Despite requiring me to wear an infuriatingly bright-pink and scratchy wristband that has kept me up all week, the prospect of joining the engineering pie-squad was too delicious an opportunity to pass up.Every year around Mar. 14-or for geeks, 3.14-the engineers run their annual pieing fund-raiser. Through the last three days of the week, students… Continue reading Cream Pies for everyone!
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Coulter’s campus visit draws a crowd
By Emily Ask
Ann Coulter, controversial author and conservative pundit, made her final Canadian tour stop in Calgary last Thursday. Originally scheduled to take place in Science Theatre 140 at the University of Calgary, organizers relocated her speech to a larger venue, the Red And White Club at McMahon Stadium. About 900 people showed up, including approximately 20… Continue reading Coulter’s campus visit draws a crowd
SU View: Research Symposium takes place November 13th!
Here’s your chance to improve your Jeopardy skills . . . Have you ever wondered how music can act as an anxiety therapy treatment for patients with cancer or how cryopreservation acts to maintain human bone marrow for stem cells? From nymphs to marital satisfaction and Rwandan judicial issues to nanoparticle tracking, the third annual… Continue reading SU View: Research Symposium takes place November 13th!
Letter: Copywhaaaaaaa?
I am wondering if the university has thought about Access Copyright alternatives, such as open access publishing. The best way to get out from under the thumb of this collective that is primarily controlled by old-economy academic publishers is to move the university to modern publishing models. As an example, MIT in the U.S. has… Continue reading Letter: Copywhaaaaaaa?
Give yourself a hug
By Turab Hasan
Editor, the Gauntlet It might sound like a cliche, but like a lot of the other citizens of Canada just four years ago I came to Calgary, Alberta from Karachi, Pakistan. Earlier this month my country was hit by a natural disaster killing over 40,000 people, injuring more than 60,000 and leaving a stunning three… Continue reading Give yourself a hug
24/7 Tuition Info: Online and in Person
Do you know how much the University is planning to increase your tuition for the 2003/2004 school year? Do you know if you are in a faculty that has been targeted for differential tuition? Whether you know the answer to that question or not, you should take a few minutes out of your day to… Continue reading 24/7 Tuition Info: Online and in Person
Important phone numbers
By Everyone!
Gauntlet: 220-7750CJSW request line: 220-3991NUTV: 220-3398U of C President Dr. Harvey Weingarten: 220-5460SU President Matt Stambaugh: 220-7048Campus Security: 220-5333Premier Ralph Klein: 780-427-2251Panago Pizza: 310-0001Learning Minister Lyle "Bubba" Oberg: 780-427-2025Calgary Birth Control Association: 283-5580U of C Registrar’s Office: 220-5517U of C Body Bequeathal Program: 220-6895Pepsi (Calgary Office): 279-1500Dinos Info: 220-DINODial a Beer: 289-1136Wicker Land: 258-2506Dr. Rory… Continue reading Important phone numbers
We get by with a little help from our friends
By Nassr Awada
If you’re beating your head with a stick for getting that C on your Biology mid-term and still burning the midnight oil trying to finish that 20 page paper due this week, think of the bright side. Be thankful if your stomach is full. Be thankful if you have a place to sleep every night.… Continue reading We get by with a little help from our friends