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Volume 50, Issue 32 March 11, 2010 ![[image]](/imgcache/150_images_covers_20100311.jpg)
Previous Issues News • SU '10/11 executive elected • Relaxation class helps students de-stress • Robotic technology removes brain tumour • And the battleship is sunk: Gauntlet elections (1 reply) • Alumni Association reaches out to students with senior class ambassador program • U of C students create Wildrose Club • City of Calgary donates over $3 million to Nickle Arts Museum • Ombudsperson receives "recognized standing" Entertainment • Spun: Hollerado • Spun: Shiest • Spun: Versicolour • Snakes explores humanity's grotesqueries • Ricca’s on the Razor’s Sharp edge Opinions • Re-thinking the green car • Helping your waistline and your wallet • Our national anthem needs revision (1 reply) • The STI dilemma: to tell or not to tell? And when? (1 reply) • Sarah Palin preaches to the choir • Editorial: Research funding in danger Sports • Play some football to celebrate St. Paddy's • Bears end Dinos season • Sports briefs • Dinos ready for national tourney Features • Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds |
Content by Evan Osenton
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2000-08-10 - Supplement DIAGNOSIS, DELICIOUS: Ralph Klein may or may not have supped on a St. Louis chilli dog. It tasted better than it looks. Story: The Ralph Klein pub crawl StoriesBUDGET HISTORY: Show U of C the money2004-10-28 - Budget History - As the University of Calgary turns 30, it begins the pursuit of a new strategic direction toward the future. The aim of this new focus is to help the institution achieve a greater distinction across Canada and throughout the world. The U of C wishes to be recognized as a dynamic and vibrant university, worthy of representing the citizens of what they call the most educated and progressive city in Canada. To meet this end, seven design teams were assembled in December 1996, made up of faculty, students and staff. These teams were created to address the issue of strategic transformation from a variety of different viewpoints. This article is the first in a series of seven that will look at the various issues these teams will address. More...  U of C legends and mythsTruly inspiring to downright weird 2002-08-30 - Listen up, frosh. The following are some of the infamous and lesser-known stories about the U of C; stories you'll no doubt relish and tell to your grandchildren some day. Most are true; one or two might be very recently fabricated in the hopes they will circulate and add colour to a campus which can be a little drab from time to time. Happy reading! Our sinking library: The MacKimmie Library is allegedly sinking into the earth. Apparently, the original architects did not take into account the weight of books. As a result, the floor between the sixth and seventh floors must remain empty to counterbalance this oversight. None of our reporters can gain access to this floor, and no one at the library will talk about this scandal. However, massive provincial government underfunding will likely solve this problem as books are discarded or stolen and not replaced, thereby lightening the library's load. More...  A useful guide for the pragmatic studentThese are things you should know 2002-08-30 - As a frosh, you'll hear some scary lingo on campus. Fear not: The following guide will help it all make sense. Academic Probation: Also known as the dean's vacation, Academic Probation is what you will be considered "on" if your gpa drops below 1.70. Academic Probation (or "AP") is also the name of a section in the Gauntlet. Most Academic Probation editors in fact flirted with a 1.70 GPA during their term as AP editor. Ironic, yes? More... Men’s Hockey 2002-04-11 - Report Cards - Talent: B Oh, there's no shortage of talent on this team. It sure is great that Calgary beats UBC and Brandon more often than not, but in order to go anywhere in the CIS they must step up their game. The most pressing area in need of improvement is defence-the team's Achilles heel. Mike Muzechka managed to nab a Conference second-team all-star spot, but overall, the back six needs a retrofit. And with goaltender Scott Rideout's retirement, will Aaron Baker, like Rideout before him, be able to carry the team next year? Up front, the Dinos are solid, but may lose some of their depth to graduation. Of note: Ken McKay had 20 goals, was a conference first-team all-star and was only six goals away from receiving 25 pounds of sizzling grade-A ground pork courtesy of the Gauntlet. More...  Saskatchewan hockey heartbreaker2002-03-07 - After all those gruelling practices, those skull-crushingly boring laps on the treadmill, those thousands of hours of unspeakably banal video and terrifying verbal tirades courtesy of Coach Scott Atkinson, those days upon days upon days upon days of maddening bus trips through bleak, bleak Saskatchewan and God-awful Manitoba, after dozens of failed school assignments and seven or eight withdrawals on each transcript, after wanton alcohol and Sudafed abuse and severely strained relationships with girlfriends, boyfriends and family, after everything the Dinos men's hockey team had to endure this year, their season all came down to one final series, one final weekend, one final chance to make all of their sacrifices worthwhile, one final chance to prove to everyone that they were the best university hockey team in the nation. And they lost. Sigh. More...  