Every month the Gauntlet holds a photo contest, where photographers are able to submit photos for a chance to be featured in the paper.

This month, our winner is Bonnie Chuong, for her photo “Teotihuacan.” We chose this photo because of how it superbly captures the immense grandure of the Teotihucan archaeological site. You can almost feel what it would be like to experience the vastness of this place.

The four plays presented by Alberta Theatre Projects at the 27th Annual Enbridge playRites Festival of New Canadian Plays demonstrate the ways playwrights are examining contemporary society.


Tom Flanagan, a political science professor at the University of Calgary and conservative activist, has been castigated this week following remarks made at the University of Lethbridge about child pornography. Flanagan’s word choice was poor, but commentators have blown this incident out of proportion without paying attention to context. Unfortunately, Flanagan has been so badly reprimanded over the verbal slip that the message he was attempting to communicate and its real problems have been ignored.

The 1988 Winter Olympic Games brought international athletes, media and fans to Calgary. There were few athletes who received more attention during those two weeks than the intrepid Jamaican bobsled team. 


This week’s feature is the second in a four part series on food security. The first part looked at a Canadian perspective on food security, and this week looks at organic farms in New Orleans. Stay tuned for how to reduce and recycle food waste in the next two weeks. 


The cost of post-secondary education in Canada is constantly rising. Along with tuition and other fees, students must buy textbooks, which can cost hundreds of dollars each semester.


Textbook publishing is a big business. What students may not realize is how professors interact with large publishing firms to determine which textbooks to use. Every year, sales representatives of textbook publishers approach many professors at the University of Calgary to help determine the textbooks used in classes.