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Does distance = detriment?
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Does distance = detriment?

Once the spring semester comes to an end and students leave Calgary for the summer, friendships are tested by distance, and we must adjust accordingly and empathetically to preserve our cherished relationships.​

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The Gauntlet’s guide to make student life cheaper
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The Gauntlet’s guide to make student life cheaper

Students have access to more than just discounts, but can use their student status to interact with breaking news and journals.

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Calgary Flames hockey is off the air
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Calgary Flames hockey is off the air

On Tuesday, July 7, Sportsnet 960 The Fan began their morning talk show as usual. On air, bright and early, everything was running smoothly. Suddenly there was dead air. With no explanation, the broadcast cut out. The news broke around 11 a.m. announcing that Rogers Sports & Media had

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Anxiety, but make it a personality trait
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Anxiety, but make it a personality trait

Why streaming dramas keep aestheticizing mental illness Welcome to the golden age of aesthetic anxiety. If you’re writing a buzzy streaming drama and your character needs depth, complexity or something to do between long, meaningful stares into the middle distance, the formula is simple: give them anxiety. Add trembling

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A public space for the dead — and a mirror of the living: Class difference in Pere-Lachaise cemetery
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A public space for the dead — and a mirror of the living: Class difference in Pere-Lachaise cemetery

I visited Père-Lachaise Cemetery last year as part of a research project examining sustainability and livability in European cities. Our task was deceptively simple: to understand why Père-Lachaise is considered a public space, and how it functions as one. At first glance, the answer seems obvious. The gates

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Our world is another banned book on a shelf
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Our world is another banned book on a shelf

The world is becoming a dark dystopian novel that no amount of book bans can censor, and no rose-tinted glasses can possibly romanticize The complex and often torn discussion on banned books has been going on for ages, with concerned parents and hopeless teachers left in a never-ending

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Trying harder isn’t the problem: Why we need to change the narrative around unemployment in the lasting wake of COVID-19
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Trying harder isn’t the problem: Why we need to change the narrative around unemployment in the lasting wake of COVID-19

“Maybe you just need to try harder.”  That’s what someone said to me after I told them about my struggle to find a good job. To their credit, this was said with no malice, and they were quick to apologize once they realized how it sounded. Still, the quick

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Boo hoo, Donald! We all knew this would happen
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Boo hoo, Donald! We all knew this would happen

U.S economic isolation is becoming a reality — and Trump doesn’t seem to be helping himself. I am a fierce patriot. Even though I happen to be a dual citizen of Canada and the United States, my allegiance to Canada has never faltered. And that’s why I can

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The value of the Arts cannot be discounted
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The value of the Arts cannot be discounted

Editorial: In the defence of arts I recently had a conversation with a couple friends in the engineering school. Although it started off as a casual conversation about coursework and relative “difficulty,” it quickly switched to a familiar topic: which degrees are “useful”, and which ones are not.  Discourse around

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The rising costs of “protecting your peace”
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The rising costs of “protecting your peace”

Gen Z is the loneliest generation ever, despite the fact that our world is more connected than ever before, and gratification has never been more instantaneous. Why then are young people feeling so alone, and how can we fix it? Let me cut straight to the point. Your mom was

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A new era for the Gauntlet

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