By Riley Hill
Recently, I decided to find out if the University of Calgary Firearms Association is dangerous and if its members are crazy. By mid-December, I had talked with some of the executives. Club president Henry Lung is always a gentleman. Delano Civitarese, the club’s operations director, has a country attitude that revolves around mutual respect and… Continue reading Shooting with the University of Calgary Firearms Association
By Curtis Wolff
Men’s hockey best in the nation The Dinos men’s hockey team had to wait until Dec. 3, 2013 to make it official. After crawling up the Canadian Interuniversity Sport rankings one spot at a time throughout the first half of the season, the Dinos were finally recognized as the best team in Canadian university hockey… Continue reading Dinos mid-season report cards
Sometimes stories just work better as a movie. This was the case with the first film adaptation, The Hunger Games, and it is the case again with its sequel, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Following director Gary Ross’s gritty take on the first novel, director Francis Lawrence and screen writers Simon Beaufoy and Michael Arndt… Continue reading Movie review: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
By Tobias Ma
I t’s Nov. 10 and here we are at the Taboo sex show, a yearly gathering of sexually-themed vendors and entertainment held at the BMO centre. I step past the coat check into a sea of flesh and earthly delights. The second I walk inside the amphetamines I popped earlier wear off and the dildos… Continue reading The Gauntlet goes to the Taboo sex show
By Ashton Chugh
The University of Calgary played host to some preseason basketball action on Oct. 10–12 at the annual Calgary Cup. The Dinos men’s team went 2–1, while the Dinos women’s finished the tournament win-less at 0–3. The men’s Dinos won their opening game against the McMaster University Marauders 76–72. The game was close throughout, but the… Continue reading Calgary Cup prepares Dinos for regular season
By Riley Hill
On Monday, Oct. 7, mayoral candidates gathered in the MacHall ballroom to pitch their platforms for running the City of Calgary. During the forum, candidates were asked questions that citizens submitted online. Incumbent mayor Naheed Nenshi spoke on a number of issues, including Calgary’s recent tax increases, public transit and the city’s grim rental market.… Continue reading Mayoral candidates duke it out in MacHall
Youth and adolescent bullying makes headlines frequently. Newspapers often lend detailed accounts of severe cases of suicide and grave injuries which resulted from physical aggression, verbal abuse and more recently, online bullying. Childhood and adolescent bullying is a traumatizing situation that affects the way a person reacts to the world around them and even damages… Continue reading BULLIED
You can be a toe tapper, a head banger or a fearless solo dancer — whatever your grooving type might be — The Darcys will catch you with their album, Warring. An eclectic collection of artistic sounds, this Toronto-based art-rock band has assembled a promising third album for a 40-minute escape from reality. The album… Continue reading Spun: The Darcys
In his most famous book, The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown brought the renaissance artist back into fashion. However, with his last two books, Brown has trailed behind, playing catch up with existing cultural obsessions. In his latest novel, Inferno, Brown returns again to modern culture’s fascination with all things Italian. American pop culture has… Continue reading Book Review: Inferno doesn’t quite go down in flames
By Curtis Wolff
With the NHL season only halfway through and winter weather taking a courageous last stand in Canada, it seems a little early to be thinking about baseball. However, in the southern United States the boys of summer are already warming up. With the Major League Baseball’s opening night slated for March 31, it’s time to… Continue reading The boys of summer return