By Stephen Gray
Editor, the Gauntlet,[Re: “Campus Pro-Life pulls plug” November 24, 2005] Universities are supposed to be bastions of free speech and free expression. People see atrocities on TV everyday, yet the university ‘intellectuals’ are trying to suppress or limit people seeing the atrocity of abortion; where the baby is suctioned out, cut to pieces, poisoned by… Continue reading The abortion contortion
This letter originally ran on June 22, 1989. No one seems to be stirred up by any of our recent controversy, so we’ve decided to run this older letter to set an example of sorts for our valued readers. The Gauntlet is not responsible for irrelevance. Editor, The Gauntlet, In response to the June 1… Continue reading Putting things back into proportion
By Greg Ellis
“The stock market is Las Vegas without the hookers, blow and dependable odds.”– Dennis Miller As befuddling as the charts, graphs and ratios are, the one thing that seems to elude all stock market investors is that the system is a human one. Analysts apply various quasi scientific theories to stock performances; forward looking and… Continue reading Stalking the market
By Jon Roe
Recently there has been outrage over rap artist Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s upcoming performance in Toronto. One Member of Parliament, Dan McTeague, has gone as far as denying the rapper’s entry to the country. McTeague argues Jackson’s glorification of gun violence is not appropriate, considering the increase in gun-related deaths in the Toronto area. The… Continue reading Could 50 cent beat up Martha Stewart?
By Saidia Green
Imagine yourself thousands of kilometers from Calgary, in the northeastern part of China, looking over a petrochemical plant in Jilin. The plant has just experienced a catastrophic explosion and chemicals are beginning to spill into a neighbouring river, the Songhua. The spill contains the cancer-causing chemical benzene and it keeps flowing uncontrollably until there are… Continue reading Wake up and smell the carcinogens
A good political represen- tative adjusts their policies to suit their constituency. Where gay marriage worked as a campaign issue for the university community two years ago, education issues have taken its place. In spite of (or because of) Stephen Harper’s recent efforts to air out the definition of marriage at the beginning of his… Continue reading Tis’ the (election) season
The Dinos women’s volleyball team got back in stride Nov. 26-27 with wins over the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack. Saturday’s game was perhaps closer than the Dinos had hoped. While the Dinos did win in straight sets (25-22, 26-24, 25-21), errors on their side made it more difficult.“We made lots of unforced errors, but didn’t… Continue reading Back on track
By Carly McKay
When two teams are evenly matched, the result is nearly always a fiercely contested, edge-of-your-seat thriller. When these two teams happen to be occupying the bottom two spots in the conference standings, the games may not draw a spectacular number of fans, but the product is no less entertaining. The Dinos men’s volleyball team found… Continue reading New Uni capable of handing out losses as well as degrees
It has been a busy month for the wrestling team as they continued their quest to conquer the forbidding island that is Canada West. The women have been tearing up their competition while the men are staying competitive in a tough field. The women started with a devastating win at home at the Dino Invitational… Continue reading Dinos near top
The Dinos men’s basketball team came up just short of a weekend sweep once again in a face off with the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns Nov. 25-26. The U of L came back hard against the Dinos on Saturday after being mercilessly defeated on Friday night. In the end, home was where the win was… Continue reading Lethbridge match Dinos’ game in pair of umm…