By Tendayi Moyo
Late Sunday evening, third-year political science student Desmond Fleece sent a mass email to his fellow students asking for last week’s notes. Fleece made no mention of feeling bad for bothering his peers. “I just didn’t feel all that bad about it,” Fleece said. “I had to get my wisdom teeth out that day. How… Continue reading Student not sorry for the mass email
Sick and tired of your friends beating your scores on 2048? One University of Calgary professor may have the solution. Cecil Quigley recently introduced a new class to teach students how to enrich their 2048 experience and feel superior to their friends. 2048 is the latest smartphone app tearing its way through the university campus.… Continue reading U of C offers new 2048 class
Early yesterday morning, as you boarded the train to campus, you sat beside a young man engrossed in a book. The man was relatively good looking by conventional standards, with the exception of his Adidas track pants. “Must be laundry day,” you thought to yourself hopefully. After several minutes of silence, the man closed his… Continue reading Guy on train good at picking up social cues
With Alison Redford’s resignation last week amidst numerous controversies and problems, the Alberta government is in a tumultuous position. While Dave Hancock has been sworn in as interim premier for the time being, an election for Progressive Conservative Party leadership will be held on Sept. 6. Until then, the Gauntlet has taken the time to… Continue reading Top-10 replacements for Alison Redford
By Tendayi Moyo
Amidst what some are calling Cold War level tensions, President of the United States Barack Obama is reported to have drunk dialed President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin. Following a state dinner and a few nightcaps with vice-president Joe Biden, Obama left Putin an emotional and profanity-laced voicemail at 3:30 a.m. Eastern time. In… Continue reading Obama drunk dials Putin
Are you searching for love? Are you sick and tired of traditional dating services? Look no further than your Facebook newsfeed. The popular Facebook page U of C Compliments has almost 8,000 likes and allows students to express their appreciation for friends and strangers. Students say that they love U of C Compliments for the… Continue reading Love at first Facebook post
Despite the poor reputation men known as pickup artists (PUAs) have acquired in recent years, it seems that all those hours of approaching and harassing unsuspecting women may finally be paying off. One PUA in particular, Vince DeSantis, is reaping the rewards of these practices. Third-year engineering major Claire Mitchell reports that she was attending… Continue reading Pickup artist successfully ensnares females
It is only natural that parents and children butt heads every once in a while. The teen years in particular can be tricky to navigate and may cause tension in families that are the focus of many self-help books. Fourth-year educational psychology student Emily Breyer has taken a different angle on the strain in parent-child… Continue reading Navigating the other side of the hill
This week, the University of Calgary commenced its annual funny poster contest. The posters, which are exhibited throughout campus, will be voted on by the student body based on wit, cleverness and quality of puns. Posters that include pop culture references and Internet memes are tipped by experts as most likely to do well. It… Continue reading Annual contest returns to U of C
Much to the surprise of moviegoers, Hollywood’s newest romantic film, The Secret Drawer, is receiving a less than enthusiastic response from viewers and critics. The movie, released just in time for Valentine’s Day, is an adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’s bestselling novel, The Secret Drawer of Beautiful and Melancholy Love Letters. Despite the dismal quality of… Continue reading Romantic movie surprisingly cliche