus missed. Tollestrup is silver lining to Dinos’ dismal season The Dinos football team faced tough competition in 2006,… Continue reading The exciting fall semester of the Dinos
By GNS
President Barb Wright 1,268 Andre Rodrigues 601 Ryan Yau 530 Steve Skitch 293 Danijel Margetic 277 Jonathan Olsen 130 Brad Parkyn 57 Thomas Mathers 37 VP Academic Nic Porco 2,320 Bryndis K. Whitson 709 VP Events Chris Kerr 1,770 Tina Pringle 1,231 Events Commission Oliver Ho 1,727 Sarah Richards… Continue reading SU election results
Nominations for the University of Calgary Students’ Union general election closed on Wed., Feb. 28 at precisely 12:30 p.m. In contrast with last year’s poorly contested executive race, only one Vice-presidency remained uncontested at the critical hour. A whopping 15 candidates will lace up the gloves for the remaining four positions. Vice-president External-elect Oliver Bladek… Continue reading SU elections underway
By Randy Lewis
Millions of football fans were disheartened a couple of weeks ago to see the New York Giants and Baltimore Ravens–and their defensive minded play–earn berths into this Sunday’s Super Bowl. We all know the Super Bowl rarely lives up to all the pre-game buildup, but this year’s game and this year’s Super Sunday in general… Continue reading Pick the dehydrator over Dilfer