Tag: Letter

By Arthur JC Schmidt

[Re: “The Muslim,” Sarah Malik, Nov. 9, 2006] In the spirit of equality please provide for the Jewish and Christian communities on campus to write as extensively on their self-understanding as you have the Muslims. Arthur JC Schmidt [Editor’s note: Our volunteer base is open to all members of the university community.]

By Denise Fay Brown

Hallways and corridors are spaces designed to move people. Geographers call these “non-places,” designed so that people do not loiter and linger. Non-places should encourage and facilitate movement by being nondescript. I used to walk freely and quickly through such spaces on my daily routes through the Earth Science and Social Sciences buildings. Now I… Continue reading Letter: Hooray for hallways!

By Ken Whyte

[Re: “U of C disputes Maclean’s rankings,” Katy Anderson, Nov. 9, 2006] You guys did a more thorough and fair-minded story on our university rankings than either of the national newspapers. With appreciation, Ken Whyte,editor-in-chiefMaclean’s

By Naheed Nenshi

Re: “Ralph Klein begins new career as Mount Royal College instructor,” Katy Anderson, Nov. 2, 2006. For someone so enamoured with research, dean Kathleen Scherf should have considered doing some before commenting on the newest endowed chair at Mount Royal. “Mount Royal serves a different clientele than we do,” she sniffed upon hearing of the… Continue reading Letter: Scherf Elitist

By Esteban Kahs-Garay

Re: TLFs, Nov. 2, 2006] I just wanted express my frustration and disappointment in your choosing to include our cut and effectively useless TLF in last week’s paper. Not only did it undermine the efforts of the students who worked on the event meant to be advertised, but it trivialized those efforts because of the… Continue reading Letter: TLF Trouble

By Emily Sharpe

Re: “Heathens!” letter, Nov. 2, 2006] To all 20-odd members of the Westboro Baptist ‘Church,’ please do us all a favour and keep your propaganda to yourself. First of all, you aren’t a part of this community and it’s pretty unlikely you were even in Calgary for the event. We as a community are trying… Continue reading Letter: Propaganda!

By Bryan Campbell

Editor, the Gauntlet, I am co-events commissioner for the Dedicated Otaku Anime club, a Students’ Union sanctioned club. We have been an SU club for nine or 10 years, and our mandate is to promote awareness and acceptance of asian culture through media, primarily using Japanese animation and television serials. On Tues., Oct. 17, three… Continue reading Letter: Poster Problems

By Anonymous

Editor, the Gauntlet, I am writing to you because I believe the state of the ladies’ locker room in the Kinesiology Complex is worthy of some investigative reporting. In the toilet area, taps spray water in all directions, leaving the vanity and those using the taps soaked in water. At least one of the stall… Continue reading Letter: Sickening Showers

By Margie Phelps

Re: “Apalled by anti-abortionists,” letter, Oct. 26, 2006] It’s not enough that Robert Collins made a decision to ignore God’s commandments, refuse to trust Him, and kill the child God gave him. Now he has to spread it all over the campus paper, justifying it with a lot of words demonstrating that he worships himself,… Continue reading Letter: Heathens!

By Julie Labonte

[Re: “SU campout too in-tents,” letter, Oct. 26, 2006] Last week Zelda Sun commented on the validity and potential for success of Tent City. The purpose of Tent City was to draw attention to student debt, poverty and the affordable and accessible housing crisis that is affecting all Albertans, but Calgary in particular. The provincial… Continue reading Letter: SU campout a success