Tag: Letters

By David Brownridge

Editor, the Gauntlet, Wow, great letter by Chuck Day [“Affordable housing blues and a call to abandon ship,” Chuck Day, Oct. 2, Gauntlet]. Finally somebody with “balls” and some political sense, two qualities rarely seen here on campus, especially together. The insults were only part of what it made it good, the other was its… Continue reading Letter: Caring about not caring

By Louis Poirier

Editor, the Gauntlet, I think you should be careful about saying the nuclear power is cheap. [“Nuclear energy’s powerful questions,” Roman Auriti, Oct. 2, Gauntlet] All the information that I have suggests that it is more expensive than coal power once you look into the life cycle costs. It turns out not to be too… Continue reading Letter: Problematic power

By James Mansi, Ph.D.

Editor, the Gauntlet,The Oct. 2 article by Gina Freeman about the HPV vaccine [“HPV Freakout,” Oct.2, Gina Freeman, Gauntlet] contains critical errors and wants to raise doubts about the safety and efficacy of Gardasil.HPV is not just “linked” to cervical cancer. HPV causes cervical cancer– without this viral infection, cervical cancer cannot develop.And while it… Continue reading Letter: the word on HPV

By Alastair MacKinnon

Editor, the Gauntlet, [“Affordable housing blues and a call to abandon ship,” Chuck Day, Oct. 2, Gauntlet] I understand the frustration around delivering affordable housing solutions to students. Progress is slow, the process is highly political and it seems like all anyone ever does is talk about it. I would like to take this opportunity… Continue reading Letter: In defence of housing policy

By Jay Hind

Editor, the Gauntlet [“The U of C is going downtown,” Sarelle Azuelos, Sept. 25, Gauntlet] So the provincial Conservatives are going to reward their incompetent “board of governor” appointees with even more money to build a second campus to spread their incompetence even further? Another of the main reasons that this overcrowded university usually ranks… Continue reading Letter: Urban dreaming

By Atul Jain

Editors, the Gauntlet I would like to ask why the Conservatives were the only party that failed to respond to the WSPCA election survey (Party responses: tinyurl.com/4uv36f ) and the Canadian environmental survey sent to them by a coalition of 30 citizen’s groups, (Party responses tinyurl.com/4s4nn7). Are they too ashamed of their repugnant pro-cruelty and… Continue reading Letter: Conservative disappointment

By Chuck Day

Editor, the Gauntlet, I could not stomach more than 20 minutes of the Sept. 29. Students’ Union housing forum which invited the provincial housing minister, opposition housing critic, an alderman, university and student representatives. The Conservative government minister admitted their ignorance by saying that they are studying the issue and will have the results of… Continue reading Letter: affordable housing blues

By Dave Snow

Editor, the Gauntlet The Gauntlet’s article [“Grad students not being heard,” Sept. 11, Sarelle Azuelos, Gauntlet] about the Graduate Students Association trying to initiate a referendum to leave the Canadian Federation of Students is great news. When I found out that the petition was going around, I got my name on the list and volunteered… Continue reading Letter: a call to abandon ship

By Nicolas Krause

Editor, the Gauntlet, Your opinion article on the current “invasion” of Pakistan [“Insane invasion,” Cam Cotton-O’Brien, Sept.18, Gauntlet] betrays a staggering lack of understanding of the current conflict. The guerilla fighters that fought the Russians in the ’80s were financed with U.S. money, but that money was funneled through Pakistan’s security service, the ISI. Their… Continue reading Letter: a staggering lack of understanding

By Daniel Dutton

Editor, the Gauntlet,In Mr. Hamonic’s article [“A crusty ass carbon tax,” Jesse Hamonic, Sept. 18, Gauntlet] he makes a point analogous to claiming that a tax on gasoline and similar products would be non-distortionary, much in the same way that the GST is considered non-distortionary. Basically, he said that such a tax would not change… Continue reading Letter: Fearful Tax