Month: April 2010

The Gauntlet’s guide to April Fool’s gags you should avoid

By AP Poop Alliance

Every day is April Fool’s day here in the Academic Probation section. Everyday except for April 1st. Counter intuitive to our innate immaturity, juvenile crassness and knack for not getting it quite right, the AP section treats April Fool’s Day with more respect than our patron saint Rodney Dangerfield. It is our pleasure- Nay, obligation-… Continue reading The Gauntlet’s guide to April Fool’s gags you should avoid

Men’s volleyball goes from worst to first

By Curtis Taylor

Four years ago, the Dinos were the bottom feeders of the CanWest Conference. Today, they are the Canadian Interuniversity Sport national champions. So what happened? How did this team make such a drastic turnaround in such a short period of time? It all starts with the head coaching position. Rod Durrant took over from Greg… Continue reading Men’s volleyball goes from worst to first

Record-breaking Effah fastest man in CIS history

By Jon Roe

Sam Effah is not only one of the most decorated athletes competing for the University of Calgary. He’s also the fastest man in Canadian Interuniversity Sport history. “That’s kind of a cool label to have,” says Effah. “That means a lot, knowing that somebody from Calgary has that. Short sprints are definitely centred in Ontario.… Continue reading Record-breaking Effah fastest man in CIS history

U of C drama students spread their wings

By Jordyn Marcellus

For the last six years, Taking Flight has given University of Calgary drama department students an outlet to show their burgeoning talent. These young actors, playwrights and directors perform works they produced with little assistance from departmental instructors. Student designers create the costumes, with lighting and sound crafted by student technicians. The poor harried student… Continue reading U of C drama students spread their wings

Entrepreneurial student offers expert advice

By Brent Constantin

Ask any student about the difficulty of going to school full-time and you’ll hear similar stories. Everyday thousands of students have to choose between their rent, school related expenses and food on limited budgets. But one student has discovered an ingenious way to not only save money on food this spring, but also help to… Continue reading Entrepreneurial student offers expert advice

Spring makeup class

By Olivia Brooks

If ever a student dreamed of leaving their spring classes during a breezy afternoon with a beard, the spring session makeup class taught by Douglas McCullough could fulfill their wishes of neck fuzz and more. DRAM 372 — Make-up Techniques I, offers basic makeup as well as specialized make-up and prosthetics. The class was traditionally… Continue reading Spring makeup class

Better urban design will help Calgarians

By Colin Minor

Cities are complicated, exciting, living, breathing and evolving places. Each city in its development must face and react to a distinct set of pressures and challenges, and it is through these relations that the histories of cities are written. Marc Boutin, a Calgary architect and Environmental Design associate professor of at the University of Calgary,… Continue reading Better urban design will help Calgarians

Coulter’s campus visit draws a crowd

By Emily Ask

Ann Coulter, controversial author and conservative pundit, made her final Canadian tour stop in Calgary last Thursday. Originally scheduled to take place in Science Theatre 140 at the University of Calgary, organizers relocated her speech to a larger venue, the Red And White Club at McMahon Stadium. About 900 people showed up, including approximately 20… Continue reading Coulter’s campus visit draws a crowd