By Ben Perrin
It’s Saturday night, the music is booming, the dance floor is full and there you see what you’ve been looking for sitting beside the bar. The magnetism that you always hear about draws you closer. You don’t want to go too fast with it, but you better not look too clumsy either. Admit it: it’s… Continue reading Elections and everything after
In an exclusive interview with the Brunswickan, University of New Brunswick Comptroller Daniel Murray revealed at last that the UNB Fredericton campus will receive an estimated $3.7 million dollars as a result of the exclusive "Cold Beverage Argeement" with Pepsi Cola. In total, Murray estimates that $4.9 million in revenue from the agreement will be… Continue reading UNBF gets $3.7 million for Pepsi deal
Another fee may be coming. Don’t panic–it only applies to Management undergraduates, and even then, it’s optional.In a recent referendum held for Management students at the University of Calgary, 78 per cent of the 12 per cent of Management students who voted agreed to a $25 per semester for full-time students ($10 part time students)."The… Continue reading Management may pay another fee
Prepare yourself for an all out fund-raising barrage by the University of Calgary’s own radio station CJSW 91 FM. The annual event, which runs Fri., Oct. 23 to Oct. 30, is back and hopes to be as successful as its predecessor. Last year, the event was able to raise over $103,000 in donations, so this… Continue reading Adventures in stereo
By Rob South
A soaked, muddy field and a trail of bad luck longer than Highway 62 could not stop the Men’s soccer team from winning their first game of the season. Using their long ball game to compensate for poor conditions, the University of Calgary Dinos put Saskatchewan in their place with a 3-0 beating.Rookie Brian Newmarch,… Continue reading New march on playoffs
Once upon a time, in a land far, far away there lived a young boy, Adrian Wouts, whom, for this story, shall be known as Jack.Jack loves jellybeans, especially the black ones, but more than jellybeans, Jack loves volleyball. In fact, Jack even stops eating jellybeans in order to passionately describe his feelings about the… Continue reading My Magic Beans For A Dino Cup
Big bash hopes hang on committee’s compassionParties seem to hit full stride at the post-uneasy, pre-queasy, almost lampshade time in the evening, around 12a.m. For last year’s veteran Dinosaurs field hockey team the clock struck midnight with a national tournament berth. This season,with graduation taking a large chunk out of her squad, Head Coach Deb… Continue reading Big Bash Hopes Hang On Commitee’s Compassion
"A bit of a walk in the park, in’it?"– Tony Marsden, Kiwi tourist, first-time spectator, 4:45 left in the fourth quarter.To the untrained eye of a first-time spectator from New Zealand, Dinosaurs football victories would seem a dime a dozen judging by the spectacle witnessed this past Saturday in a 45-13 final score at McMahon… Continue reading Victory!
I awoke in a half-crazed, half-calm flurry of brain activity. The ideas were coming fast, but relaxed. I imagine it’s what Johnny Mnemonic felt like. It was almost as if I was ordering a pint at the local watering hole instead of cracking the shell on the hard-boiledest egg of a good idea man has… Continue reading I will be your king
By Ben Perrin
If you thought that secret agents, government cover ups, and top-secret files were all relics of James Bond’s Cold War missions, think again. This time, however, it’s New Democratic Party Member of Parliament Dick Proctor who has taken the title of "super-sleuth" against the latest Liberal cover-up. The main issue under discussion involves the Liberal… Continue reading Spies, lies and airbourne espionage