Month: August 2011

By Navjot Jassar

On November 29 and 30 fair trade products made by artisans from around the world will be sold in MacHall. “Due to the success we had last year, we will be coming back for two days instead of just one,” said Ten Thousand Villages co-manager Jason Fehr. Ten Thousand Villages works with poor and disadvantaged… Continue reading Fair trade products on campus

By Amy Badry

On August 4, nine cousins, aged 18 to 27, gathered on the outskirts of Calgary for their collective walk to Edmonton ­– 303 km. The walk was part of their fundraising initiative, “Step up for Somalia.” “My sister and I were watching what was happening back home in Somalia and we knew that we couldn’t… Continue reading Youth raise funds to end Somalia’s famine

By Erin Shumlich

Sweat drips down your forehead from the heat of 50,000 bodies all around, compressing you into a tight area where your hands can hardly move. An arm raises and a hairy armpit is shoved in your face, the sweat mixing with your own. In the heat of the night, you wait in anticipation. The second… Continue reading Osheaga Music and Arts Festival

By Joydeep Mukherjee

As almost every Albertan knows, the Calgary Stampede is a ten-day event featuring rodeo shows, art exhibitions, parades, agricultural shows and live concerts. The Stampede is almost a hundred years old and is a major tourist attraction from all over the world. Therefore, it came as no wonder that Stampede was the first thing I… Continue reading An international student experiences the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth

By Gauntlet Editorial Board

Last weekend, Al-Shabaab, an extremist Islamic group from southern Somalia, withdrew its forces from the capital city of Mogadishu. While this development is crucial to the endeavours of the country’s Transitional Federal Government and international aid workers alike, it is too soon for Somalia to declare complete victory over the violent religious faction. Al-Shabaab continues… Continue reading Extreme Somalian hunger and corruption

By Amy Badry

The idea for the Aboriginal Writers’ Circle came to Sarah Scout when she was working at McNally Robinson Booksellers.“I came across a quotation by L.L Langness and Gelya Frank,” said Scout.“To fail to understand another person’s life story is in general to reject one’s own humanity. For those who are bearers of a tradition the… Continue reading Writers’ circle celebrates four years of success in Calgary

By Erin Shumlich

Student-athletes from around the world will be gathering in Shenzhen, China for one of the world’s largest athletic competitions — second only to the Olympics in size. Shenzhen, located directly north of Hong Kong, will be the host to Universiade. This year 10,000 athletes will compete Aug. 12-23. In order to qualify, an athlete must… Continue reading Student-athletes go to Universiade

By Blaire MacNicol

When you hear how involved Paige Woodbury is in Calgary music, you can’t help but wonder how this girl gets any sleep.With a strong love for Calgary music and the city itself, the acoustic artist, who first made a name for herself by taking photographs of local bands, is now an ambitious, devoted woman taking… Continue reading Paige Woodbury

By Blaire MacNicol

Vulcan Fest was the music festival that almost didn’t happen. Electric energy was reverberating through the bodies of anxious fans on Saturday, July 23, after the beloved day-long local indie festival was cancelled less than 24 hours before it was set to begin.However, the coming hours were to prove that there are some incredibly determined… Continue reading Vulcan Fest

By Gauntlet Editorial Board

A Winnipeg woman who has been in jail since April for refusing to receive treatment for tuberculosis had her incarceration extended by another 90 days this week. The woman was diagnosed last December, but after missing medical appointments the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority obtained an arrest warrant so she could be treated. Should the health… Continue reading Freedom or tuberculosis