By Justin Lee
Do someone a favour. Keep in mind that it has to be something that would really help the person and that they normally could not do it on their own. In return, that person must "pay it forward" and do the same for three other people. This is the premise of Pay It Forward, a… Continue reading Acting worth paying for
By Alex Brown
The problem one would imagine would be to find boys whose voices had not yet changed. Who else could properly imitate an appropriately feminine voice? Someone had to act the roles women were not permitted to take. So it was during the time of William Shakespeare, when plays were acted entirely by men. This is… Continue reading Shakespeare a labour in love on stage
By Andrew Ross
"You have to inhale if you want to exhale," says University of Calgary music professor Victor Coelho. It should come as no surprise that Coelho sounds a little cocky; after all, he is the man behind the Rooster Blues Band, the newest blues band on campus. The band’s first performance is on Oct. 20 at… Continue reading Rooster Band crows the blues at the U of C
By Dave Granger
All right, budding alcoholics. It’s time for another interactive test, courtesy of Academic Probation. Simply track your answers to the following questions, tally ’em up and our standardized chart will determine your predisposition to hitting the bottle over and over again. So take those pens outta yer ears, dust ’em off and get circling! 1.… Continue reading Are you a boozehag?
Being a music video star is not easy. Endless hours of thankless work, low paycheques and Carson Daly make appearing in a music video much less glamorous than it should be. However, meeting a video star, especially interviewing one, is every reporter’s dream. Last week the Gauntlet’s very own Kristian Leach realized that dream when… Continue reading Confessions of a fake Slim Shady
By Corina Solda
With another Thanksgiving come and gone, we are once again reminded of all the things in life for which we have to be thankful. We often give thanks for our families, friends, freedom, homes and possessions. Yet how can we be truly thankful for these things when we seem to take them for granted every… Continue reading The reality of giving thanks
Smoking is nothing if not an act of generosity. Non-smokers get to share tobacco with their smoking friends at bus stops, in doorways, in restaurants and at bars without ever paying for cigarettes or craving nicotine. The stuff is just given away, free of charge, to all of us and it’s time to stop the… Continue reading Revoking the licence to ill
Have you ever been afraid to walk alone at night? Sometimes on my way home from late-night labs I’ve found myself imagining rustlings in the bushes and been afraid, but I have a feeling that my days of being intimidated by noises in the brush are gone. This past Thanksgiving weekend, I attended Safe and… Continue reading Finding confidence in defending oneself
By Rhia Perkins
In a recent geography lab, my classmates and I did an exercise to determine our geographical awareness of countries in Africa and Europe. To my amazement and dismay, the majority of us, myself included, demonstrated ignorance of the locations of many countries–including and especially those featured prominently in the news in recent months.The same feeling… Continue reading Take action, shape the world
By Todd Jackson
Unlike many written works, a newspaper aspires to be an active component in the infrastructure of the community. Rather than generating paragraphs to be privately considered, a newspaper should be a public work that serves as a conduit for thoughts.Often it’s as simple as a basis for discussion. The paper supplies a thought that can… Continue reading Ranting letters reveal emotion not argument