All week Head Coach Robin Slot’s emotions meandered between extremes. He was like the Incredible Hulk: “Slot angry!” one day, “Slot satisfied!” the next.But this was not unfounded. The beleaguered “Slot Machine” lost his only goalkeeper to a concussion on Wednesday, beat the top-ranked team in Canada on Saturday, and saw his team lose to… Continue reading Dinos smell playoffs, taste nothing
Month: October 2002
Dinos put their sticks in the closet
Field hockey Head Coach Carl Dalton has a lot to be proud of. “This year was one of our best seasons ever,” states fifth-year veteran Ashley Raeburn, “O.K.–it was definitely the best we’ve had in the last six years.” The Dinos field hockey team just returned from the final Canada West tournament in Vancouver, touting a 2-2-0… Continue reading Dinos put their sticks in the closet
Lady Dinos play at the cup
This weekend’s Dino Cup action not only gave us a glimpse of the men’s team but also treated the crowd to the lady Dinos season opener against the University of Saskatchewan on Thu., Oct. 17. Unfortunately, the season did not open the way the Dinos would have liked, as the team lost starting setter Natalie… Continue reading Lady Dinos play at the cup
Dinos make poor contractors
The Dinos men’s volleyball team has been exactly the same for the last five years. Not all the players have been there the whole time, some have moved on, but the collective that is the Dinos is as unchanging as the beat to a Moby song. Every year it’s the same old thing. “We have… Continue reading Dinos make poor contractors
Dinos take the Bronze
The 16th annual Dino Cup came to a close on Saturday with a bittersweet victory for the Dinos in the bronze medal match. For only the second time in the tournament’s history the Dinos failed to qualify for the final. After opening the tournament with a disappointing loss to the University of the Pacific Tigers,… Continue reading Dinos take the Bronze
Letter: Engineers get no Charity
By Curtis Sim
Editor, the Gauntlet, The Faculty of Engineering recently held the Loonie Walk, an annual event that raises money for a local charity, Calgary Urban Project Society. Approximately 20 University of Calgary Engineering students set out on a cross-campus odyssey in hopes of reaching the goal of $1,200 in one hour.Throughout our trip, we ran into… Continue reading Letter: Engineers get no Charity
Letter: Krafty falls short
Editor, the Gauntlet,Re: “Krafty puts spin on houseboat trip,” Oct. 10, 2002. After reading Richard “Krafty” Bergen’s opinion article on the SU houseboat trip, I made a one-eighty on my views on the SU. The SU managed to accomplish a great deal. For example, the first night they established the issues which they thought the… Continue reading Letter: Krafty falls short
Letter: Signs of research
Editor, the Gauntlet,Re: “U of C president sorely disappoints,” Oct. 10, 2002 I found this article a perfect example of University of Calgary students complaining about things that they obviously have not bothered to look into. I fully agreed with the author’s stance on rising tuition, but this story is not new to the Gauntlet,… Continue reading Letter: Signs of research
Through a different, prejudiced eye
By Falice Chin
The stereotypical Chinese person drives a suped-up Civic, has an accent, relies on the family wealth, practices Kung Fu and has nerdy parents. While a lot of non-Chinese find it hilarious to imitate my ancestors’ accent and poke fun at certain “Chinese” characteristics, my race is playing the same game of ethnocentrism. Within the Chinese… Continue reading Through a different, prejudiced eye
Framing the mid-term elections
During the 1996 United States presidential election, Republican nominee Bob Dole tried to make President Clinton’s ethical problems the issue (and this was before the whole Monica Lewinsky story became known). But the American people voted en masse for Clinton. Why? Well, they did not care about Whitewater or Paula Jones. They cared about money.… Continue reading Framing the mid-term elections