By Jessica Lam
Having been run for just under four decades, the University of Calgary’s Dance Montage is Calgary’s longest running dance show. Originally created to feature dances created by students in the faculty of kinesiology, it has grown over the years to feature university students, grad students and community members. The show’s creation begins in May. Choreographers’… Continue reading Something for everyone
By Jessica Lam
Dance is as universal a language as music. All you have to do is open your eyes and mind to understand it. As the University of Calgary dance program gets ready to host its professional series, all choreographer and dancer Marc Boivin asks is for your presence, mind and body. Boivin is a renowned Canadian… Continue reading The universal language of dance
There’s a long list of new television shows this fall all vying for your procrastination. Some will be worth your time, others won’t. Over the next couple weeks, I’m going to break down a number of new shows and help you decide where it’s worth wasting time rather than studying. This week I’ll start with… Continue reading Screen Time: Fall television preview, part one
Ever since Confederation, an aggressive national policy of assimilation has been pursued by the Canadian government to delegitimize aboriginal culture and rights. For 146 years, politicians have instituted laws, amendments and statutes designed to weaken the aboriginal population. Aboriginal rights to land were clearly defined by the Royal Proclamation of 1763 and reaffirmed in the… Continue reading Revving up for a revolution
By Mercy Lamola
Undergraduates at the University of Calgary have been given a unique opportunity to showcase their hard work and research at the sixth annual Undergraduate Research Symposium. On Nov. 24, 130 students from many different faculties presented a wide range of research topics. According to Students’ Union vice-president academic Ola Mohajer, this interdisciplinary event brings students… Continue reading Undergraduate Research Symposium
Hello dear children of the first dimension, I once again join you from the humble house of DeBoir. I once again risk my mind, my very soul, gazing deep, deep into your futures. Some have written to ask, ‘Madam DeBoir, why, WHY?’ My response is simple; my curse is the world’s gift. I must pull… Continue reading Gauntlet Psychic Predictions — February
When Mike Blondal assumed a position as a coach for the University of Calgary swim team in 1989, the Dinos women had never won a championship banner. Fast forward 21 years; the Dinos swimming teams rewrote the history books this past weekend by winning the men’s and women’s national Canadian Interuniversity Sport championship banners for… Continue reading Top of the pool
By Laura Bennet
Talent: The team was composed of essentially the same members as last year, with the notable absence of Jessica Zelinka, who scored half of the Dinos’ points in last year’s team standings. However, the Dinos women had at least one competitor seeded in the top-five at CIS competition in every track event except the 60… Continue reading Dinos Report Card: women’s track
Men’s side Spearheaded by the brilliant performance of male track athlete of the year and CIS championship MVP Sam Effah, the University of Calgary Dinos men’s track and field team busted their asses to come within three points of winning the CIS championships in Montreal Mar. 6-8. On McGill University’s 200 metre banked-track from the… Continue reading Track Dinos finish second and fourth at CIS
By Ryan Pike
Every year, the University of Calgary drama department puts on productions of various plays. Sometimes the plays are good. Sometimes they are not good. In the interest in providing a fair and balanced view of this year’s campus drama season, Gauntlet theatre geeks Ryan Pike and Jordyn Marcellus examine the first production of the year,… Continue reading The power and glory of Greek tragedy