By Todd Andre
Editor, the Gauntlet [Re: “U of C helps students butt out,” Christina Lam, Jan. 18, 2007] That’s great, smoking is bad, WE GET THE MESSAGE. I am not sure if there is one student attending the University of Calgary who actually believes that inhaling smoke at a temperature of 500 degrees Fahrenheit is good for… Continue reading Letter: Smoker’s Retort
Editor, the Gauntlet,My name is Luke Valentine and until Friday, Jan. 12, I was the Community Advisor on the third floor of the Kananaskis building. On Friday, I was informed by my supervisor that I would no longer be allowed to continue as a CA due to a policy that in the past has been… Continue reading Letter: Vindicate Valentine
By Nic David
President Weingarten, On Dec., 18, 2006, my “expense report”–actually a travel advance–was approved by PeopleSoft and so ended a year’s frustration, my and many others’ time wasted, worry that I might have to find $6,000 out of my pension and, most seriously, interference with my research. In late 2005 PeopleSoft staff had entered a travel… Continue reading Letter: An Open Letter To Weingarten
By Anonymous
Editor, the Gauntlet, [Re: comic strip, Dec. 7, 2006] In the current copy of the Gauntlet, the back page features a comic strip with two people making “your momma so fat…” jokes. In the third frame, a third character enters holding a bloody severed head and says “your momma so fat, she couldn’t run away.”… Continue reading Letter: Insensitive
Editor, the Gauntlet, [Re: “The Muslim,” letter, Dec. 7, 2006.] Fact is evidently an unfamiliar concept to Allison Dube. Mr. Dube criticizes my letter on Sarah Malik’s article series, “The Muslim,” for “faulting her for writing something she was not trying to write”–a “history of Islam.” In fact, the lead paragraph on the first instalment… Continue reading Letter: A Rebuttal
By C.W. Bogart
Editor, the Gauntlet, [Re: “Stem cells aren’t people too,” editorial, Aug. 10, 2006.] I must applaud Chris Tait on a well-written article referenced above. I read the article from a link in a Google stem cell link. I have experienced cord blood stem cell therapy outside of the U.S. and have seen positive effects for… Continue reading Letter: A Belated Kudos
Editor, the Gauntlet, [Re: “Pink Flamingo Challenge,” Dec. 7, 2006.] Okay, you Gauntlet slackers. Despite being over twice your ages and not having exercised in years, I did manage to stick it out for the whole 10 weeks of the Pink Flamingo Fitness Challenge. And believe it or not, there were noticeable results achieved using… Continue reading Kickin’ it old school
Editor, the Gauntlet, [Re: “The Muslim,” Sarah Malik, Nov. 9, 16 and 23, 2006] I would like both to praise Sarah Malik’s series of articles on “The Muslim” and disagree strongly with professor Schmiel’s charge that they are “one-sided.” Ms. Malik’s articles have done a great job shedding light on two important themes if we… Continue reading Letter: “The Muslim” Informative
By Amir Sharar
Editor, the Gauntlet, [Re: “Muslim feature one-sided,” letter, Nov. 30, 2006] I began to read Robert Schmiel’s letter regarding Sarah Malik’s three-part feature on modern day Muslims with great interest. Okay, I made that part up, but I found nothing that would dispute her facts; rather his letter simply states that Malik’s article wasn’t written… Continue reading Letter: Kudos on “The Muslim”
Editor, the Gauntlet, [Re: “Check your gear,” letter, Nov. 30, 2006] Sylvia Bertolini, who identifies as a former homosexual, makes the claim in her letter that no one is born “gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgendered or other.” Unfortunately, that is not true. While I cannot speak to the whole of the “transgender” spectrum, there is strong evidence that transsexualism… Continue reading Letter: It’s in the brain