By Nicole Kobie
Imagine you won the lottery. What’s the one dream item you’d love to own? If you could buy your friends and family their dream gifts for Christmas, what would they be? And, more importantly, where exactly would you buy it? We all love to dream about the cool stuff we’d buy if we only had… Continue reading Our wish-list, on-line
I’m a Dinos fan. I’m also a huge Pearl Jam fan. Unfortunately for me, both have disappointed me as of late. The Dinos teams of the past few seasons are much like the last few Pearl Jam albums; you like it because of what they have meant to you in the past, but something’s missing.… Continue reading Can’t find a butter man
By James Keller
After Newfoundland raised its minimum wage to $6.00 earlier this month, Albertan employees working on the bottom rung of the economic ladder are now getting paid the least in Canada: $5.90 per hour. Despite our newfound status, Alberta Premier Ralph Klein announced he has no intention of raising minimum wage. He points out that only… Continue reading Debating the minimum wage
Editor, the Gauntlet,Re: The Students’ Union In reviewing the letters and articles in the Gauntlet in the past few weeks, I have seen an obvious and disturbing trend, namely waves of SU criticisms. While constructive criticism of a legitimate institution is always welcome, I have found that the majority of these articles/letters have been unduly… Continue reading Editor, the Gauntlet: Letters
By Вen Li
Somebody dislikes the University of Calgary’s student newspaper.On the evening of Monday, Sept. 2, one or more unknown individuals relocated approximately 2,000 copies of the Aug. 8 issue of the Gauntlet from pick-up stands to nearby garbage, bottle and other receptacles. Stands in publically-accessable parts of campus remained devoid of papers for about two hours… Continue reading Gauntlets Liberted
By Kyle Young
Like most of you, the Gauntlet receives large amounts of e-mail, most of which is either irrelevant or useless. However, occasionally we manage to come across some precious jewel that is simply too good to keep to ourselves. With this in mind, the Academic Probation section proudly presents one we like to call The Great… Continue reading Alberta Ferret Society copes as evil volunteers try to wrest control
I guarantee that this supplement was not an excuse to drink beer. Honest.It actually started with curiosity–an intrigue with the substance that so many of us (over)indulge in during our university years and beyond. And I’m willing to bet you’re curious too. I could be wrong. Maybe you’re too damn busy swigging Molson product to… Continue reading Beer Supplement Introduction
Sacré bleu! Two seasons ago, the University of Calgary stumbled against the Université de Laval in La Belle Province du Quebec. This year, the Dinos open the Canadian Interuniversity Sport Men’s Volleyball Championships against the Rouge et Or in La Province de Social Cuts et Volleyball. In case you don’t speak Franglais, that’s Alberta.Seeded sixth,… Continue reading Can the men conquer nationals?
Editor, the Gauntlet, Kris Kotarski’s piece debating the use of torture borders on absurd. Mr. Kotarski stated "there is an ongoing debate in the American media about the use of torture to extract information about possible future acts of terrorism." Where is Mr. Kotarski getting his information from? I watch an inordinate amount of American… Continue reading Re: " Bordering on American disgrace ," Oct. 25, 2001,
p>Credits: Concept and Layout by Kris Kotarski, Michael Leung, Ruth Davenport and Lawrence Bailey. U of C photos by Вen Li, Kris Kotarski, Lawrence Bailey and Aaron Whitfield. Many thanks to the Columbia Spectator in New York and the George Washington Hatchet in Washington. Background photo courtesy Shawn Choy/The Columbian Spectator, New York