By Emily Senger
Keeping everyone happy may look easy but it most certainly is not. Wagner must use all of his wit and resources to cater to diverse groups who all want to be entertained, or in his case, they just want money.The SU vice-president operations and finance holds the purse strings of the SU, though giant sack… Continue reading SU Reviews: SU VP operations and finance Cody Wagner, a.k.a the clown
By Mary Clough
Editor, the Gauntlet, [Re: “U of C student contracts meningitis,” Emily Senger, Oct., 26, 2006] Bacterial meningitis is not as rare as you are led to believe! Our very precious daughter MacKenzie died of meningococcal septicaemia on Feb. 26, 2005 while she was attending Fleming College in Peterborough, Ontario. MacKenzie was 19! We didn’t know… Continue reading Letter: Get thee to a clinic!
By Jim Costich
Editor, the Gauntlet, [Re: “Not every cookie fits the mold,” Emily Senger, Nov. 23, 2006] Emily Senger’s editorial was shared on an intersex group website and as an intersexed person I thought I’d add a comment. I live in Rochester, NY where there are very few handicapped/gender-neutral public bathrooms. When they are available I don’t… Continue reading Letter: Potties pointless
Editor, the Gauntlet, [Re: “Not every cookie fits the mold,” Emily Senger, Nov. 23, 2006] After having read your article and similar ones from other concerned universities in Canada and as a former homosexual, I can honestly say that the washroom is not the problem or what needs to be changed to accommodate people who… Continue reading Letter: Check your gear
By Emily Senger
The images of Afghan women presented in western media paint a picture of silent, ghostly beings, floating in shrouds of blue burqas, eyes hidden and faces closed to the world. But one brave woman’s documentary is challenging these Western misconceptions to provide a face and a voice for the silent struggles of millions of Afghan… Continue reading A voice for Afghanistan
By Emily Senger
Perogies, pornography, sex toys and an old lady talking about orgasms slid into MacEwan Student Centre during the Students’ Union’s third annual Sexual Awareness Week. The week ran Nov. 27-29 and featured “Perogies and Porn,” a free food and documentary screening Monday, speaker Sue Johanson Tuesday and a sexual education trade show Wednesday. While the… Continue reading Sexual Awareness Week educates students
By Interviews by Sara Hanson, Andrew Kuzma and Emily Senger.
The next leader of the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party–and the premier of Alberta– will be decided upon at the Tory party convention Sat., Nov. 25. With much of the last few months’ debate focusing on healthcare and the environment, post-secondary education got lost along the way. To give students an idea of their new premier’s… Continue reading And, the next Alberta premier is…
By Emily Senger
Students had the opportunity to learn everything they ever needed to know and more about anal beads and dildos in MacEwan Student Centre this week during Sexual Awareness Week. The week was brought to students by the Students’ Union and included screenings of two documentaries about pornography, Inside Deep Throat and Not a Love Story,… Continue reading Editorial: Not every cookie fits the mold
By Emily Senger
Nothing ruins a dinner date downtown like stepping on a large, yellowish, bubbly glistening gob of slippery spit. If a new City of Calgary bylaw passes next week, spitting will not only be gross, but illegal within city limits. Citizens caught spitting or performing other socially inappropriate public acts like putting feet up on public… Continue reading Editorial: Bylaws to be spat at
By Emily Senger
Two University of Calgary buildings finally received millions of dollars in funding. Advanced Education minister Denis Herard announced the approval of $64 million for the U of C faculty of veterinary medicine and $35 million for the Child Development Centre at a press conference Wed., Nov. 15. “These are major components of the university’s long-term… Continue reading U of C capital projects get millions