By Jay Bilyk
Editor, the Gauntlet, Every Thursday I watch your delivery boys pile up dozens of fresh copies of the Gauntlet‘s latest issue all over campus, yet every Wednesday piles of these same papers lay untouched, destined for the garbage–or more optimistically, a recycling bin. I know any respectable newspaper wants its readership to be ever-growing, but… Continue reading Letter: Save the trees!
[Editor’s note: Seeing as you all are too content with the status quo to write letters, we’ve decided to show you kids how it’s done with an excerpt from some insanity of days of yore. Evidently drug culture was still in full siwng in 1978]Editor, the Gauntlet, [“No sense in nonsense,” Fri., Mar. 17, 1978.]… Continue reading Letter: An oldie but a goodie!
By Kevin Wiens
Editor, the Gauntlet, [Re: “Demolition likely for MSC docks,” Andrew Barbero, Feb. 15, 2007.] After reading the latest news on the digital library developments, I am at a complete loss for words. When an estimated $50 million dollars needs to be spent in order to relocate loading docks, things have gone too far. It was… Continue reading Letter: Digital Insanity
By Gary Zone
Editor, the Gauntlet, Living in Toronto in 1960, I enrolled in chemical engineering in the faculty of applied science, as it was called back then at U of T. I am almost positive my tuition was $550. I am not sure if that included an activity fee or whether that was tacked on. It certainly… Continue reading Letter: Changing times?
Editor, the Gauntlet,[Re: “Gonna have to face it, you’re addicted to porn,” Fiona McLay, Feb. 8, 2007]In response to Fiona McLay’s article on the Porn Nation event last week, I’d like to clarify a few oversights. She writes, “The posters advertising the event gave nothing away, simply stating the title of Leahy’s presentation, ‘Porn Nation,’… Continue reading Letter: A Couple Clarifications
By Cody Burns
Editor, the Gauntlet,This may seem completely random but I think the policy behind the effective writing requirement is a big steaming pile. Sure, you have to prove that you are proficient enough in English to be here, but come on! Why is it that marks from social studies 30/history IB do not qualify for it?To… Continue reading Letter: Ineffective Requirement
By Regan Flint
Editor, the Gauntlet, [Re: “X is for X-treme… for now,” Jon Roe, Feb. 2, 2007.] A sports writer writing about Canadian music. How interesting. I would like Mr. Roe to explain to all of us how it is the CRTC’s fault that some radio stations only play the Tragically Hip’s ’90s songs, and why those… Continue reading Letter: Go Canada!
By Tracy Rose
Editor, the Gauntlet, [RE: “Stick this in your pipe and smoke it,” Asia Walker, Jan. 25, 2007] How desperate are you that your paper should publish such ridiculous pieces as this? It’s not as though we haven’t already been inundated with countless opinions on the bylaw, but this one read like a five-paragraph persuasive essay… Continue reading Letter: Unfit for print
Editor, the Gauntlet, [re: “Stick this in your pipe and smoke it,” Asia Walker, Jan. 25, 2007] I find myself, yet again, disappointed by the narrow-minded views taken by the Gauntlet and its writers. To say that masochists–all masochists–enjoy second hand smoke is an ignorant blanketing of an entire community of diverse individuals. The only… Continue reading Letter: Masochists pissed
Editor, the Gauntlet, How can we save the beauty in this world? We live in a world suffocating on it’s own greed, choking on the desire to have material things and money. A world obsessed with instant gratification. A world blinded to the future and filled with short-sighted people who can’t see two feet in… Continue reading Letter: A beautiful life