By Zainab Takuma

The University of Calgary plans to increase the number of international students from just over five to 10 per cent of the undergraduate population by 2016. This raises the question of how the international student experience at the U of C differs from domestic students. There are currently more than 2,600 international students at the… Continue reading The international student experience

By Tobias Ma

During a speaking event at last week’s Conservative convention in downtown Calgary, the Gauntlet managed to spot David Suzuki waiting for a book signing. We took the opportunity for a brief but bizarre interview before his speech that ended somewhat heatedly as Suzuki apparently felt cut off throughout. David Suzuki: Give me a [fist] bump.… Continue reading Gauntlet Q & A: David Suzuki

By Riley Hill

Students’ Union executives and faculty representatives will vote on Nov. 20 on whether to hold a referendum on a new student fee that would be used to fund the re-development of MacHall. The proposed question will ask SU leaders whether students should vote on implementing a new fee that would cost full-time students $35 a… Continue reading Students’ Union to decide on referendum for new $35 full-time student fee

By Rachelle Reed

The hours of the Taylor Family Digital Library Learning commons were extended from 6 p.m. until 11 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. At this point, the extension will only apply to this year’s fall and winter semesters. However, from Nov. 24 to Dec. 18, the Learning Commons — the first and second floors of the… Continue reading TFDL extends its hours

By Ashton Chugh

For those who tire of having to dress themselves every morning, relief is on the way with Wear Your Pyjamas To School Day at the University of Calgary — an event put on for Stress-less Week. “We are seeing unprecedented levels of stress for students when they are faced with concerns of the 21st century… Continue reading U of C Pyjama Day coming in December

By Taryn Mahoney

It’s that time of year again to pull one of two dusty abortion arguments off the proverbial shelf, if anyone can still muster the energy. Despite their controversial history with the University of Calgary since 2006, the Campus Pro-Life Club has once again erected the same grotesque, graphic display of aborted fetuses smack dab in… Continue reading A visual sweetener to a sour abortion debate

By Liv Ingram

On Oct. 10, 2013, the British Columbia Court of Appeal upheld Canada’s ban on doctor-assisted suicide. The issue has been in legal limbo following a 2012 B.C. Supreme Court decision which ruled that forbidding doctor-assisted suicide violated the charter rights of terminally ill Canadians. While B.C. Supreme Court Justice Lynn Smith declared the law prohibiting… Continue reading Facing down death with dignity

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