Tag: Voice

By Lawrence Bailey

Whether you’re a rapist, a junkie or a murderer, it doesn’t seem to matter as long as you’ve got skills. As a society, we are incredibly forgiving of our sports heroes and their shortcomings. Quite often, vices like substance or alcohol abuse will leave us even more amazed. "If he can do that when he’s… Continue reading Theo back on the straight and narrow

By Еvan Osentоn

A little-known but extremely exciting fact: The Gauntlet used to house the last working RC Cola vending machine in all of Christendom. One dark day back in 1997, jack-booted "repair-men" from the Pepsi corporation arrived to take the antique machine in for "servicing." It has never been seen since.1997 was–by no coincidence–the year the University… Continue reading The perils of exclusivity in academia

By Ruth Davenport

There are weeks when the idiocy of the world that surrounds me is such that I can only shake my head and say "Argh!"Last week, I received literature from no less than four hate groups seeking publicity, sympathy or support. The first was a white supremacist group, followed by an anti-Semitic council. Next up was… Continue reading Our very own House of Lords

By Scott Lepp

I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again, democracy just doesn’t work. In its purest form, the will of the people can, and quite often will, lead us astray. That is why we have political parties and why those parties, in turn, have leaders.The idea of a grassroots party, a party truly of the people,… Continue reading For whom the bell tolls

By Kris Kotarski

Sometimes, when I forget just how messed up people are, I hop on the Internet to look at the news. This is both an enlightening and incredibly depressing endeavour as I gaze in amazement at headline after headline and slouch in my chair feeling a mixture of shame and guilty curiosity. It is strange to… Continue reading Russian roulette and genocidal clergy?

By Lawrence Bailey

Recently we’ve all been forced to contemplate more than just our navels. We’ve been forced to evaluate mass transit as a service, as a system and as an ideology.Calgary Tran-sit’s newly implemented "Weekday Rider, Weekend Driver" program assumes that the vast majority of C-Train riders are rich folk and everyone taking the bus day in… Continue reading Calgary Transit misses the boat

By Andrea Bundon

Not many campus events attract the attention of over 1,000 normally apathetic University of Calgary students, but the race to get into Residence next year has done just that. Students currently living on campus received their room assignments for the Fall/Winter semesters on March 31, just as Residence Services was closing.There is a lot of… Continue reading Dude, where’s my room?

By Еvan Osentоn

I don’t wish to be alarmist, but the recent spread of horrific cattle diseases from England to mainland Europe to the United States raises a whole barn-load of disturbing questions.Will hoof-and-mouth spread to Canada next? Will it come to Alberta? Will we have to cull the massive herds that dot our foothills? Do burning cows… Continue reading Danger! Danger! Hoof-and-mouth coming

By Neal Ozano

There are a lot of people on campus who don’t seem to understand the rights and responsibilities of media.In recent letters, readers accused the Gauntlet of being untrue to journalistic integrity by giving students information on which to base their votes. One letter accused the paper of being similar to an "Internet billboard" because we… Continue reading How to influence, inform and interpret

Wolf! Wolf! Wolf! Hey, do you hear that? Is someone crying wolf? Help! Help! Help! Nah, I don’t hear anything.And so Calgary continually ignores a reality many people face in their daily lives. Life is not so rosy for single-income families, senior citizens and students these days. Why? Is something going on? Yeah, it’s called… Continue reading Who are the "losers" who take the bus?