By Ben Hoffman
A rare phenomenon is about to be studied: student drinking.A new study about students’ drinking habits is starting on Canadian campuses. Bacchus Canada, an organization devoted to studying drinking and sexual practices of college students, is conducting the study, funded by the Brewers of CanadaFran Wdowczyk, Executive Director of the Student Life Education Company, Bacchus’… Continue reading Study: Students drinking
We’ve all heard of women marrying for money. Platinum blonde golddiggers prancing around in faux Manolo Blahniks, doused in cheap perfume, pledging their love to an 89-year-old man with a bad cough. If you ask some sociologists though, they might tell you the very concepts of marriage and monogamy were originally motivated by economics. Before… Continue reading Marriage obsolete
The recent effort to unite Canada’s right-wing parties is a fruitless affair, even if they do unite. I do not subscribe to any political party, but I know this attempt will produce nothing good for either party, especially the Progressive Conservatives. The PCs are making a comeback, now at 19 per cent (seven per cent… Continue reading Doomed union
To 99 per cent of students out there, thank-you. To those of you who visit our establishments to have a good time and socialize, to watch a band play, to have a drink or two and cut it up on the dance floor, to hang out with friends and kick back after a long day… Continue reading A Thank-You From the Students’ Union
By Вen Li
A visit to SAIT this weekend reminded me that adequate student representation is both achievable and important. For its size and resources, the SAIT Students’ Association appears to do much more for students than their University of Calgary counterparts. Posters from SAITSA and provincial and federal student lobby groups cover the campus. Even random non-SAITSA… Continue reading Students’ Union failures
Editor, the Gauntlet,I’m a member of a visible minority and a lady. That makes me ripe for persecution, right? Well, that’s exactly what happened this week. As I walked through Mac Hall with my classmates, a supporter of the women’s centre asked me to sign a letter/petition to support a women’s centre. I declined because… Continue reading A different form of harassment
Editor, the Gauntlet,Re: "U-Pass up for debate," Oct. 9, 2003,Transit representative David MacDonald infuriates me with his comment implying rural students should drive into the city, park their car at a station and take the train to school. I live in the Bearspaw/Cochrane region: transit is not an option.Perhaps it is feasible for someone who… Continue reading Infuriating transit representative
I still don’t know how I let them talk me into reviewing this–I’m not typically a rap sort of guy. I like my Beastie Boys, appreciate Outkast and even own some Herbaliser, but on the whole I try to avoid the stuff. But this overproduced, uninteresting, “hey look how funny he’s talking” pap doesn’t belong… Continue reading Chingy
Having never listened to any Manic Street Preachers before, I’m not sure if this is their version of a “greatest hits” disc or not. I just popped it in my discman and this is what I think. The tracks on this disc fit into so many categories, but Manic Street Preachers seem to layer different… Continue reading Manic Street Preachers
By Rob Scherf
Bursting at the seams with 11 depressingly conventional emo anthems, The Milwaukees’ newest, This is a Stickup, is an all-out showcase of what not to do with a full-length record. Alternately mixing overworked production and thoughtless lyrics, This is a Stickup succeeds only in creating a portrait of what Texas Is The Reason would have… Continue reading The Milwaukees