Most bands don’t last much longer than their proverbial 15 minutes. Whether it’s the pressures of success, exploding egos or the vagaries of the drug- and booze-fuelled music industry, most are lucky to still be speaking to each other by their third or fourth album. It’s no small feat, then, for any group to pass… Continue reading Your religion is stupid
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Editorial: An uncertain fate
Alberta’s resource-based economy is on fire, no question there. After peaking above U.S. $75 per barrel in July, oil is hovering at $65 for the forseeable future. Profits are rolling in and the projected $4.1 billion budget surplus for 2006/2007 is almost three times last year’s record setting projection. Government spending is up too. With… Continue reading Editorial: An uncertain fate
Editorial: New people, new propaganda
The paper you hold in your hands is under new management. In fact, due to the student-run nature of the Gauntlet, we come under new management every year as our staff of volunteer writers, artists and photographers move up through the ranks and earn year-long positions on our editorial board. Though the self-indulgent nature of… Continue reading Editorial: New people, new propaganda
“Escalation not the answer” fallacious
Editor, the Gauntlet[Re: “Escalation not the answer,” editorial, Aug. 3, 2006] In his editorial “Escalation not the answer,” Editor-in-Chief Chris Beauchamp starts off with a fallacy and goes downhill from there.Beauchamp leads with “Violence only begets further violence.” This mantra has been repeated so often that people have begun to assume it is true, but… Continue reading “Escalation not the answer” fallacious
Editorial: Escalation not the answer
Violence only begets further violence. Perhaps the oldest of human truisms, this sad bit of wisdom seems unknown–or worse, willfully ignored–in Israel’s response to Hezbollah attacks across the Israel/Lebanon border. Israel’s determination to bomb the entire country of Lebanon back 20 years deserves to be condemned not only for the huge toll the campaign is… Continue reading Editorial: Escalation not the answer
NOFX: Selected discography
Wolves in Wolves’ Clothing- 2006 NOFX’s latest offering is anything but their best. Like other bands that have lasted past the twenty-year mark and still continue to produce music, their brilliant writing days are long behind them. Contains the usual clever lyrics, but new fans would do better with a classic like Ribbed or White… Continue reading NOFX: Selected discography
Editorial: Breaking News: U of C not the best
The University of Calgary has an embarrassing history with Maclean’s magazine. We’ve been slipping in their annual university rankings for years. After peaking at 10th place in 1999 out of a field of 15 in our category, our track record has worsened each year, slipping to 12th in 2000 and bottoming out at 14th in… Continue reading Editorial: Breaking News: U of C not the best
An Eye On the Middle East
Robert Fisk has been a British foreign correspondent for over 30 years, currently reporting for The Independent. He is among a handful of western journalists to have interviewed Osama bin Laden, speaks Arabic and is known throughout the political spectrum for his equal criticism of the American, Israeli and Arab governments. He hit campus this… Continue reading An Eye On the Middle East
Editorial: Afghanistan comes at a price
Terrorism has finally arrived in Canada, and if you listen to the reports and op-ed pieces pouring out of the media, this means two things. 1)You should be very afraid, and 2) It’s been a long time coming. What shocks people about this case, and what a number of pundits are clinging to, is that… Continue reading Editorial: Afghanistan comes at a price
Ratings? We don’t need no stinking ratings!
When the Maclean’s university rankings are published each November, a number of things invariably follow. Universities on the lower end of the scale will criticize the process. Most of those coming out on top will be heralding the quality of education at their institutions. Meanwhile, prospective students are left scratching their heads, not sure what… Continue reading Ratings? We don’t need no stinking ratings!