By Ben Hoffman
“War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography”– Ambrose Bierce The audience was a who’s who of Calgary’s social elite, from oil baron to politician, the conversation topical and bearing the stamp of influence. I was a little out of place. This was the backdrop to a one hour invitation for a speech by the… Continue reading The new cold war
By Bryn Levy
The rapid rise of China on the world stage has caused a lot of recent debate on the new superpower as a global security threat. It cannot be denied China has engaged in a military buildup for years now, and that they have expressed some troubling aims, particularly on the subject of Taiwanese independence. However,… Continue reading The red dragon doesn’t breathe fire
By Saidia Green
On November 1st, two devel-opment studies students, Jenn Marshall and Eric Shorten, attempted to conduct a survey in MacEwan Student Center as part of a project for their GNST 500 class. Their project is a multi-faceted attempt to get all coffee providers on campus to offer at least one variety of fair trade product so… Continue reading Fascism holds sway in foodcourt
Oh, how quickly we forget.The University of Calgary began dropping in the Maclean’s university rankings in 1999, when we slipped from the top 10 to 12th place, finally reaching our current 14th in 2002. For this time, the U of C administration has held their position that Maclean’s wasn’t an accurate representation of reality at… Continue reading It’s that Maclean’s time of year again
Premier Ralph Klein has said a number of times this week that students will not face the so-called double-bump tuition increase next year. Although he (sort-of) promised the government would step in if necessary, Klein called on the institutions themselves to come up with revenue shortfalls. Pure genius, Klein. Calling on universities and colleges to… Continue reading Be careful what you wish for
Our Dinos got a taste of March Madness Nov. 5-6, traveling down to the land of ‘sweets’ and hurricanes commonly known as the United States.The men started out in Fort Worth on Saturday, taking on the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs–a first-division NCAA team. After bouncing back from a 46-28 deficit at the half to… Continue reading Eagles and Frogs bounce Dinos
The Dinos women’s volleyball team played with the University of Saskatchewan Huskies like they were 12-year-olds with a brand-spanking-new video game Nov. 4-5. Irrelevant analogy you wonder? They never are. In Friday’s first set, the Dinos got all wrapped up in the world of the new game, letting the Huskies control them for much of… Continue reading As challenging as Super Mario Bros
By Amanda and Krista VanSteelandt
Despite the Dinos men’s soccer team’s best efforts at the Canada West playoffs in Langley, B.C., the University of Calgary couldn’t come up with a result.“We competed. It shows we deserved to sneak in like we did,” said keeper “Two-minute” Rick Urbanczyk.Calgary lost their quarter-final match Fri., Nov. 4 to the University of British Columbia… Continue reading Valiant playoff efforts
By Crystal Wong
After a week off, the Dinos traveled to Winnipeg with a 3-2-1 record for a pair of games against the University of Manitoba Bisons Nov. 4-5. Both teams came out firing Friday night, with 35 shots on net in the first period alone, but no one managed to put the puck behind the goaltenders. The… Continue reading Tough split with Bisons
Anyone with experience will tell you not to date a tennis player, despite how they appear on TV. Love means nothing to tennis players. But until you’ve dated someone with fuzzy green balls in their shorts, you might not hear about the Dinos tennis team.Kelly Gordon hopes our mixed tennis squad will change all that… Continue reading What’s a tenn is team?