So my girlfriend of three years finally agreed to have a threesome with me. It’s been a long-time fantasy of mine and we talked about it until she felt comfortable with trying it out. We went away for New Year’s and hung out at this club checking the scene; we decided it would be better… Continue reading Questioning threesomes
Month: January 2009
Bush is a good dude
By Ryan Pike
Sometimes you just have to feel sorry for George W. Bush. With just under a week left in his eight-year term as United States President, Bush already has political muckrakers shoveling dirt onto his grave and declaring him the worst leader in the history of the country. The only problem is they’re conducting the autopsy… Continue reading Bush is a good dude
Blasting fixed elections
As the recent American election is finally set to conclude with Barack Obama’s impending inauguration, it is worth reflecting on the wildly exciting electoral cycle down there to illuminate some concerns with the sometimes-proposed fixed election dates for Canada. Prime Minister Stephen Harper drew a lot of fire for backing away from his supposed plan… Continue reading Blasting fixed elections
Be resolute for flavour
When I opened my 12-piece cookware set of pots and pans this Christmas and was filled with joy and excitement, I was forced to admit to myself that I was growing up. There was a time when anything short of getting video games or Lego for Christmas was a disappointment and I must admit I… Continue reading Be resolute for flavour
Of groin punches and the apologies that must follow
By John Reid
We’ve all been there, some more than others. You wake up the next morning and fight through the haze to get across the bed, everything a blur because you slept with your contacts in– again. Your bedroom (at least you’re in your own bedroom) smells like your grandma’s cellar closet after that time you puked… Continue reading Of groin punches and the apologies that must follow
Letter: Why you should become a nurse
Editor, the Gauntlet, I am writing to extol the virtues of my profession, nursing. I came to nursing later in life, graduating in 1993 at the age of 32. Over the years, I have never regretted my decision to enter nursing. It is a portable career; I can literally go anywhere in the world to… Continue reading Letter: Why you should become a nurse
The SU’s woeful tales of tuition
By Jon Roe
The last day of classes for the fall semester was the big day of the tuition vote for the University of Calgary’s Board of Governors and though the result is always the same (the BOG approving a tuition raise for as much as they possibly can, which is now limited to the inflation rate), the… Continue reading The SU’s woeful tales of tuition
Book mixes ancient print with post-it notes
By Lisa Nguyen
Print technology has revolutionized the transmission of knowledge, transforming the once exclusive literary process into an open marketplace of ideas. The Chinese published the earliest known printed book in 868 CE, The Diamond Sutra. Johannes Gutenberg produced his own printing press using metal movable print in 1440, catapulting the convention of printing into main stream… Continue reading Book mixes ancient print with post-it notes
News for the unnewsed
Telekinetic breakthrough A new technology is said to give people the rare ability to move objects with their minds. Mind Flex is a game designed by Mattel to read electrical brain impulses while a person is thinking. Children use their thoughts to manoeuvre a small foam ball through a table-top obstacle course. The device, which… Continue reading News for the unnewsed
CJSW faces changing tides
Water flooded into the campus radio station CJSW offices and their on-air booth Dec. 17. Station manager Chad Saunders, no stranger to the flooding of CJSW’s offices, immediately began an effort to shore up the booth from the rising tide. “Water poured into six different places,” explained Saunders. “It came in two spots around the… Continue reading CJSW faces changing tides