Sometimes you just have to feel sorry for George W. Bush. With just under a week left in his eight-year term as United States President, Bush already has political muckrakers shoveling dirt onto his grave and declaring him the worst leader in the history of the country. The only problem is they're conducting the autopsy while the body is still alive.

As the recent American election is finally set to conclude with Barack Obama's impending inauguration, it is worth reflecting on the wildly exciting electoral cycle down there to illuminate some concerns with the sometimes-proposed fixed election dates for Canada.

When I opened my 12-piece cookware set of pots and pans this Christmas and was filled with joy and excitement, I was forced to admit to myself that I was growing up. There was a time when anything short of getting video games or Lego for Christmas was a disappointment and I must admit I feel a little sour that I haven't had any new Lego to play with in years, but now my interests seem to be shifting.

We've all been there, some more than others. You wake up the next morning and fight through the haze to get across the bed, everything a blur because you slept with your contacts in-- again. Your bedroom (at least you're in your own bedroom) smells like your grandma's cellar closet after that time you puked in it when you were little and really sick. Reaching down off the bed you find the jeans you wore last night and let out a little groan as you see the mustard stain from the hot dog you bought after you left the bar.

Editor, the Gauntlet,

I am writing to extol the virtues of my profession, nursing. I came to nursing later in life, graduating in 1993 at the age of 32. Over the years, I have never regretted my decision to enter nursing. It is a portable career; I can literally go anywhere in the world to practise a myriad of nursing specialities.

Print technology has revolutionized the transmission of knowledge, transforming the once exclusive literary process into an open marketplace of ideas.

The Chinese published the earliest known printed book in 868 CE, The Diamond Sutra. Johannes Gutenberg produced his own printing press using metal movable print in 1440, catapulting the convention of printing into main stream Europe.

Telekinetic breakthrough

A new technology is said to give people the rare ability to move objects with their minds. Mind Flex is a game designed by Mattel to read electrical brain impulses while a person is thinking. Children use their thoughts to manoeuvre a small foam ball through a table-top obstacle course. The device, which looks like headphones, is expected to reach store shelves in North America later this year.

Calgarian deported for gang links

When one thinks of crowded work environments, space ships, submarines and the floor of the New York Stock Exchange come to mind. One space that people would not think of is the office of the University of Calgary Graduate Students' Association.

At the Board of Governor's meeting Dec. 5, the GSA requested additional office space. This came in light of the cramped quarters that currently comprise the GSA's offices.