By Diltaj Atwal
The newly formed Arts Internationalization Committee held its first meeting a month ago. The committee aims to internationalize the faculty of arts and provide resources for students and professors to go abroad. The committee has faculty and student representatives to help both students and professors with international affairs and opportunities. “The Arts Internationalization Committee is… Continue reading Arts Internationalization Committee formed
Drug reform activists and members of the community discussed cannabis legalization at the Calgary Public Library theatre last Friday. Sponsored by the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws Canada and Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, the event was part of a cross-Canada tour designed to build public awareness of drug law issues and construct… Continue reading Marijuana legalization at the public library
Editor, the Gauntlet, Although I support the sentiment of Minister Hancock’s K-14 program, as a student I wonder if there aren’t better ways to contribute to equalization of access to education in Alberta. I am in the final year of my undergraduate degree, and wish to continue on to a master’s program, but because my… Continue reading Hancock’s Equalization
By Вen Li
In the last month, numerous one-off recordable CDs with such lofty titles as Globalization 101 and The truth about slavery have been anonymously tacked to bulletin boards about campus. The CDs contain close to 100 video, audio and text files scoured from the Internet that any tinfoil hat fanatic would love. “Who Is Ernst Zundel,… Continue reading The truth about globalization
Religion has an important role to play in shaping the future of globalization, Calgary Bishop Fred B. Henry told an audience of about 40 at the University of Calgary on May 16."Globalization has its own logic, but it doesn’t have its own ethics," said Henry. "In order to make globalization work for the world’s poor… Continue reading Globalization and religion
By Liv Ingram
Downtown alleys aren’t typically where you want to hang out with friends, but local restauranteur Cam Dobranski is changing that. Owner of Brasserie and Winebar in Kensington, Dobranski has transformed the alley beside his businesses into Container Bar, a repurposed shipping container that’s now a quirky outdoor bar. “It’s a fully recycled, cool little beautified… Continue reading Container Bar gives alleys a good name
By Chris Adams
A Calgary man is now the face of Canadian-bred extremism after he carried out a suicide attack that left dozens dead. Photos posted online in March revealed that Salman Ashrafi killed 46 people and himself in a suicide bombing in Iraq in November 2013. Ashrafi left Calgary to fight with the al-Qaeda splinter group Islamic… Continue reading Calgary man murders 46 in Iraq bombing
Upon opening Eamon McGrath’s latest album, I was greeted with handwritten instructions to “Play it Loud as Hell.” These instructions serve the album well. The songs are filled with loud, forceful guitars and percussion as McGrath’s stripped-down vocals give a raw feeling to the album. The album opens with heavy, psychedelic reverb on “Canadian Shield”… Continue reading Eamon McGrath
University of Calgary administration announced a balanced budget and a new Comprehensive Institutional Plan (CIP) for 2014–15 at a town hall meeting on March 21. According to provost and vice-president academic Dru Marshall, this balanced budget will help the U of C further its goal of becoming a top-five Canadian university by 2016. “We really… Continue reading U of C administration unveils 2014–15 budget
A doctor explains to his female patient that there are studies of fruit flies, mice, hamsters, frogs, monkeys and men with her particular condition — but medical research using women as subjects simply never occurred to anyone. I came across this cartoon while preparing for a presentation highlighting the gap in knowledge ofheart disease in… Continue reading Heart disease: the silent killer of women