There’s an old man standing at the corner of 17th Ave. and 8th St. yelling about religion–usually claiming we’re all going to Hell, though he doesn’t restrict himself to ranting about general damnation. Many times he’s heard calling young girls “dead whores” and referring to kids with piercings and visible tattoos as “devilish fiends.” Comparisons… Continue reading Music Interview: [Insert simile here for No Hands]
Month: March 2005
Top Calgary chefs face… off
By Paul Jarvey
It’s hard to find an excuse to turn down food. Particularly food prepared by a selection of Calgary’s best and most prominent chefs in an Iron Chef-style competition. Feast on the finest cuisine along with wine, spirit and beer tasting, a wearable art fashion show and a unique silent auction. Presented with unknown pre-selected ingredients,… Continue reading Top Calgary chefs face… off
Music Interview: Falconhawk
People can’t make up their mind about synthesizers. Once all the rage during the ’80s, the symbol of everything wrong with music throughout the ’90s and recently the very definition of hip. Despite the confusion swirling around these dastardly devices, some artists manage to overcome the controversy to make damn fine music with those unholy… Continue reading Music Interview: Falconhawk
Loosen up…
By Cory Gross
Editor, the Gauntlet, Unfortunately for Honey Houston, if people really were loosened up about sex, she would be out of a job. In a mature society that doesn’t have hang-ups about sex and the body, people parading sex around would have all the appeal of a National Geographic documentary. Both prudishness and licentiousness, whether expressed… Continue reading Loosen up…
A good laugh
By Peter Gillis
Editor, the Gauntlet, Having just read the account of “strippergate” in the Calgary Herald, I must write and offer kudos to your paper for standing your ground. As a former editor of a university paper, I appreciate not only the importance of free speech, but the role papers such as yours play in exposing the… Continue reading A good laugh
Gauntlet unaccountable
By Greg Clayton
The SU View and its corresponding headline are products of the Students’ Union. It is printed without editorial revision and does not reflect the views of the Gauntlet Publications Society. As the Vice-President Op-erations and Finance for the Students’ Union I feel the nude picture published in the Gauntlet two weeks ago was not in… Continue reading Gauntlet unaccountable
Pres’ advisor
Editor, the Gauntlet, In the past two years I have had several conversations with Editor-in-Chief Вen Li and other staff members about the obligation of the Gauntlet to serve all of their constituency, not just to the 46 per cent of undergraduate students who are male (and not even all of them, I imagine). For… Continue reading Pres’ advisor
Unassociated
Editor, the Gauntlet, As someone over 50 years of age and not connected at all to the university, I don’t understand why everyone is – once again – shooting the messenger. In the original Calgary Herald story, University of Calgary’s Rebecca Sullivan, in the Faculty of Communication and Culture, was quoted as saying the Gauntlet… Continue reading Unassociated
Time and again
By Chris Palmer
Editor, the Gauntlet, I must express my concerns over the offensive and degrading photograph published in the Mar. 3 issue of the Gauntlet on page five. It is incomprehensible that this sexually explicit photograph would be considered appropriate by the editorial staff of this university paper. It speaks to the morally corrupt character and mindset… Continue reading Time and again
Don’t apologize
Editor, the Gauntlet, Regarding this article, I hardly believe the Gauntlet is at fault. No apologies should be made. If the Women’s Studies majors and Rebecca Sullivan (whom interestingly enough stated in her COMS 201 class that the Janet Jackson nipple fiasco was fueled by conservatives afraid of their own sexuality) are upset, they are… Continue reading Don’t apologize