Month: September 2000

By Bo Rhodes

By Boon Choon Tan

These photos were taken from a variety of locales in Eastern Canada. The colour and beauty of the Maritimes is astounding.

By Editorial

Last week, Alberta Premier Ralph Klein announced the province will give post-secondary institutions an infrastructure grant totaling $200 million. Many regarded the move as a positive step to improving the physical condition of campuses across Alberta. However, the distribution of the grant money perplexed many, particularly student leaders at the University of Calgary, which did… Continue reading Once upon a time, in Kleindom

By Jan Creaser

According to the Bible, never "was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon," and it appears that an international team of researchers excavating the Mahram Bilqis site in Yemen would consider any discovery linking the 3,000-year-old temple to the Queen of Sheba the spice of their work. Led by University… Continue reading History of biblical proportions

By Jamie Hellewell

Burmese university students have twice spear-headed movements to liberate their country from authoritarian rule in the past 70 years. A 1936 student strike at the Rangoon University Students’ Union Building sparked an independence movement that led to autonomy from British rule in 1948. However, freedom was short-lived. Since the 1962 military coup, Burmese students have… Continue reading Student-led struggle for democracy

By Anthony Grimes

In the virtual world of the Internet, there seems to be an endless amount of trash that you have to sift through to get to the good stuff. This site is an example of both. Mullets Galore is just what the name describes — a site dedicated to the hairstyle of the mullet. But, of… Continue reading Trailer Trash has never been so cool.

By Rhia Perkins

The Gauntlet recently spoke with Jim Infantino of Jim’s Big Ego, a folk-pop band based in Boston. The band has just released their fifth album, as well as recently releasing some animated Shockwave singles on Macromedia’s web site. electic Gauntlet: To start with the really obvious question, is your ego really that big? Jim Infantino:… Continue reading Big Ego? We think not.

By Mike Leung

Congratz, you’ve wandered into the twilight zone. This is this home for our little pet project, the kind where you set up something like an ant farm, but you’re not sure if you’ll bake the little guys because you’ve left your farm in the sun. This is the Web Section of the electric Gauntlet, the… Continue reading The World According to eG

By Kris Kotarski

Evading taxes, smoking crack, hitting women, threatening people with a semi-automatic and finally driving under the influence. Darryl, I like those things as much as the next guy, but this has to stop. I mean why? What for? Don’t you have enough talent, don’t you have enough happiness? You’re married, you have kids. You play… Continue reading Dear Darryl: What the hell have you done this time?

By Kris Kotarski

The University of Calgary men’s soccer team will kick off their regular season with two home games this weekend. Coach Andy Gibbs is looking to improve on their 2-8 record from last season and make the playoffs. The team is enthusiastic after a solid pre-season showing on their tour of British Columbia. A tie against… Continue reading Redemption time? Soccer men set to kick off season