By Tyler Wolfe
It’s Saturday morning and you’re feeling great. Not much to do except relax with a good book, or perhaps meet some friends for coffee at your favourite local joint. A knock at the door, however, interrupts your daydream. It is the knock of someone with much experience knocking. You peer through the window and see… Continue reading The birth of the atheist evangelical
A common invocation on campus is a claim that something random has occurred. An example may be something like, “Jill, did you hear I got drunk last weekend? It was totally random.” Let me assuage your fears of sexism and assuming-there-is-a-problem-with-getting-drunk-ism with another, albeit less likely example: “Edward, old chap, I solved the problem of… Continue reading Reclaiming the random
If you ever go into downtown Calgary you’ve no doubt seen what is often summed up as the homeless problem. Now this problem, quite clearly, is that people, who are just like you and I, have no home, which is to say no toaster to heat their bagels, no place to fold up their pajamas… Continue reading Spreading out the core
By Dalmy Baez
Editor, the Gauntlet, I am writing in response to the piece in last week’s Gauntlet titled: “The SU’s woeful tales of tuition [Jon Roe, Jan. 15].” There were a few issues you raised that were valuable and which I take as constructive criticism with hope that our organization can learn from them. I do regret… Continue reading Letter: Response from the SU
Roughly a week before Barack Obama’s inauguration this week his pick for United States Attorney General, Eric Holder Jr., made headlines declaring unequivocally that water boarding, an anti-terror practice which has been used on a limited basis by the U.S., is torture. Water boarding is an interrogation technique that is meant to simulate drowning. It… Continue reading Taking a look at torture
By Daniel Pagan
Despite his modest appearance, Dr. Peter Kusalik has a dark secret: he desires to be a mad scientist from a horror movie. Instead, he’ll have to settle for being the new University of Calgary chemistry department head. Kusalik grew up on a farm near Taber and graduated from the University of Lethbridge with a bachelor… Continue reading Chemistry department under new lead
Study connects migranes and mental disorders A study at the University of Manitoba suggests that there may be a connection between migraines and mental disorders. The study found that 11 per cent of participants who suffered from migraines were also diagnosed with another disorder. The variety of disorders investigated in the study included major depression,… Continue reading Science for the unnewsed
As we age, our youthful appearances fade and our physical strength and memories weaken. Although all seems lost, University of Calgary physiology and biophysics associate professor Marc Poulin and his team have discovered that older women who regularly exercise enhance their cognitive function. The findings show that cardiorespiratory fitness stimulates blood flow to the brain… Continue reading Hey grandma! Exercise pays off!
Right after World of Warcraft was released, Kelly Bergstrom left her boyfriend at Simon Fraser University while she went to visit her grandma. The then-undergraduate student returned two weeks later to find her boyfriend where she left him, only greasier from not having shaved, nor showered. Bergstrom started asking a lot of questions about how… Continue reading World of Warcraft and tales of love
Aspiring filmmakers will now have a program to call their own. The University of Calgary has a newly revamped program that will give budding Spielbergs a degree in film studies. The program, which was a film minor before, accepted students for their first semester in fall 2008. Once the university decided to get the program… Continue reading Film program takes flight