By Evan Turner
The classical guitar duo, Kevin Marsh and Mike Lyngstad, started out as students at the University of Alberta. It was returning from their first concert when they wrote their first tune in the car. But if it were not for the unfortunate illness of Mike’s wife, Lyngstad says they would “probably still be playing standard… Continue reading Rossette Guitar Duo brings it raw
By Alan Cho
Everyone has fallen in love with Marta Jaciubek. With short coils curling off her head like the dark smoke from a lipstick-stained cigarette and eyes of caramel soaked bed sheets, the lead singer for Girl Nobody is an exotic vision of bedroom beauty with an angelic voice that drip off carmine lips. For most people… Continue reading MUSICINTERVIEW: FutureSomebody
By Jeff Kubik
Alright kids, here’s irony for you. Imagine a film exploring the concept of sexual role playing, characters struggling with roles imposed by society and the uneasy balance strike as they refuse and redefine them. Now imagine this same film is so deeply mired in cliche, its characters so one-dimensional, that it defies the most formulaic… Continue reading Mango could use more juice
By Jesse Keith
In my mind, one of the main functions of art is to open up other worlds for the beholder. Movies, music, literature and drama have always been my passport to other places, my peephole into hidden lives. Through these mediums I have experience and felt, however imperfectly, childhoods in Victorian England, the jungles of Africa… Continue reading Fairy Tales more than gay
By Вen Li
Dear Paul Martin, I attended your rally at the Calgary Chinese Cultural Centre last Friday. Though your 10 minute speech was late by an hour, and your security kept a few hundred supporters and myself locked up in the cramped Henry G. D. Chow Auditorium, tardiness due to more important priorities than your potential and… Continue reading An open letter to Paul Martin
Well, he’s done it. In an era of unprecedented voter apathy, and despite the ongoing Liberal scandals and their decline in the opinion polls, Prime Minister Paul Martin has called an election for Mon., June 28. While Martin is confident his party is ready for an election, the same cannot necessarily be said about voters,… Continue reading What!?! They have elections now?
Editor, the Gauntlet,I live on 5 street SW and have enjoyed the joy of winning in the playoff hockey games. I don’t mind the noise and the celebrations after a win. I did however mind when my husband’s vehicle was trashed in the early morning of Sunday, May 30 by a mindless individual who jumped… Continue reading The price of winning
By Chris Samuel
Editor, the Gauntlet,Re: “Not quite censorship,” May 27, 2004,During my tenure as a member of the executive at the University of Alberta Students’ Union, we had several discussions over whether or not to shut down our webboard (http://webboard.su.ualberta.ca). In my humble opinion, I think our webboard is slightly more vitriolic and antogonistic than yours (our… Continue reading The source of political strife
By Steve Smith
Editor, the Gauntlet,Re: “Not quite censorship,” May 27, 2004,At the University of Alberta at least, the webboard has done wonders by: 1. Getting new people involved in student politics; 2. Getting information about Students’ Union events out; 3. Making elected officials accountable for their opinions; 4. Facilitating interinstitutional opinion sharing without even spending thousands on… Continue reading Edmonton wins Calgary wins less