Month: March 2008

By Sarelle Azuelos

While research plays an important role in adding prestige and status to a university, a professor’s responsibilities are divided among the demands of their field­–and of their students. A delicate balance is necessary when students’ academia is in question. Instructors and universities alike benefit from research, but institutions like the University of Calgary have an… Continue reading Shifting focus: downplaying instruction

By Chris Tait

The dust has settled, the plants can see the light again, though they’re scarcely better off for it. Certainty has died, leaving only the disquiet of the future. Despite the constant criticism of being a damn dirty economist, current features editor Jon Roe Sports Editor has pulled himself up by his bootstraps to overthrow the… Continue reading The future looks grim

By Todd Andre

In a social world submerged in wireless techno-gadgets and digitally distanced Facebook friends, it takes someone on the edge of cyberculture to help us understand modern life. That person is the University of Calgary’s Dr. Maria Bakardjieva. “I was an outsider,” said Bakardjieva. “It wasn’t part of the culture that I came from. I was… Continue reading How Facebook is changing the day-to-day

By Sara Hanson

Students who enjoy the convenience of paying their tuition fees with Visa or MasterCard will be forced to find an alternative method of payment this summer. Earlier this week, a notice was posted on the University of Calgary’s enrollment services webpage notifying students of the change; however, the university has yet to publicly announce the… Continue reading U of C to disallow payments via credit

By Ændrew Rininsland

It’s a generally-accepted view that university professors are paid more than burger-flippers. However, many students would be shocked and appalled to learn the wages at McDonalds are significantly higher than those received by a full quarter of the university’s teaching staff. Sessional instructors at the university comprise 25.7 per cent of the overall academic staff.… Continue reading Struggling sessionals

By Cam Cotton-O’Brien

Despite requiring me to wear an infuriatingly bright-pink and scratchy wristband that has kept me up all week, the prospect of joining the engineering pie-squad was too delicious an opportunity to pass up.Every year around Mar. 14-or for geeks, 3.14-the engineers run their annual pieing fund-raiser. Through the last three days of the week, students… Continue reading Cream Pies for everyone!

By Jordyn Marcellus

On Sat., Mar. 15th, all over the world people will sit down and watch Zeitgeist: the Movie as part of a worldwide day of activism called Z-Day. The free online film has taken the Internet by storm with it’s compellingly edited footage and seemingly obvious message about religion, the 9/11 attacks and the perils and… Continue reading Zeitgeist ist “time ghost” auf Deutsch, ja!

By Dr. Yousef I. Y. Daradkeh

Editor, the Gauntlet, I would like to thank the University of Calgary’s department of electrical and computer engineering, particularly department head Dr. Abu Sesay, for the amazing opportunity of researching at your institution.

By Katy Anderson

When a university’s athletic programs do well, it not only reflects well on the student athletes, but on the campus community as a whole. Calgary is the fifth-largest city in Canada and there’s no reason why its university–and their sports teams–shouldn’t also be in the top five. There are a number of ways athletic teams… Continue reading Editorial: University athletics should be funded by university