The concept of the Cheap Seats is by no means a 2001 original. In fact, we’re stealing a very good column name from Chris Koentges, a former Sports Editor at the Gauntlet. Koentges ran Gauntlet Sports in the fall of 1998 and his section was perhaps the finest sports coverage our student newspaper had ever… Continue reading Cheap Seats
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Arriving in glass slippers
Robin Slot and his motley squad of girls arrived at the Victoria Laurel Point Inn Wednesday evening for check-in. It had been raining steadily on the island for over a month and the soccer team was dying for a reprieve from the downpour. All they wanted was a good night’s sleep before their first round… Continue reading Arriving in glass slippers
Kick-ass kick-off
Halfway through the third quarter, Nathan Thompson lay, like a beaten junkyard dog, on the turf near his own end zone.He rolled awkwardly, attempting to rise, before slowly looking up at 250 lb. Dinosaur defensive lineman Brian Shewchuk-the man who administered the latest beating-then to the scoreboard. He decided to stay down. It was the… Continue reading Kick-ass kick-off
How the West will be won
Every November, around Vanier Cup time, a team from the West journeys across the country, licks their lips, and, for lack of a better expression, sticks their paws down the scrawny throats of the East’s highly touted overrated trash and mercilessly rips the ever-loving entrails from their unstable bowels."If it’s not the toughest conference, it’s… Continue reading How the West will be won
Dead Anne Walking
Alright, it’s almost 10 p.m. and I’m going into final hours of the final paper of my Gauntlet editorial career. I expected this last issue to be so hard. Instead, it’s been more like my Gauntlet wake, bordering on the surreal. Past editors and close friends have sent presents and cards, my family even sent… Continue reading Dead Anne Walking