Talent These ladies had no lack of talent. Fourth-year Social Sciences student Erin Ramsay was named to the first CIS All-Canadian team and super-senior Social Sciences student Megan Dourado was named to the second team. Both stars were also named to the Canada West First All-Star team. Jess Horning, Charlotte Sullivan and Steph Hoogveld landed… Continue reading Report Card: Women’s Soccer
Month: December 2004
Report Card: Football
Talent On the defensive side of the ball, defensive backs Rich Fowlstone and Damony Simmonds kept the opponent’s receivers busy all season. These two were a force to be reckoned with. With a combined 65 solo tackles and six interceptions between the two of them, they kept the opponent’s gains to a minimum. Dan Federkeil… Continue reading Report Card: Football
National nod for trackster
Dinos Track and Field athlete Jessica Zelinka, a 23-year old Communications and Culture student, has been nationally recognized for her incredible performance in the past. Now in her fourth year of eligibility on the team, Zelinka has won many events during her time at the University of Calgary. Her most recent triumph is receiving the… Continue reading National nod for trackster
Basketballers make narrow escape
By Tanya DeLyzer and Amanda VanSteelandt
The Dinos men’s basketball team traveled far and away to the University of Alberta Dec. 3-4, hoping to take a pair of wins from the Golden Bears. However, the men ended up playing fair and shared the wins with the Bears instead. The Bears took the win on Friday with a score of 82-76, and… Continue reading Basketballers make narrow escape
Two much needed wins for volleysaurs
By Carly McKay
Saturday Dec. 4 was a huge night for the Dinos men’s volleyball team. They won a thriller in front of an ecstatic home crowd, snapping their losing skid by stomping the University of Winnipeg Wesmen in five sets. After dropping the first set 21-25, the team appeared to be done for when, despite two massive… Continue reading Two much needed wins for volleysaurs
Hockeysaurs de-feather Thunderbirds
By Carly Benson
The games Dec. 3-4 marked the mid point of the season for the Dinos men’s hockey club. Coming off two heartbreaking losses to the University of Alberta, the Dinos were determined to make the most of this weekend’s opportunity against the worst team in the Canada West division–the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds. Friday night,… Continue reading Hockeysaurs de-feather Thunderbirds
Reflections on Dec 6, 2004
And so their dreams, and hopes have been buried for fifteen years, voices and laughter abruptly silenced that fateful day. Tears and grief from loved ones carry on as reminders of what could have and what should have been. December 6, 2004 marks the fifteenth anniversary of the Montreal massacre that saw the lives of… Continue reading Reflections on Dec 6, 2004
No place for Blue
By John Leung
Being a Red Tory is like being a contradiction: socially liberal but fiscally conservative. As Canadians, we pride ourselves on being a country that is liberal. We have touted it time and time again as something that sets us apart from our neighbours to the south. But does this mean that a Liberal government should… Continue reading No place for Blue
Celebrate the mathemagical world
By Ben Hoffman
2005 marks the one hundredth year since Albert Einstein took our collective breaths away by publishing three papers that revolutionized physics, the then stagnant branch of science. Fear had previously been descending that Sir Isaac Newton and James Clerk Maxwell had perfectly stated everything there was to know about physical reality, that with a regimented… Continue reading Celebrate the mathemagical world
A shout out to the West’s great minds
By Jeff Kubik
“I became aware, as early as my college days, that no opinion, however absurd and incredible can be imagined, that has not been held by one of the philosophers.” –Rene “solipsist extraordinaire” Descartes Tell me I’m not the only one. Tell me I’m not the first to have finished reading Descartes’ Discourse on Method and… Continue reading A shout out to the West’s great minds