By Jan Ong
Month: October 2013
Society of Coyotes
By Remi Watts
It Goes Without Saying
Beninger and Gora win Senate by-election
By Riley Hill
David Beninger and Ilyas Gora have won the 2013 Students’ Union Senate by-election, ousting incumbent candidates Pavit Sidhu and Maja Rakic. Beninger received 19 per cent of the total vote with 480 votes. Beninger, who founded the Student Empowerment Project after last year’s provincial budget cuts, said ensuring stable post-secondary education funding was his main… Continue reading Beninger and Gora win Senate by-election
Book Review: Canary by Nancy Jo Cullen
I don’t usually read short story collections, but Canary was worth it. The book, by multi-award winning Canadian author Nancy Jo Cullen offers snapshots of the lives of people in non-traditional relationships — whether friends, family or sexual partners. Cullen has won the Writers’ Trust Dayne Ogilvie Prize for Emerging Gay Writer and has been… Continue reading Book Review: Canary by Nancy Jo Cullen
Aesop’s Fables
Students and faculty from the School of Creative and Performing Arts are collaborating between the dance, drama and music programs for a production of Aesop’s Fables, running Oct. 22 to Nov. 2. The production is the first performance since the departments of dance, drama and music rebranded themselves as the School of Creative and Performing… Continue reading Aesop’s Fables
Balancing life and writing with a little humour
Ali Bryan is a Calgary-based writer who published her first novel in April. The book, Roost is about Claudia, a single mother of two who struggles to raise her kids and hold the rest of her family together after the death of her mother. Bryan will be at WordFest on Oct. 19 with Lynn Coady… Continue reading Balancing life and writing with a little humour
The challenges of controlling urban sprawl
This article is the second half of an article written as part of the Gauntlet’s summer longform project. You can find the first half (a href=”http://www.thegauntlet.ca/story/calgary%E2%80%99s-urban-sprawl”>here. Stay tuned for design suggestions from U of C planning students. Three years ago, on October 18, 2010, Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi swept up 40 per cent of the… Continue reading The challenges of controlling urban sprawl
Tough to replace family with friends
By Tobias Ma
We don’t always pick the people we love, and never the people who love us. As the traditional family unit has lost some of its popularity in recent years, more and more people have turned to friendships for replacement therapy. This is hard but not impossible to pull off. The phrase “blood is thicker than… Continue reading Tough to replace family with friends
Nobel intentions, unsavoury results
Yet another controversial Nobel Peace Prize. How about that? The 2013 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. The organization has 190 member states and works to deplete global stockpiles of chemical weapons, such as the sarin gas recently used in Syria. This decision has caused protest… Continue reading Nobel intentions, unsavoury results