By Jeff Kubik
On Monday, February 10, 2003, government unveiled a new addition to its adoption services: an on-line catalogue of available, adoptable children (www.child.gov.ab.ca). In response, many have challenged the initiative, asserting that it ultimately amounts to the treatment of children as commodities.Well I say, more power to the government! It’s high time that we all appreciated… Continue reading E-Baby! The World’s Online Adoption Agency
Re: “Our Picks: Referenda/Plebiscites,” Feb. 6, 2003.We were deeply disappointed to find nearly unanimous rejection of the proposed Refugee Student levy increase among the Gauntlet editors. A $0.50 increase would raise the levy for full-time students to $1.00 per session, making it possible for the Student Refugee Program to continue operating. This levy allows students… Continue reading WUSC responds to election supplement
Regarding the “chastising” of the VP external candidates and other persons: I would like to apologize for my use of degrading and insulting language toward the candidates and others that I had mentioned. I do not adv ocate the use of such language and it was a mistake.I still stand behind the principle and idea… Continue reading A student apology
By Kyle Young
As much as I would rather not editorialize the same subject as every other paper across the globe this week–that is, America’s foreign policy–the temptation is too great and the lapses of intelligence too significant to ignore. However, it’s not the United States that deserves our attention this time, it’s their detractors, specifically France, and… Continue reading France pointing fingers in wrong direction
By Mary Chan
Does poetry have any place in the political arena? Late last month, First Lady Laura Bush cancelled a Feb. 12 poetry symposium at the White House when some poets planned to turn it into an anti-war protest. Among the protesters are Washington-based poet and publisher Sam Hamill, who declined his invitation and encouraged the poets… Continue reading Censoring poetic dissent in the US
By Eric Fung
Smokers on campus were warned last year of a new university policy regarding their habit, but apparently it needs to be said again. A new initiative to make smokers aware of the current policy starts this week with organizers hoping for better compliance.“On campus, we’re trying to move the smoking populace away from entrances and… Continue reading No smoking
By Nicole Kobie
Like many departments of the University of Calgary, Campus Security likely faces cutbacks in the next budget, due out this spring. In order to keep the expanding campus space and increasing numbers of people on campus safe, Campus Security is looking for ways to be more efficient.“There’s no decisions that have been made as of… Continue reading Cuts to Campus Security
After years of being charged a discounted rate for Students’ Union facilities, the University of Calgary Chaplains now have to pay more to a cash-strapped SU.Since the beginning of the Winter semester, the rates charged to the Chaplains for use of rooms in MacEwan Hall and MacEwan Students Centre have increased by as much as… Continue reading Chaplains charged
What do you say to somebody who has devoted 30 years to the U of C? How about “good-bye”?Dr. James S. Frideres came to the University of Calgary in 1973 as a Sociology professor, teaching in the first interdisciplinary course on campus focusing on the development of the Canadian North. After a joint appointment between… Continue reading Departing experience
By Jeff Kubik
Feb. 11, 2003 marked a dark day for one University of Calgary student whose snow sculpture masterpiece received some forcible criticism from Calgary Police.The previous night had seen a perfect snowfall, ideal for crafting snowmen and the stage seemed set a for whimsical winter fun. By the end of the night, snow had taken human… Continue reading Spunky the snowman