In a scene reminscent of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Alberta Finance Minister Pat Nelson strode to the podium.Alberta’s most recent provincial budget, released Tue., March 19, was chock full of cuts, increased taxes and had anyone involved in post-secondary education shaking in their boots-but only a little bit."Surprisingly, education didn’t take a hit in the… Continue reading Students left out… of budget cuts
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Setting sights, raising bars
The President of the University of Calgary is on a mission and he’s taking the U of C with him.On Tue., March 5 U of C President Dr. Harvey Weingarten and Associate Vice-President Student Affairs Dr. Peggy Patterson met with the Students’ Legislative Council to discuss the new academic plan for the U of C,… Continue reading Setting sights, raising bars
President
Congratulations, students. You’ve dodged a bullet on this one.Matt Stambaugh is an experienced, dynamic and hard-working candidate worthy of the office, the parking pass and all those cushy lunches. His acclamation, making him next year’s SU President without a fight, is a stroke of luck. If some idiot got acclaimed, there would be much grief… Continue reading President
SU election results
By GNS
President Barb Wright 1,268 Andre Rodrigues 601 Ryan Yau 530 Steve Skitch 293 Danijel Margetic 277 Jonathan Olsen 130 Brad Parkyn 57 Thomas Mathers 37 VP Academic Nic Porco 2,320 Bryndis K. Whitson 709 VP Events Chris Kerr 1,770 Tina Pringle 1,231 Events Commission Oliver Ho 1,727 Sarah Richards… Continue reading SU election results
Dhillon takes Op-Fi to the bank
When the electoral dust cleared, Natasha Dhillon was declared next year’s Vice-president Op-Fi by a clear margin of 1945 votes to Travis Fast’s 605. "It’s totally exciting, but it was a really hard race," said Dhillon after the results were posted. "Jordan [Bonner] and Travis [Fast] both did a lot of work for it, so… Continue reading Dhillon takes Op-Fi to the bank
SU accountability questioned
By Rob South
Executive accountability forced its way to the forefront of the University of Calgary Students’ Union on Oct. 3 in a day filled with closed-door meetings, examinations of the bylaws and the longest Students’ Legislative Council meeting of the school year. During the SLC meeting many commissioners expressed concern that some of their members do not… Continue reading SU accountability questioned
External Commish
The five candidates running for the four spots on the Students’ Union External Commission this year are a diverse group. They include a former Miss Barbie, a politically-inclined Biology major, a big jazz fan, a Gregorian chant aficionado, and a current Residence Community Assistant. The External Commissioners, along with the Vice-president External, represent students to… Continue reading External Commish
Travel Supplement Introduction
The contents of this supplement are a little immature, especially as far as travel goes, considering the bulk of the authors and photographers are new to the game. Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia… these are not the Himalayas, Burundi or even Russia. Most of your friendly neighbourhood student journalists are not that different than… Continue reading Travel Supplement Introduction
Temporary permanence
The December 5 issue of the Gauntlet will be on the stands for five weeks. That means the last editorial of 2003 can’t discuss Iraq, Ralph Klein, Paul Martin or Harvey Weingarten. Ralph, Paul and Harvey will still be there in 2003, but who knows what crazy mischief they’ll get up to? And Iraq? We… Continue reading Temporary permanence
SU elections underway
Nominations for the University of Calgary Students’ Union general election closed on Wed., Feb. 28 at precisely 12:30 p.m. In contrast with last year’s poorly contested executive race, only one Vice-presidency remained uncontested at the critical hour. A whopping 15 candidates will lace up the gloves for the remaining four positions. Vice-president External-elect Oliver Bladek… Continue reading SU elections underway