By Amanda Hu
The men soccersaurs at the University of Calgary had a hope-instilling weekend with one strong win and an understandable loss, peppered with some questionable calls on the West Varsity Soccer Pitch Sep. 22 and 23. Going into the games, the team faced a must-win situation. They only had one point from a tie thus far… Continue reading Men’s soccer team splits the weekend
If you’re going to be insane enough to invite the President of Iran to make a speech at an eminent university in New York City, you might as well let the man talk without slandering him beforehand. On Mon., Sep. 24, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waded through a throng of protestors to speak at Columbia… Continue reading And Iran, Iran so far away…
By Ryan Pike
The world was a strange place back in the fall of 1976. Calgary had no C-Train line, no NHL team–the city was represented by the WHA’s Calgary Cowboys–and had a population of 500,000 and growing, thanks to a strong oil and gas industry bolstered by high prices due to lingering trouble in the Middle East.… Continue reading We’re going to Montana!
The leaves changing from a fresh, bright green to a crunchier yellow represents different things to different people. As the Students’ Union’s Chief Retuning Officer, the change of seasons serves as a reminder of the upcoming by-election to fill vacant student government position throughout the Students’ Union. This year’s by-election promises to be exciting as… Continue reading SU View: Upcoming SU By-Elections
By Robb Myroon
Politicians are becoming more and more radical these days, proposing ideas that barely fall under the category of acceptable. More often than not, they spend millions on questionable projects, but sometimes it’s an idea for a bizarre new law. Bavarian Gabriele Pauli’s proposal is the latter. Commonly known as the “seven-year itch,” the thought is… Continue reading Marriage: The Final Frontier
It may seem creepy at first to lean over and take a whiff of the hottie sitting next to you, but just think of the possibilities! The smell of another can evoke strong feelings of attraction and desire. There is a signature scent we all carry, enticing some and not others, all because of pheromones.… Continue reading The scent of seduction
Editor, the Gauntlet, In light of the scandal besieging our province’s energy regulator, the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board, one would think the provincial government would feel duty-bound to eliminate such antidemocratic practices. However, this doesn’t seem to be the case. Even in the face of scathing reports from the Privacy Commissioner and Justice Del… Continue reading Letter: Letter to the Editor
By Chris Tait
There is a longstanding tradition of Gauntlet editors being critical of the Students’ Union and dissatisfied with their policies. It isn’t that our paper aims to be antagonistic towards the Students’ Legislative Council, or that we bear personal grudges against its members. Nor is it our goal to focus more on the negative than the… Continue reading SU rocks awesomely!
By Chris Tait
Where mellowing out is totally in.” This Travel Alberta tagline, under the header “peace and tranquility,” neglects to account for recent developments. What they didn’t mention was to look for peace and quiet elsewhere Sep. 22, after Alberta cabinet minister Ted Morton officially dubbed it the first Provincial Hunting Day. The goals of the announcement… Continue reading Editorial: A hard sell made harder
Someone needs to tell Toronto four-piece Slave to the Squarewave that Ronald Reagan is dead, today’s Ninja Turtles are a CGI cartoon and the 1980s have been gone for 20 years now. At times, Big Change is an album that sounds one keytar away from being a Duran Duran reunion. At others, the album seems… Continue reading Spun: Slave to the Squarewave