Online Only – Letter: Clockwork-Orangin’ kids

By Warren Wilkinson

Editor, the Gauntlet,Pro-life pridefully takes her place behind the podium for her opening remarks: She points her fingers at judges, her esteemed opponent, administrators and the audience. In her hysterical screams she labels us child killers, complacent with genocide in our midst. She runs and then, from within the shadow of campus security, produces a… Continue reading Online Only – Letter: Clockwork-Orangin’ kids

Letter: The trouble with rape jokes

By That 1 in 4 North American Woman

Editor, the Gauntlet, “Wow, that midterm test raped me.” Walking down the halls of the university, how many times do you hear this comment tossed around so frivolously? How many times have you yourself uttered this phrase? Have you ever stopped and thought about the implications behind your words? Sexual assault statistics show that one… Continue reading Letter: The trouble with rape jokes

Letter: On drinking and driving

By Andrew B. Rodych

Editor, the Gauntlet, Another car “accident” linked to teenage drunk driving has stolen lives from this city and this young generation. One more life lost, but many more affected by this traumatic and most impossible to understand of events. In this lack of understanding, the question raised is but one word. Why? Why did someone… Continue reading Letter: On drinking and driving

Gingers getting kicked – why do people take jokes so seriously?

By Laura Bardsley

Our generation is slowly becoming more and more sensitive about each other’s feelings. In our day and age, political correctness is a must to avoid offending anyone. We have established laws to protect each other from the lethal smoke of cigarettes, enforced helmets and vast arrays of safety gear on most vehicles and have laws… Continue reading Gingers getting kicked – why do people take jokes so seriously?

Online doctor visits: what webcams should not do

By Meagan Meiklejohn

Remember the last time you went to the doctor’s office? Perhaps for another one of those routinely intrusive check-ups or for a diagnosis of some curious illness that had set up camp in your immune system? As you sat in the waiting room, you may have thought to yourself, with society’s growing need for speed… Continue reading Online doctor visits: what webcams should not do

The new Canadian theocracy

By Cam Cotton-O’Brien

Given all the attention directed towards the Conservatives’ governing crisis in the last few days, it’s hard to fathom how no commentator has yet grasped the True meaning of the issue. Slightly below 60 per cent of eligible voters cast their ballots in the most recent Canadian election. Given that these were then divided amongst… Continue reading The new Canadian theocracy