Month: October 2013

EU free trade promises a mixed bag

By Devon Simpson

Prime minister Stephen Harper has recently announced a preliminary agreement with the European Union, which could be one of the biggest free trade agreements Canada has ever signed. The deal grants far reaching access to the 500 million consumers in the EU’s $17 trillion market. It is expected to increase trade across the Atlantic by… Continue reading EU free trade promises a mixed bag

Executive pay at U of C excessive

By Kate Jacobson

I t appears that University of Calgary President Elizabeth Cannon considers herself entitled to a salary higher than nearly any of her counterparts, even when the reputation and renown of the University of Calgary indicates that she does not deserve it. Cannon earns more in base salary than the presidents of McGill University, the University… Continue reading Executive pay at U of C excessive

Israeli treatment of asylum seekers racist

By Gauntlet Editorial Board

In the name of protecting their Jewish identity, the Israeli government and people are running a discriminatory campaign against African refugees. The state of Israel has built a detention camp for refugees that can hold over 10,000 people, as well as established new laws to arrest and detain people of African descent on site, whether… Continue reading Israeli treatment of asylum seekers racist

Spun: Yamantaka // Sonic Titan

By Stephanie Tang

When Montreal-Toronto band Yamantaka // Sonic Titan’s first album, YT//ST, was shortlisted for the 2012 Polaris Prize, fans were left wondering if the group would be able to trump their critically appraised debut album. UZU is the answer to that question — it’s a volcanic yes. Yamantaka // Sonic Titan’s style is a medley of… Continue reading Spun: Yamantaka // Sonic Titan

Spun: Arcade Fire

By Sean Willett

If you haven’t listened to an Arcade Fire album since Funeral, the music on Reflektor will come as a bit of a surprise. Since their debut album, the Canadian band has moved away from traditional indie-rock and towards a more ephemeral and unconventional sound. This shift is most noticeable in their latest album, which almost… Continue reading Spun: Arcade Fire

Spun: DJ Rashad

By Chris Adams

The footwork and juke genres have seen a surge in popularity within the underground dance music community in recent years. Created to promote a growing movement of Chicago dance crews and battlers in the early 2000s, the sound has since gone global with the help of some of the U.K.’s electronic music mainstays. Following a… Continue reading Spun: DJ Rashad

Book review: The War on Science

By Tamara Cottle

With the recent Senate scandal blowing up and revealing a sea of political corruption, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s integrity has come under attack. Calgary-based author Chris Turner intensifies this assault on the Conservatives and Harper in his latest book, The War on Science: Muzzled Scientists and Wilful Blindness in Stephen Harper’s Canada. Turner is no… Continue reading Book review: The War on Science

Screen Time: Driving the S.H.I.E.L.D. bus

By Sean Sullivan

It was inevitable that Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. would have to face an existential crisis: is it a Marvel movie in television form or a Joss Whedon show — a question I raised in a previous column. Five weeks in and comments around the Internet are predictably divided, between continued excitement and rising disappointment. A… Continue reading Screen Time: Driving the S.H.I.E.L.D. bus

Northern Sprites: Crack in the bell

By Sean Willett

Bell, one of Canada’s largest telecom companies, has recently announced that they are going to begin collecting more detailed data from their customers for the purpose of selling this information to advertisers and third parties. This reveal will hardly come as a surprise to many Canadians. All three of Canada’s biggest telecom companies — Telus,… Continue reading Northern Sprites: Crack in the bell