By Scott Lepp
As we enter another exciting regular season of NBA basketball we can finally feel proud to cheer for our Canadian teams. The Toronto Raptors finished in third place in the Central division last season with a solid 45-37 record. Last year wasn’t nearly as successful for the Vancouver Grizzlies, who finished 22-60 which earned them… Continue reading Magic 8-ball predicts basketball future
It must have felt awful. The worst possible nightmare became reality and, in the blink of an eye, all was lost. The Dinos squad saw their first defeat of the season, saw their hated rivals from Alberta triumph, and when it mattered most, suffered every soccer player’s greatest fear, a loss on penalty shots. The… Continue reading Women soccersaurs upset by evil Pandas
For a bunch of likeable, fun-loving guys it was unusual to see them shutout for a whole weekend. For the boys it all started with a Thunderbird defence that was more determined than a Catholic school girl who had just gotten a sermon from the pope. Calgary went into last weekend’s Canada West championships at… Continue reading Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, Dinos go down to UBC
By Natalie Sit
Stockwell’s signed suit supplies sustenance Last Friday’s Winnipeg Blue Bombers football game drew record food bank donations from fans who wanted a chance to win Stockwell Day’s famous wetsuit. The contest, conducted by Manitoba produce supplier Peak of the Market, resulted in food donations totalling 86,650 lbs, up from 56,980 lbs last year. Half the… Continue reading News Briefs
By Mary Chan
University of Calgary students picking up the Gauntlet this weekend got more than they expected. Some copies of the newspaper on the stands in MacEwan Student Centre contained white supremacist propaganda. The Gauntlet learned of the inserts from an e-mail and phone call on Mon., Nov. 6, and believe someone put them in the papers… Continue reading Propaganda in Gauntlet
Imagine you’re lying on a white sandy beach underneath a hot island sun when you suddenly realize you’re just lying on fish poop. This offhand comment by Calgary Zoo Conservation Outreach Department head Brian Keating set the tone for his lecture, "Aquatic Serengeti" on Thurs., Nov. 2. Keating, an adjunct anthropology professor at the University… Continue reading "A paradise war never touched"
By Natalie Sit
It’s a common notion that university is devoted to sex, drugs, alcohol and the occasional lecture. And organizers of Nasty Things Week thought what better way to involve students than an awareness week full of their favourite things? The University of Calgary Students’ Union is sponsoring Nasty Things Week from Nov. 8-10, a "catch-all" awareness… Continue reading Sex, drugs and booze, oh my
When someone asks what they should do for the rest of their life, often they receive "do what you love" as an answer. Fourth-year student of International Business, Wing S. Lau just received a $3,000 scholarship for doing exactly that. Leaving behind her parents and younger sister, Lau immigrated to Canada from Hong Kong in… Continue reading Wing and a prayer
By Jon Dunbar
Just four and a half months after University of Alberta researchers made headlines in international medical news, they’ve done it again. U of A professors recently announced a breakthrough discovery in the workings of the body’s immune system, which has applications in treatment of cancer, organ transplants and auto-immune diseases like diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis.… Continue reading U of A researchers and killer T-cells
By Вen Li
It’s election time again. Are you among the 20 million registered voters? According to Elections Canada media contact Andrea Marantz, those registered will receive a personalized Voter Information Card in the mail. "By the end of [the] week, you should have received your VIC," said Marantz. "It will have the address and hours of the… Continue reading How to vote 101