By Вen Li
In science news this week, there is renewed interest in the Poincare Conjecture as news wires around the world picked up on a 16-month-old pre-print paper posted by a Russian scientist on-line. According to a MathWorld Headline News release from April 15, 2003, “Poincare conjectured that the three-sphere is the only possible type of bounded… Continue reading All your 3-space are belong to RUS
By Dale Miller
Dr. Rowland Smith brings experience, expertise and enthusiasm to the table as the University of Calgary Faculty of Humanities’ newest Dean. Formerly the Vice-President Academic at Wilfrid Laurier University, Dr. Smith also spent almost 30 years at Dalhousie University in a variety of roles, including English chair and dean of Arts and Social Sciences. Dr.… Continue reading New Humanities Dean
By Dale Miller
The Multi-faith Chaplain’s Centre has taken up a new residence at MSC 373- and everyone’s happy. “It’s kind of a promotion,” said Lutheran Chaplain Klaus Ohlhoff. “Being close to the Counselling Services and the Native Centre gives us more legitimacy. It’s also great for our visibility.”The Chaplain’s Centre was previously located at MSC 318, sharing… Continue reading New space for Multi-faith Chaplain’s Centre
By Ryan May
As the tuition deadline approaches, summer jobs end, back to school sales start, and the lines at the bookstore grow longer money is on the mind of most students both new and returning. With so much money coming in and going out bank balances will be rapidly changing; especially as service charges rapidly mount. For… Continue reading Student Banking Round-up
By Ryan May
I travelled around Canada during the summer, and had the opportunity to visit the campuses of two other universities: Memorial University in St. John’s, Newfoundland, and Nippissing University in Northbay, Ontario. Being new to both facilities I expected some difficulty finding my way around, but was astounded at how easy it was to navigate in… Continue reading Clear the halls, dammit!
By David Ng
Last week, if you looked past the spangled stars, Chanel suits, Orwellian backdrops, sheepish enthusiasm, and blind adulation, you would have found something unexpected at the Republican National Convention: Canadians. It was with noble enthusiasm that a group of Conservative MPs, including John Reynolds, Stockwell Day, Jason Kenney, and Peter Van Loan represented the Conservative… Continue reading The lessons we hope to learn
Editor, the Gauntlet, I’m writing to express my concern about the CustomEssay.com advertisement of the Gauntlet. As an instructor in the Effective Writing Centre, it has been my experience that this kind of service comes very close to plagiarism–that is, misrepresenting someone else’s work as one’s own. Even though the site claims to only provide… Continue reading Bad ads
By Les Hagen
Editor, the Gauntlet, At a recent meeting attended by two senior students union officials, it was revealed that the SU sells about $400,000 worth of cigarettes annually. Of this total, the SU was reported to make at least $130,000 in revenue from cigarette sales and product placement, representing about one-third of total sales. Two-thirds of… Continue reading SU Smoke
Editor, the Gauntlet, Re: “Memorial garden for late student,” Jul 27, 2004 Many thanks to the members of the Gauntlet newsweekly for the coverage on our daughter Joah and Brian’s memorial bench and garden. We hope you all take time out of your busy lives and stop to enjoy the beautiful spot the university has… Continue reading Memory garden
By Вen Li
“Ruthless rebels who dream of an Islamic empire” The Telegraph’s headline from September 5 tells it all, or something. We appear to have gone back in time three years, again using Islamic this, Islamic that, to refer to anyone blowing stuff up who happens to be associated with Islam. How quickly we have forgotten that… Continue reading Terror’s in the name