Month: April 2008

By Claire Fenton

From athlete to amputee, academic to food culture expert, Lisa Stowe has proved herself to be one of the university’s hottest instructors, so much so she merits a chili pepper from ratemyprof.com. A University of Calgary communication and culture instructor for nine years, Stowe’s interests are vast and reflect the department in which she works–interdisciplinary.… Continue reading Culture and cycling

By Daniel Pagan

Shaking off their notorious Thursden hangovers, students got up at 8 a.m. to protest against the University of Calgary’s controversial credit card decision at the university’s Board of Governors meeting. The Students’ Union served free pancakes and protest signs to the students who came out to the rally which was held outside the BoG meeting… Continue reading SU organizes rally to protest credit card decision

By Jon Roe

The University of Calgary has discontinued its relationship with the controversial Friends of Science organization and, after the results of an internal audit released Mon., Apr. 14, the U of C will revise policies related to research funding. But the audit did not determine whether funding from two trust funds at the university for an… Continue reading Friends of Science audit released

Live-blogging-blogging about things as they happen-has done much to illustrate the capabilities of the internet to succeed where traditional print media has failed us miserably. In the spirit of these electronic pioneer times, Bloglog live-blogs the best of the internet’s live-blogs in an effort to keep you in touch with your digital blogofuture. Do you… Continue reading Johnny’s Super-Neat Bloglog

By Joshua Goard-Baker

One week has passed on the Major League Baseball season and there have already been some interesting developments. Any of the predictions from the season preview published over the past two weeks will not come to fruition. However, with six games under their belt, the Toronto Blue Jays look like a completely different team. Despite… Continue reading Major League Baseball rundown: week one

By Derek Neumeier

With the National Hockey League playoffs just around the corner, every hockey fan who is any hockey fan will have his eyes and ears glued to the quest for Lord Stanley’s cup. While the battles for that piece of hardware wage on, similar battles are being fought behind the scenes for other pieces of hardware,… Continue reading Gauntlet Sportspinions

By Amanda Hu

Dinos women’s soccer player Morena Ianniello has made a name for herself with noticeable speed and a hard-pushing attitude. The forward was one of the shining stars of the team in the 2007 season, scoring eight of their 15 goals along with surviving hardships like the shoulder injury sustained in a weekend against several teams… Continue reading Keeping it all in the family

By Ryan Pike

This week, resident Gauntlet hockey buffs Derek Neumeier and Ryan Pike take a turn looking at the match-ups for the first round of the NHL playoffs by western and eastern conference, respectively, as well as their prediction for which team will go home with the Cup. Please note that accuracy is not guaranteed.[1] Detroit Red… Continue reading Let’s play ‘playoff prediction!’

By Jordyn Marcellus

Uwe Boll is a pretty good guy. Even though that’s a controversial statement to make–he did box a bunch of internet geeks–talking to him is a surprisingly pleasant experience. Most people don’t respect Boll’s numerous good qualities. He takes pride in his productions. He makes his movies separate from the Hollywood system, getting money from… Continue reading Straight-Up Bollin’

By Darren Young

Amidst the chaotic clamoring of a noisy rock ‘n’ roll band, a parallel can often develop between the music and the events of real life. For Andrew Forsman, drummer of the Seattle-based rock outfit The Fall Of Troy, the parallel chaos has found its way into his kitchen sink. “We don’t have a garbage disposal… Continue reading The rise of The Fall of Troy