We are all capable of having sexual fantasies and for those of you that act on them, this article is for you. At least once in your lives you have become aroused by the idea of having sex with someone else or in a place that may be socially unacceptable. The thrills we experience through… Continue reading Dress for sexxxess
Month: November 2008
SU View
From Van Gogh to Pachibel and Swan Lake to Cats, join the Students’ Union from Nov. 17-21 for Arts Fest ’08 where none of these famous artists and performances will be shown. The focus this year will be on demonstrating the work of students from the University of Calgary. Similar to last year’s success, a… Continue reading SU View
Digging up real medicine
As an archaeology student, I am rarely asked for professional advice. It seems the field lacks applicable information to provide the public with. Occasionally, though, my particular services are requested to verify the practices of culture X, one which practiced this or that remedy now being sold on the shelf of a local store. Such… Continue reading Digging up real medicine
Laptops in class: useful or irritating?
For every boring lecturer, there’s a bored student. And for every bored student, there are four options. Sleeping, doodling, chatting with your neighbour about just how bored you are or fooling around on your laptop. The first two are harmless and all parties remain happy. The third leaves the rest of the class scowling and… Continue reading Laptops in class: useful or irritating?
The numbers behind hunger
We’ve all heard the demands to end world hunger. But what about the price tag? Surprisingly, it would take $30 billion U.S. to put in place the agricultural programs needed to completely solve the global food crisis, according to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization. Although $30 billion dollars seems like quite a lot… Continue reading The numbers behind hunger
Carrots and sticks: considerations concerning class participation
When I first came to university I welcomed the freedom. No one was making me go to class, telling me to study or to do my homework. It was a lot of responsibility for a young student and I answered its call by promptly failing out of university after a single semester. Suggesting I participated… Continue reading Carrots and sticks: considerations concerning class participation
Losing track of love: problems with Cali’s Prop 8
By Tyler Wolfe
Last Tuesday voters in the United States showed the world that democracy can, in fact, work. The American dream– the ability to achieve greatness from meagre beginnings– was shown to be alive and well. In two short months a man, whose candidacy 10 years ago would have been inconceivable and 50 years ago would have… Continue reading Losing track of love: problems with Cali’s Prop 8
Letter: not a pastafarian
By John Verney
Editor, the Gauntlet, Hilarious, that half-page spread about the Flying Spaghetti Monster provided by your News Editor last week. But what a pity she couldn’t find equal space (any space) for the submission by Amnesty International (UC) that took place at the same SU meeting. Could it be that she thinks that the screaming of… Continue reading Letter: not a pastafarian
Letter: Incorrect about corrections
By Lyle Stewart
Editor, the Gauntlet, As the communications advisor for the Union of Canadian Correctional Officers, I read your opinion piece, [“Death in the penitentiary,” Kathryn Aedy, Nov.13, Gauntlet] with interest. Kathryn Aedy raised many issues that plague Canada’s correctional service and are a daily preoccupation for the men and women who work on the frontlines as… Continue reading Letter: Incorrect about corrections
Steady Eddie’s environmental excursion
By Jon Roe
Ed Stelmach embarked on a 10-day mission to the European Union this week, skipping a first ministers meeting in Ottawa in the process. Though the mission to the EU was dubbed an important trade mission, boosting Alberta’s environmental image across the Atlantic was also a goal of the trip. But after a provincial government poll… Continue reading Steady Eddie’s environmental excursion