By Jeremy Zhao
What will Calgary look like in 60 years? That’s the question Calgary’s city council tried to answer last Monday when they unanimously voted in favour of Plan It, a combination of documents that will shape how Calgary will grow economically, socially and environmentally. All stakeholders were generally happy to see Plan It passed, but for… Continue reading Plan It finally set to hit the streets
Perhaps money talks after all. After a weekend of closed-door meetings with land developers, city council has removed an important density guideline from Plan It Calgary, the city’s 60-year plan for urban development. The CBC quoted alderman Druh Farrell expressing her sadness that citizens were not brought into the discussion between the city and the… Continue reading Editorial: Money talks, transparency walks
Concordia bans Facebook Concordia University recently restricted Facebook access on its campus computers, claiming the networking site is a potential threat to its overall systems performance. According to the school’s information technology department, hackers can use Facebook to access e-mail addresses and personal information. Students and professors may be able to view Facebook over a… Continue reading News for the unnewsed
By Ryan Pike
The beginning of fall means a lot of things: school is starting, snow will soon fall and new episodes of your favourite TV shows will soon begin again. For those requiring something to distract them from studying, here are the Gauntlet‘s picks for the new fall television season.BIG BANG THEORY [CTV/CBS; Mondays at 9:30 p.m.]A… Continue reading Making the most of the idiot box
What do you get when you cross the uninterrupted violence of The Departed with the witty, Vegas-centric dialogue of Ocean’s 11? You would probably get a much better version of Joe Carnahan’s new film, Smokin’ Aces. Despite the film’s unending list of characters and disjointed style, the plot is relatively straightforward. Buddy “Aces” Israel (Jeremy… Continue reading Smokin’ Aces snuffs out
In an attempt to raise its profile and become a world-class university, the University of Calgary has begun in recent years to focus on new areas of development. The academic plan pioneered by administration places a heavy emphasis on research and the recruitment of academic staff in areas where research is expanding. In such an… Continue reading So, you wanna get on steady?
By Emily Senger
Thanks to new security measures students don’t have to wait until the end of the night to get felt up at the Den. The Students’ Union has upped security at the campus watering-hole since September, and pat downs, bag checks along with ID scans are mandatory during busy periods and after concerts in MacEwan Hall.“I… Continue reading A pat down with your pint
6 bloody 0? 6 #$%@ 0? I don’t even know where to begin. The Dinos men’s soccer team got taken to the woodshed twice this weekend, first by the Saskatchewan Huskies (who suck) and then by the University of Alberta Golden Bears who murdered them 6-0.The Dinos began their weekend with a 1-0 loss to… Continue reading Soccersaurs shamed by Golden Bears
By Nicole Kobie
Can you imagine audiences watching Dude, Where’s my Car or American Pie a century from now? Somehow, such comedies lack the timelessness of a classic–that, and they’re funny to select audiences. Those stories just don’t have the shelf-life of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest. Funny a hundred years ago, it’s still making people… Continue reading Classic Wilde in modern times
It’s really easy to compare the University of Calgary Dinos Wrestling team to the Cleveland Indians from the 1989 classic movie Major League. Much like the tribe in this masterpiece of modern cinema, your 2001/02 Dinos are full of crazy characters and equally crazy story lines. For those (un)fortunate enough to have seen Major League,… Continue reading Wrestling