Viancy Salubre is the Digital Editor for Vol. 66, and a recent graduate of the Print & Online Journalism program at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. Her editorial work can be seen in TheScene, Avenue and Create Calgary.
By Onadavwaro (Daro) Mrakpor, October 24 2023— She tries to hide that which is not conventional. “Without The Face, my own face looks less like one that’d catch your eye in the street… No one comments on my make-up and I feel a little deflated, in a week
By Eula Mengullo, Ansharah Shakil, October 24 2023— Calgary Opera welcomed its 2023-24 season with performances of Mozart’s timeless classic, The Marriage of Figaro, on Oct. 14,18 and 20. The light-hearted comedy follows soon-to-be wedded protagonists, servants Susanna (Lucia Cesaroni) and Figaro (Marcell Bakonyi)
By Reyam Jamaleddine, Ansharah Shakil, October 24 2023— Wordfest’s 2023 Imaginarium Festival had all sorts of bestselling authors, international and local attending, and a variety of events to solidify Calgary’s place in the literary scene. With 40 events over the course of five days, there were enough options
By Gabriela Dzięgielewska, October 24 2023— Nine months into labour negotiations between graduate teaching and research assistants (TAs and RAs, respectively) and the University of Calgary, a new contract has not been signed. In an interview with the Gauntlet, Hunter Yaworski, the chair of the Graduate Labour Union (GLU) representing
By Josie Simon, October 24 2023— University lectures can be long and tedious, but there is always that one person who manages to make it worse for everyone else. From Chatty Cathy to Typing Terror, these are the top ten types of people nobody wants to sit next to during
By Maham Fatima, October 24 2023— As University of Calgary students, we all have some things in common — staying up late, dealing with sleep deprivation and relying on caffeine to help us power through our classes. We have many caffeine vendors on campus including Tim Horton’s, Good Earth, Starbucks,
By Ilana van der Merwe, October 24 2023— The role of an artist requires as much versatility as creativity; and who better to embody this skill set than Canadian pianist, composer, and television host Michael Kaeshammer? With his roots in classical music, Kaeshammer laid the foundations of his career with
By Daman Singh, October 21 2023 After releasing arguably the most important indie-rock album of the 2010s with AM (2013), full of stadium anthems and structured rock fits, Arctic Monkeys took a complete 180 by making one of the most polarizing albums from a mainstream band: a lounge psychedelic-
By Nghi Doan, October 21 2023— While the other kids were still baffled about whether or not they should leave their bed early on the weekend, my mother, my younger sister and I were waiting at the bus stop. We woke up at six in the morning and left home
By Andreea Timis, October 18 2023— The presence of fall in Calgary can only mean one thing: it could very well start snowing any day now. Relax, I’m only kidding (well, for the most part). The winter season does have its positives. Christmas and New Year’s, snowball fights,