Month: November 2002

Our violent world

By Hadija Gabunga

It takes more and more than just your regular five o’clock news to shock people. So what’s the story? Is it news or entertainment? How much substance is there to what you watch on television? Are you being informed or entertained? Sex, violence and drugs sell. Flipping through the channels on television on a random… Continue reading Our violent world

The propaganda of Kyoto

By Stephane Massinon

In my grade ten social studies class, we watched Allied propaganda from the Second World War. As the guerrilla-like Nazis rampaged through big Western cities, the entire class laughed, and appropriately so. The outrageousness of this image was viewed for what it was, and the government’s attempt to scare young men into enlisting was obvious.… Continue reading The propaganda of Kyoto

As the United States prepares to go to war, thy show us who the real terrorists are

By Chris Morrison

There is a difference between a terrorist and a freedom fighter, or a guerrilla. A terrorist deliberately targets civilians; a guerrilla attacks the military and government apparatus of its perceived oppressor. Yasser Arafat, regardless of his Nobel Peace Prize, is a terrorist because of his long history of attacking civilians. These attacks have included the… Continue reading As the United States prepares to go to war, thy show us who the real terrorists are

Hockey women set for cross-town battle

By Kris Kotarski

For the first time ever in ACAC competition, the U of C’s women’s hockey team will visit the Mount Royal College Cougars Fri., Nov. 15. Since this is the birth of a new Calgary rivalry, manufactured hatred will be required.So on that note… Melissa Welton, MRC’s leading scorer allegedly said that Dinos’ netminder Tonya Young… Continue reading Hockey women set for cross-town battle

Blumell named Academic All-American

By Kris Kotarski

The fact that he plays for a Canadian university didn’t stop Dinos quarterback Lincoln Blumell from becoming an All-American.Blumell was named to the Verizon District VII Academic All-American squad as the first team quarterback. The Calgary pivot has a 4.00 GPA in his master’s program in Religious Studies and led the Dinos to a 5-3… Continue reading Blumell named Academic All-American

The bar was set a little too high

By Kevin Rothbauer

A chance for cross-country glory went up in a blaze of stress fractures last weekend when the Dinos men’s team finished sixth at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport championships.“We had some good performances and some not-so-good performances,” lamented Coach Doug Lamont. “It was not what we expected.”The Dinos were ranked fourth in the country going into… Continue reading The bar was set a little too high

Can you say untouchable ?

By Kevin Rothbauer

Don’t go to the track with anyone from the University of Brandon.Faculty members from the school in Manitoba’s number-two city were hedging their bets on the home team to beat the women’s basketball team from the University of Calgary. They couldn’t have been more wrong had they picked War Emblem.The Dinos swept last weekend’s season-opening… Continue reading Can you say untouchable ?

Basketball men haunted by final minutes

By Esther E. Steeves

Last weekend the men’s basketball team was defeated by the Brandon University Bobcats in two exciting, but disappointing, games. The Dinos held a lead on more than one occasion over the weekend, but on both nights the boys ran out of steam, allowing the Bobcats to sink in their teeth. “Our biggest problems in Friday’s… Continue reading Basketball men haunted by final minutes