By Amy Badry
Doug Griffiths has been the MLA for Battle River-Wainwright since 2002. At the age of 29 he was the youngest MLA in the province. Griffiths has worked as parliamentary assistant to the minister of agriculture and rural development, to the department of finance and enterprise and to the minister solicitor general and public security. When… Continue reading Progressive conservative Leadership Candidate Profiles: Doug Griffiths
By Amy Badry
Last week we profiled the Liberal leadership race. This week we look at the Progressive Conservative candidates. Only one of the six candidates vying for the PC party’s top position will succeed. The Gauntlet talked to each candidate and asked the following: “What do you think is the number one issue facing young Albertans?”
By Alicia Ward
Sorority Girls Slumber Party Massacre: The Musical is the title of a play that sounds ridiculous, but lives up to its hilarious nature. Even the talents at Scorpio Theatre who are putting on this comedic musical are killing themselves laughing. “It’s all about the funny,” laughs director Jamie Eastgaard, assuring audiences that they will not… Continue reading Sorority Slumber Party Massacre: The Musical
Victoria Nguyen Gauntlet Entertainment Spotted: Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi sporting a pair of bright yellow kicks credited to the Bee Kingdom Collective. Now, I know you must be thinking that the Bee Kingdom Collective must be a shoe design company. Surprisingly enough, the Bee Kingdom has absolutely nothing to do with shoes. So who are… Continue reading What is the Bee kingdom Art Collective?
By Andréa Rojas
How many musicians can say they’ve opened for both B.B. King and Bad Religion? Better yet, how many former University of Calgary students can say that? Jory Kinjo is one of those people. The classically-trained jazz musician makes up the unusual combination of bassist and lead singer that fronts local Jamaican rock ‘n’ roll band… Continue reading J.k. & The Relays
Alberta has been a good place to grow up. University of Calgary students who graduated from Alberta’s education system know, relative to their peers in other provinces, that they were provided with an adequate education to begin their lives. For those who came from other places — either from across Canada or around the world… Continue reading “Dear future Premier”
By Ben Rowe
Ten years is a long time. Ten years ago there was no Netflix, no Facebook, no YouTube and no iPods. What there were, however, were two more buildings in the New York City skyline. Ten years ago on September 11 the United States of America came under attack when the Sunni terrorist group al-Qaeda hijacked… Continue reading Ten years, many mistakes
By Kurt Genest
Our modern world is plagued by a good many problems. Pollution contributes to global warming and breathing disorders. Sedentary lifestyles lead to obesity, a key contributor to heart attacks, strokes and a host of other ailments. It is in this, our greatest time of despair, that the bicycle emerges as a candle in the night… Continue reading Bicyclists and the death of polite society
By Remi Watts
Slavoj Žižek — the quick-witted, foul-mouthed philosopher — punctiliously proclaimed “fist-fucking” to be — simply — “Edenic,” and ultimately, under my auspicious observation, Žižek is correct. Anal-fisting, a sexual act whose relatively high level of difficulty to perform with success, foreseeably prompting revulsion in sensitive ears, is the fullest and most intense manifestation of sexual… Continue reading Anal-fisting
In 2009, I was 19 and not particularly happy with my undergraduate experience. I was still living at home, I hadn’t really made any new friends in my two years of university and I wasn’t as in love with academia as I thought I was supposed to be. In short, I was pretty bored. I… Continue reading Beyond the lectures and deadlines