By Jon Gregg
Month: March 2007
Photo to the Editor: Laser Gopher!!!
Anyone can submit an original photo to the editor. Drop off your high resolution photo along with your name, contact information and a brief description including type of camera (not exceeding 30 words) to room 319 MacEwan Student Centre or email photo@gauntlet.ucalgary.ca.
This Week On The Internet: So underground, it’s not mainstream!
Anyone who hasn’t been living under a rock for the last couple of years has probably realized the Internet is probably the most significant step in the last two decades with regards to how we perceive news and the world we live in. However, instantaneous coverage leads to information overload-especially if one takes into account… Continue reading This Week On The Internet: So underground, it’s not mainstream!
The ’70s
By Amanda Hu
In conjunction with the Dinos’ 40th anniversary season, the Gauntlet is profiling athletes from five decades of Dinos history. The University of Calgary Dinos men’s basketball team has flourished with numerous star players through the years. Few, though, are remembered like ’70s standout Tom Bishop. Bishop’s basketball reign at the U of C lasted from… Continue reading The ’70s
Women’s Hockey: Lumbering toward the CIS
Sometimes it’s necessary to take one step backward before you can take two steps forward. While finishing fifth out of six teams in the Alberta College Athletic Conference and being exiled in the opening round of the playoffs may not seem to most like a successful year, the University of Calgary Dinos women’s hockey team… Continue reading Women’s Hockey: Lumbering toward the CIS
Sharks won’t eat you: Sharkwater
By Kenzie Love
There’s no denying the importance of Sharkwater’s message: the world’s sharks are being fished to the point of extinction, a development which could seriously upset marine ecosystems and have severe consequences for humanity. But there’s no escaping its flaws as a film. The clumsy pacing, sometimes laughable narration and overall lack of cohesion detract from… Continue reading Sharks won’t eat you: Sharkwater
Taking flight takes off
Spurned moralists preaching against the dangers of incurable venereal diseases, trolls and the personification of the American dream all come to the Reeve Theatre in the drama department’s one-act festival, Taking Flight. Taking Flight is a celebration of student creativity and talent in a two-week showcase of the drama department’s most talented directors, designers and… Continue reading Taking flight takes off
Ambient’s advocate: DJ Champion
By Darren Young
It isn’t uncommon for a musician to claim to be a “man of the people,” but no one means it quite like Montreal-native Maxime Morin–better known as DJ Champion. Though his cool, ambient electronica might be so precise and careful that it sounds like it came from a machine, Morin is no robot. “When you… Continue reading Ambient’s advocate: DJ Champion
Music as strength: Soweto Gospel Choir
In the days of apartheid South Africa, music and dances like the toyi toyi were used by indigenous Africans to communicate resistance without fear of punishment from the institutionally racist white minority government. In today’s South Africa, Soweto Gospel Choir’s voices exude hope in a country that has the sixth highest prevalence of HIV in… Continue reading Music as strength: Soweto Gospel Choir
Mutation is a good thing: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the Playstation 2
By Kyle Francis
If the ’90s taught us anything, it’s that dangerous, carcinogenic material will give you super powers. Though the woe-begotten citizens of Chernobyl would fervently disagree, the pop culture phenomenon this notion spurred on engulfed everything from comic books to television. Not the least of the spin-offs were Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird’s Teenage Mutant Ninja… Continue reading Mutation is a good thing: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the Playstation 2