Month: November 2010

At home in an Orchard

By Andy Williams

The sun streams through the perfect rows of trees laden with juicy peaches. The long grass is soaked with dew and the air is clean, crisp and clear. A solitary house breaks the uniformity of the peaceful rural environment and stands out like an island in the sea of branches and leaves. It’s hard to… Continue reading At home in an Orchard

Spun: Avec Mes Mecs

By Remi Watts

If Humans’ debut release, Avec Mes Mecs, isn’t one of the best examples of cyberhallucinatory-exogenic-hyperaudio to date, then I don’t know what is. Since 2008, the Vancouver-based group have been turning people on to their sound, the ecstatic juxtaposition of eschatological concern combined with mother-dance herself. As one of the most auditorily insightful acts to… Continue reading Spun: Avec Mes Mecs

Spun: Age of Adz

By Emily Ask

Sufjan Stevens’ newest album Age of Adz is a space-age electronic oratorio that begs to be an opera. I cannot help but imagine elaborate set pieces and costumes to accompany the orchestral and choral sounds found throughout the album. The opening song is a simple introduction. An empty stage save for the spotlight on one… Continue reading Spun: Age of Adz

Spun: Illuminaudio

By Nick Beaver

With Illuminaudio comes evolution– Chiodos are out with the old and very much in with the new. The band’s new lineup looks significantly different than it did about this time last year and so it was inevitable that their sound would change. What certainly could not be predicted was the direction the band’s evolution would… Continue reading Spun: Illuminaudio

Not all that intuitive

By Mohammad Albaba

You’ve deleted things, probably even things you didn’t mean to. Did you know that there are ways to recover your files that even someone who doesn’t understand the importance of backing up could employ? Even those files which you intentionally deleted on that reformatted hard drive are recoverable, you poor soon-to-be-RCMP-investigated soul. These shocking truths… Continue reading Not all that intuitive

Google, Facebook no longer in tree

By Isaac Azuelos

You probably don’t remember signing up for Facebook, but the process underwent a significant change recently. Google is no longer allowing the direct importing of Google contacts in Facebook by Facebook users, citing what it claims is Facebook’s unfair data protectionism. In Google’s API Terms of Service, the document outlining the conditions under which third… Continue reading Google, Facebook no longer in tree

New scholarship helps attract Dwarven students

By Brent Constantin

The University of Calgary and provincial government announced a new scholarship program designed to allow students of dwarf ancestry to enter specialized programming in Alberta. The scholarship was made possible by a grant from renowned Dwarf-Lord and philanthropist Dvalinn Stoneaxe who, after breaking with the traditions of his people and leaving the misty mountain range… Continue reading New scholarship helps attract Dwarven students

Gauntlet Corrections

By Brent Constantin

While we strive to provide a service of reporting accurate campus news, occasionally we at the Gauntlet will get some of our facts wrong. The following is a list of mistakes we’ve made this year: A Feb. 29 article entitled “Yoga, the real way” asked students to send their Visa numbers and security codes to… Continue reading Gauntlet Corrections