The Vice-President External is responsible for representing students’ interests to the government and the community at large. This is most important when it comes to matters of tuition and student loans. A key aspect of this position is lobbying the three levels of government, especially the provincial powers that be, and therefore presentation, personality and… Continue reading VP External
Month: March 2002
President
Congratulations, students. You’ve dodged a bullet on this one.Matt Stambaugh is an experienced, dynamic and hard-working candidate worthy of the office, the parking pass and all those cushy lunches. His acclamation, making him next year’s SU President without a fight, is a stroke of luck. If some idiot got acclaimed, there would be much grief… Continue reading President
President
This is a position that demands a lot more grunt work than glamour. While the President is the most prestigious and recognizable position in title, it depends on how well he/she promotes themselves and the SU. Presidential duties include sitting on the Board of Governors and being the spokesperson and primary representative of the Students’… Continue reading President
Election Supplement Introduction
By the time you read this, I may well be in hiding. Every year in mid-March, a bounty is placed on the head of the members of the Gauntlet’s annual Students’ Union General Election Endorsement Committee. So it goes when you print whom you think should be selected as the higher-level SU representatives for the… Continue reading Election Supplement Introduction
Bad idea, good movie
By Natalie Sit
I imagine the sales pitch went something like this:Movie company: So you want to make a movie about a murder?Director: Well, it’s much more than that. It’s set in a Mormon town.MC: (pause) Riiiight. Did you make that movie about Mormon missionaries? Army of…D: God. But the religion isn’t the main focus. It’s just a… Continue reading Bad idea, good movie
Out of the garage and into the Den
By Eric Fung
An inter-school battle of the bands encourages war, not peace, in campus bars.Garage Wars is a four-night battle of the bands featuring 18 acts from the University of Calgary, Mount Royal College and the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. Chosen from over 60 submissions, finalists will vye for a grand prize that includes a studio… Continue reading Out of the garage and into the Den
The Terrain of Calgary’s jazz music scene
By David Kenney
Jazz is life for Tyler Hornby.For someone who at first hated trumpet legend Miles Davis, that might be a surprise. But years of learning, playing and understanding jazz has Hornby a disciple to the music of cool.Now it’s eight days a week teaching, playing, listening and cultivating jazz grooves in one form or another. Tonight,… Continue reading The Terrain of Calgary’s jazz music scene
Hold onto that happy thought
By Robin Koning
The folks behind Busking For Smiles want to pick your pockets, but for a good cause, of course.From March 11–13, the club plans to turn MacEwan Hall into Thrift Store, a carnival-style celebration of campus talent and recycled clothing. Students can expect an explosive mix of events including live musical performances, the release of student-directed… Continue reading Hold onto that happy thought
PUPPETS FROM DOWN UNDER
By James Keller
NOTE: The correct information for this event: April 17-21, MacEwan Hall, Tickets at Ticketmaster. While you may have some preconceptions of what exactly Puppetry of the Penis is, it’s even harder to imagine it.“I hope you’ve all had a drink, because you’re in for strange afternoon,” says Puppetry of the Penis co-creator and co-star Simon Morley.… Continue reading PUPPETS FROM DOWN UNDER
Saskatchewan hockey heartbreaker
By Еvan Osentоn
After all those gruelling practices, those skull-crushingly boring laps on the treadmill, those thousands of hours of unspeakably banal video and terrifying verbal tirades courtesy of Coach Scott Atkinson, those days upon days upon days upon days of maddening bus trips through bleak, bleak Saskatchewan and God-awful Manitoba, after dozens of failed school assignments and… Continue reading Saskatchewan hockey heartbreaker