Month: March 2006

Huskies musht have been doping to play basketball

By Sean Nyilassy

The Dinos women’s basketball team began their season with seven returning players–three of them second years–and five rookies. Although this lack of experience didn’t show in a strong pre-season, the squad dropped their first four regular season contests. Head coach Shawnee Harle realized something needed to be done and, in true MacGyver style, took out… Continue reading Huskies musht have been doping to play basketball

Trojans glide through Dinos in first round of playoffs

By Andrea Poupart

The Dinos women’s hockey team went into the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference quarter-finals as the underdog Feb. 16-17. With a 2-18 record they were up against the SAIT Trojans, who went 13-5-1-1 in the season. With some last-minute changes, head coach Dean Holden was trying to shake things up a little, hoping to find some… Continue reading Trojans glide through Dinos in first round of playoffs

Dinos feel deeply pleased with Canada West win

By Sean Nyilassy

As most students counted down the hours before classes resumed, the men and women of the Dinos track and field squad pointed their hopes north to the University of Alberta where they competed in the Canada West Track and Field Championship Feb. 24-25. The women’s squad aimed at a second consecutive CW title, while the… Continue reading Dinos feel deeply pleased with Canada West win

Hockeysaurs steal one from top-ranked Golden Bears

By Crystal Wong

Yes, another battle of Alberta–a term used precisely 302,291,204 times a year. It probably contains more action and generates more discussions than a Paris Hilton sex tape.Okay, maybe not. But the Dinos men’s hockey team clinching home-ice advantage for the first round of Canada West playoffs in their last home game of the regular season… Continue reading Hockeysaurs steal one from top-ranked Golden Bears

Wyatt wins as new SU prez

By Sara Hanson

Besides the mess of posters that overtook MacEwan Student Centre, the 2006 Students’ Union General Election ran smoothly. In his election report, SU Chief Returning Officer Mike Brown noted voter turnout was down four per cent from last year, as only 17 per cent of eligible students voted. Brown said the low turnout was likely… Continue reading Wyatt wins as new SU prez

John Ralston Saul to hit town

By Stephanie Shewchuk

The Lafontaine-Baldwin Symposium began in 2000, named after two Canadian lawyers who came together in 1841 to oppose the British administration’s attempts to assimilate the French Canadian population. Both lawyers were great advocates of responsible government and accordingly the Symposium annually honours Canada’s great political reformers and stimulates debate concerning the future of democracy. Working… Continue reading John Ralston Saul to hit town

U of C okays abortion display

By Chris Beauchamp

The University of Calgary has given the Campus Pro-life club permission to exhibit a controversial display equating abortion with historical atrocities like the lynching of blacks in the U.S. and the Holocaust. “The administration at this point has said we can go ahead with [the Genocide Awareness Project],” said CPL representative Drew Brown. “We’re very… Continue reading U of C okays abortion display