Every month the Gauntlet hosts a photo contest. September’s winner was Ryan Derish with his photograph entitled “Dragonfly.”

“I took this picture at Elkwater Lake in Cypress Hills. My main focus was to photograph birds and insects that day, and this was one of my best shots.”
— Ryan Derish

Submit up to three of your own photos to photo@thegauntlet.ca each month for a chance to have your art featured in the Gauntlet.

A shocking announcement was made this weekend concerning the entire scientific field: science isn’t real. Apparently everything from
Galileo to Hawking is one big lie. The ancient Greeks started making up conjectures, but scientists have simply become better at making these conjectures sound legitimate. Copernicus thought he was pushing it with the whole ‘earth revolves around the sun’ thing, but that went over pretty well. Einstein knew science was a farce, so he just made up the most mind-blowing and unbelievable theories. 


Mothers, hide your daughters. For the next month, there will be an abundance of moustaches — some distinguished and some absolutely grotesque — emerging from the upper lips of many ordinarily clean-shaven men all over the country and the world. Pretty soon, many men will start to look like extras from a ’70s cop drama and some more unfortunate men will look like Sidney Crosby in a long playoff run. Before things get too crazy, let’s just be sure everyone is doing this for the right reason.


The art of music has evolved from having an emphasis on performance into more of a marketing rat-race. Artists are hyping music by trying to get views on YouTube, downloads on iTunes, shares on Facebook and hits on Bandcamp. In a music industry where the charts are dominated by “Call Me Maybe” and Justin Bieber lookalikes, social media gives opportunities for aspiring musicians to showcase their music. However, our savvy social networking generation is losing the essence of raw, honest, in-the-moment live music. 


When the Dinos take to the court, ice, pitch, pool or field next season, they are going to look a lot different. The University of Calgary has finished the initial stages of focus-group planning for changes to the brand of the U of C athletics department, with specific attention to updating the logo. The changes will occur over the summer, coinciding with the replacement of the floor of the Jack Simpson Gymnasium.

The planning stages to develop the west campus, the land west of the University of Calgary’s main campus, are underway. The development is expected to make the university more inclusive and create a vibrant community for students, faculty and staff.