Month: November 1999

By Collin Gallant

After eking out a 3-2 win in Friday’s game against the University of Manitoba Bisons, the Dinos men’s hockey team was looking to step it up a notch. And step it up they did. "We stole the game [Friday]," said coach Tim Bothwell. "It was great to get the win, but we knew tonight we’d… Continue reading Dinos knock Bisons back down to earth

By Еvan Osentоn

The U of C women’s hockey squad is the winningest Dino team on campus. However, you wouldn’t know that from asking head coach Julie Healy. "I didn’t realize that," said Healy. "I haven’t really been paying attention, comparatively speaking." Healy’s modesty in the face of recent success is staggering–the Dinos are coming off a weekend… Continue reading Dinos lay waste to T-Birds

By Patricia Fuentes

The opportunity to present new and unexplored research in geology has arrived. Geology 2000: An Adapting Profession is the theme for the Western Inter-University Geological Conference being held on campus in January 2000. "The conference will perhaps spark new interest for the students," said Ryan Mitton, who heads the planning committee. "Different universities have different… Continue reading Rock me gently

By Stephen Slessor

In the stressed out, high-strung atmosphere of a university campus, what does it take to make you crack a smile? Third-year General Studies student Steve Bleile thinks he has the answer. For the past few months, Bleile has busked on campus two to three times per week. Last Monday, he sang and played guitar for… Continue reading Student busks for smiles

By Sika Patton

In the midst of growing class sizes, distracted professors and indifferent students, there is still at least one field at the University of Calgary where passion and community are the words used to describe the educational process. On Nov. 22 and 23 students minoring at the Theme School in Northern Planning and Development Studies presented… Continue reading Theme school students present critiques

By Christine Cheung

Thanks to a new recording studio in the Rozsa Centre, students can now record their awesome yodelling talent in stereo sound right here on campus.Although the studio, unveiled Monday, was originally a part of the plans for the Rozsa Centre, a lack of funding prevented the studio from being realized until recently. "It was built… Continue reading Rosza unveils new studio

By Patricia Fuentes

Pushing freedom of speech to objectionable limits, pamphlets belonging to the US-based National Alliance group were posted around campus last week. "We’ve had numerous complaints about this group, we just haven’t been able to identify any of the people," said Campus Security Operations Supervisor Bob King. "These types of complaints come in very infrequently, about… Continue reading Questionable pamhlet posted on campus

By Mary Chan

The University of Calgary will receive $6 million to upgrade facilities as part of a one-time $38 million funding initiative announced by the Government of Alberta on Monday. Students won’t see any big changes as a result of the additional money, since the U of C will use the money to maintain operation of the… Continue reading U of C gets $6M for buildings