Grimard and Co. punish PronghornsDinos head for second round matchup with Saskatchewan 2002-02-28 - While most University of Calgary students spent reading week imbibing Wild Turkey by the imperial gallon, the men's hockey team were slightly more productive, playing two games to close out their regular season and steamrolling through the first two games of Canada West playoff action. To recap: On Feb. 14 and 16, the Dinos played a home-and-home series against the University of Alberta Golden Bears. While the Bears had already clinched first overall in the Mountain division and home ice advantage throughout the playoffs, any Calgary-Edmonton tilt has all the intensity of a playoff series and this one was no different. Although Calgary played hard in both games, the Bears prevailed 5--2 in Calgary on Valentine's Day and barely won 4--3 at Clare Drake Arena in Edmonton on Feb. 16. More... Men's Hockey Weekend Update 2002-02-14 - Should it be remembered as "The Pass"? Or maybe the "Miracle on 24th Ave."? Decide for yourself: It's last Saturday, and our hockeysaurs are down one to Lethbridge with five minutes left in the game. Your fingers are jammed in your mouth up to the second knuckles in sheer terror. All of a sudden Dinos defender Jeff Yopyk springs Tyler Murray on a partial breakaway. Sweet merciful Abraham! You lean forward in your seat, panting frantically. Murray bears down on the opposition net, lugging a cowardly Pronghorn on his back, who rakes his skate blades down Murray's shin. It looks like Lethbridge's cheating ways will prevail, and Murray will be lucky to manage even a bad angle shot... when suddenly, Murray turns and feathers a perfect drop pass to the trailing and unaccosted Sean Robertson. You gasp as Robertson rips the puck top corner. Game tied. You and the 60 other Dino fans in attendance go wild, spilling beer and sloppily kissing perfect strangers. More...  Men’s HockeyWeekend Update 2002-02-07 - Imagine you're a hunter and you haven't had much luck lately. Your confidence wavers as other hunters boast of their gory accomplishments. One day, you spot a bobcat through your binoculars. Ooh, a bobcat! Sure would look good stuffed and mounted in your den, wouldn't it? Killing this magnificent beast sure would make you feel mighty again, wouldn't it? But, wait. What if that bobcat was old, lame, blind and missing large patches of fur and all its teeth? What if it was staggering uselessly, looking for a tree under which to die? Would it still be right to kill it? Would its death still boost your confidence? Such was the dilemna facing the University of Calgary men's hockey team last weekend. The 12--9--1 Dinos, hungering for a playoff spot, hosted the 3--16--3 University of Brandon Bobcats, a decrepit squad far removed from playoff contention. That the Dinos needed these two wins very badly goes without saying. But with an 8--0 win Friday night and a 6--3 victory Saturday afternoon, the Dinos laid waste to Brandon with a savagery that would have befitted a far mightier opponent. The results were almost embarrassing and they beg the question: Are these Dinos for real? More... Men’s Hockey Weekend Update 2002-01-31 - One has to feel some pity for Felis concolor, the common cougar found across much of Western North America. Nearly eradicated in the 19th century by hunters and farmers, its comeback in the mid-to-late 20th century was marred by the emerging double meaning of "cougar" as any sexually lecherous middle-aged bar-going human being. It is thus with some begrudging acceptance that Dino fans must bear the news that their beloved hockeysaurs split their Jan. 23--24 series with the University of Regina Cougars. Calgary soundly thumped their promiscuous dustbowl rivals in two previous meetings this year (5--2 and 6--4 way back on Nov. 2 and 3), but Regina went into last weekend's series with a sort of sluttish self-confidence, having lost only four of their last 10 games and only once at home all season. Meanwhile, Calgary has struggled of late, their offence has been flaccid, their defence frigid and their confidence in tatters. More...  Dinos may let Bears skate away with itDinos squeak out a single victory against the visiting Bisons 2002-01-24 - "We shit the bed." So said an anonymous Dino hockey player last week in reference to the team's Jan. 11--12 series against the University of British Columbia; a series that saw them drop two games to one of the worst programs in the country. While purely metaphorical, the description of the hockeysaurs as nocturnally incontinent is one that seems even more appropriate following another smelly performance last weekend-a split with the lowly University of Manitoba Bisons. More... [Next Page] More stories by Evan Osenton: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 |
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