By Curtis Wolff
The Dinos’s final game at McMahon Stadium in 2013 was a microcosm of their entire year — completely underestimated and convincingly victorious. Pegged as the underdogs in the Mitchell Bowl national semi-final despite an undefeated season, the Dinos stunned the No. 1 nationally ranked Western Mustangs on Saturday, Nov. 16. The Mustangs’s highly touted offence… Continue reading Dinos shock Mustangs to win Mitchell Bowl 44–3
By Riley Hill
On Nov. 13, University of Calgary provost and vice-president academic Dru Marshall defended administration’s proposal to open a privately owned international college on campus under a barrage of criticism from the U of C Faculty Association and academic staff. In response to plans for the corporate-run college, UCFA president Paul Rogers said his organization has… Continue reading Academic staff battles International College
By Sean Willett
Kohei Tanaka, a University of Calgary PhD student, won the Colbert Student Poster Prize at this year’s Society of Vertebrate Paleontology annual meeting. The prize is awarded to a student at the meeting who presents important research clearly and effectively, and is one of the most prestigious awards available to students studying paleontology. “Winning the… Continue reading U of C student wins prestigious paleontogy prize
The University of Calgary plans to increase the number of international students from just over five to 10 per cent of the undergraduate population by 2016. This raises the question of how the international student experience at the U of C differs from domestic students. There are currently more than 2,600 international students at the… Continue reading The international student experience
By Tobias Ma
During a speaking event at last week’s Conservative convention in downtown Calgary, the Gauntlet managed to spot David Suzuki waiting for a book signing. We took the opportunity for a brief but bizarre interview before his speech that ended somewhat heatedly as Suzuki apparently felt cut off throughout. David Suzuki: Give me a [fist] bump.… Continue reading Gauntlet Q & A: David Suzuki
By Riley Hill
Students’ Union executives and faculty representatives will vote on Nov. 20 on whether to hold a referendum on a new student fee that would be used to fund the re-development of MacHall. The proposed question will ask SU leaders whether students should vote on implementing a new fee that would cost full-time students $35 a… Continue reading Students’ Union to decide on referendum for new $35 full-time student fee