Month: September 2011

By Erin Shumlich

Aleaky roof at the Olympic Oval created bumps and grooves in the ice which caused unwanted obstacles for speed skaters. Since opening 24 years ago, rainy days meant hazardous conditions at the Oval for skaters who often had to dodge pylons and water buckets. The Olympic Oval just completed its largest project since opening in… Continue reading Olympic Oval ready for the world

By Joseph Sandler

The University of Calgary Dino football squad rush into the 2011-12 season with high expectations as an extra push. As the reigning three-straight conference winners and two-time Vanier Cup finalists, the Dinos enter the season with a lot of pressure. In the tough Canada West conference, the Dinos will compete without seven former All-Canadians who… Continue reading The football season is ready for kickoff

The International Gravity Sports Association held a longboarding World Cup event at COP on Sept. 2nd-4th. The competition awarded the largest cash prize ever in North America, a whopping $12,000. The course was more technical, with competitors reaching speeds of “only” 70-80 km/h.

By Erin Shumlich

Students across Western Canada now have the opportunity to watch their favourite University sports, regardless of whether they are in attendance or not. All 14 members of the Canada West University Athletic Association, including the University of Calgary, will use CanadaWest.tv as their official web-based broadcast. All Dinos basketball and volleyball home games will be… Continue reading Sports games now broadcast live

By Taylor McKee

In the world of collegiate hockey, the off-season hardly affords time to rest on the laurels of last season, no matter how substantive the accomplishments may have been. With a finite number of eligible years to play, Canada Interuniversity Sport talent is both given and taken away at the end of every season. This constant… Continue reading Dinos men get ready to hit the ice

By James McDonall

The paper has learned that beloved campus hero and self-proclaimed grammar nut, Geti T. Wright, has apparently suffered a breakdown following exposure to one too many local television personalities. Details of the event are slowly becoming clear. Ms. Alma Parsons, a witness, describes how Mr. Wright was in the lobby of the local television station… Continue reading Grammar nut finally cracks

By Domink Matusik

Layton’s death was particularly shocking as he was in his political prime. He was popular, his party managed to achieve a historic breakthrough and he would have been poised to become the first ndp prime minister in Canada’s history. Now the ndp’s success could evaporate as suddenly as it materialised — this is doubly true… Continue reading The future of Jack’s Democrats

By Joydeep Mukherjee

Having been an Anglophile all my life, I identify all that is best of human civilization with what Britain once stood for, a long time ago. Perhaps I happen to be one of the few remaining people in a shrinking group who associate Britain with the finer things in life: great literature, classic rock bands,… Continue reading London towne’s morals are melting down

By Remi Watts

Morality and animals is an undeniably sticky subject. However, it seems to be the case that there is, at minimum, one particular animal who is a possible candidate for, as I hope to show, significant moral consideration due to its capacity to produce entheogens. That animal is the Sonoran Desert toad. Forthwith, ‘entheogen’ (Greek for… Continue reading A most peculiar toad

By Gauntlet Editorial Board

Applicable to anything defined as a vehicle under Alberta’s Traffic Safety Act (yes, bicycles are vehicles too), the distracted driving legislation — Bill 16 — limits drivers from a massive swath of activities, including the use of a cellular phone (except when contacting emergency response units); a pda, hand-held or wireless electronic devices, radio communication… Continue reading Distracted drivers, distracted government