By Steven Kelly
The men’s hockey team has a week to regroup, after losing back-to-back games against the University of Regina Cougars last weekend. The two losses in Regina drop the Dinos into fourth place in the Canada West conference, two points back from the third place University of Saskatchewan Huskies. The Dinos dropped their first decision Friday… Continue reading Men’s hockey look to take advantage of week break
Dinos women’s rugby head coach Jenny Vincent, 41, passed away Jan. 24 after a brief battle with cancer. Vanessa Janzen was a fifth-year with the varsity team this past season. I was honoured when asked to write some words about Jenny Vincent. I had only known Jenny for a few years but she without a… Continue reading Vincent started, drove Dinos club rugby
The Dinos men’s volleyball team got back to their winning ways over the weekend, scoring a pair of victories over the University of Regina Cougars. After a mediocre showing last week against the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds, a match-up with the Cougars was just what the Dinos needed to get back on track. They… Continue reading Dinos win, eye hosting CW final four
Editor, the Gauntlet, I know you don’t deal with this directly and the SU has been trying to help keep tuition fees down but I have a situation I would like to raise concern about. Classroom accommodation is increasingly lousy, not only are the desks crappy (most being half together and usually wobbly) but the… Continue reading Letter: looking for accountability
Editor, the Gauntlet, I’m a business student, and I finish this year. But what’s really got me enraged about the administration is the fact that the University of Calgary has the gall to even consider increasing tuition by a whopping 46.5 per cent – in one year!! That’s disgusting, exorbitant and atrocious. Thinking of the… Continue reading Letter: biz kid hates hikes
By Casey Smith
Editor, the Gauntlet, I am grateful to be graduating this spring so I will not be affected by the tuition increase, however, I do feel a responsibility towards my fellow peers and future graduates to speak up regarding this issue. The reason I chose the U of C to complete my degree from, was mainly… Continue reading Letter: grateful graduate
It’s an explosive new line of intimate apparel! Everyone can get in line to purchase your very own useless set of ammo undies. That’s right, useless as in they won’t blow — at least, not before someone notices you sitting in an airplane seat trying to inject chemicals into your groin. If Christmas Day’s underwear… Continue reading Explosive undies and TSA scanners
I’ve begun to think the Calgary Stampede might be behind this proposed tuition increase. Jay-Z holds the key to my insight. The latest issue of Esquire magazine carries an article about the astounding crossover success of the rap magnate. In it, writer Lisa Taddeo details that the most important feature of Hova’s ability to succeed… Continue reading Jay-Z, the Stampede and tuition hikes
By Ryan Pike
The pie has an important place in Canadian society. Pies are delicious, nutritious and, as has been made evident in recent years, they are a wonderful tool for political activism. But members of the political establishment are seemingly opposed to using a pie for protest purposes. Last month, federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea was the… Continue reading Pie: the creamy bastion of democracy