By Emily Senger
Wyatt provides direction to the SU clowns, but without the cooperation of the clowns and all the other behind-the-scenes circus performers, there would be no show.After two years of a Students’ Union with a largely external focus, SU president Emily Wyatt thought it was time to bring business back home and focus on the needs… Continue reading SU Reviews: SU president Emily Wyatt, a.k.a the ringmaster
By Emily Senger
From responding to theft to dealing with public porn viewers, campus security had a full plate this summer. Thirty-six officers under the leadership of campus security director Lanny Fritz responded to over 350 incidents between May and August. Fritz, a 16-year Campus Security veteran, said that although the summer brought few students, campus remained an… Continue reading Campus security report
By Emily Senger
Sarah Slean is a 34-year-old recording artist and a singer, songwriter, pianist and an occasional actress who recorded her first album, Universe, at the age of 19. You can feel her enthusiasm and commitment to what she does based on her lyrical themes that are clearly inspired by her studies in philosophy. All the songs… Continue reading Spun: Sarah Slean
By Emily Senger
Listening to a new Nickelback album for the first time is kind of like reuniting with an ex-lover: you don’t really want to get involved again, but you insert the CD just to remember what it feels like. If its cheap thrills you seek, Dark Horse is filled with sexual prowess, drenched in Chad Kroeger’s… Continue reading Spun: Nickelback
By Emily Senger
What was intended as a joke about feminism in the University of Western Ontario students’ newspaper has outraged students who said they are left feeling violated by an article that supports a rapist culture. The contentious article was a part of the Gazette’s annual spoof issue published for April Fool’s Day. The story describes an… Continue reading UWO paper under fire for satire issue
By Emily Senger
Eric Jablonski has a large, blue vibrating dildo in a pint glass on the edge of his desk. The pint glass is much like the one on my desk, except for the contents. Mine contains pens. Jablonski’s contains a dildo. While the plastic (or rather silicone) penis would be inappropriate in any other office, the… Continue reading SU Reviews: Eric Jablonski, VP events
By Emily Senger
Vice-president operations and finance Cody Wagner was not properly interviewed for this review. While this might seem unfair, it also seems unfair that Wagner banked his vacation time and took five days off at the end of the semester when all of his commissioners were trying to finish up their projects, annoying many in the… Continue reading SU Reviews: Cody Wagner, VP Op-fi
By Emily Senger
Calgarians like to think of themselves as progressive, innovative problem-solvers, but when it comes to health and environmental issues, Calgary often lags behind the rest of the country. Calgary was one of the last cities in Canada to make all bars and restaurants smoke-free this year, while bar patrons and employees have been breathing easy… Continue reading Editorial: Reduce, re-use and… ? And?!?
Editor, the Gauntlet, [Re: “Poisoning by putrid perfume,” Emily Senger, March 28, 2007.] I appreciate you trying to get the word out about this issue. I have recently found myself victim to perfume. The one thing I have issue with is your suggestion of a “scent circle.” I understand that if people are going to… Continue reading Letter: Putrified
By Emily Senger
Giving students $3 million dollars of university money to make campus a more comfortable place outside of the classroom should be enough to make any administrator worried, but not at the University of Calgary. “I wasn’t worried at all, but I did have some friends who were,” U of C president Dr. Harvey Weingarten joked… Continue reading Almost 40 spaces for 40 years