By Scott Lepp
After a fourth-place finish in the 2011–12 national championships — which the Dinos entered as the host team — the University of Calgary women’s basketball team was cautiously optimistic heading into the 2012–13 season despite losing their iconic head coach Shawnee Harle. Even with all the uncertainty of a new head coach, the Dinos have… Continue reading Women’s basketball
The University of Calgary Dinos women’s volleyball team is currently on track to make the Canada West playoffs again this season, something the program has accomplished every year for over a decade. The Dinos’s 2011–12 season came to an abrupt end in a best-of- three CW quarterfinal to the Trinity Western University Spartans two… Continue reading Women’s volleyball
By Chris Johns
The men’s volleyball season has been — to put it mildly — rocky, so far this season. After qualifying for the Canadian Interuniversity Sport championships last season, the Dinos now appear destined to miss the Canada West playoffs entirely. The Dinos ended the 2011–12 CIS playoffs with a win over the University of Alberta Golden… Continue reading Men’s volleyball
By Mike Flach
The University of Calgary Dinos men’s hockey team came out of the holiday break with a two game sweep over the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds, extending their winning streak to five — tying the longest winning streak they had last season. The Dinos currently sit in fourth place in Canada West with an… Continue reading Men’s hockey
By Еvan Osentоn
The University of Calgary Dinos women’s hockey team is in an excellent position to defend their Canadian Interuniversity Sport championship title in 2013, sitting in first place in the Canada West conference with a 14–3–1 record. Unsurprisingly, the Dinos Canadian hockey legend Haley Wickenheiser leads the team in points. She collected 23 points despite dressing… Continue reading Women’s hockey
By Jeremy Woo
Canada has been incredibly fortunate. Through seas of uncertainty, Canada has proven its exceptional financial stability. Though Canada’s mighty ship has successfully weathered the economic storm thus far, the steady winds of prosperity are dwindling from its sails as growth is slowing and losing pace with the rest of the world. In order to take… Continue reading Oceans of economic opportunity
Ever since Confederation, an aggressive national policy of assimilation has been pursued by the Canadian government to delegitimize aboriginal culture and rights. For 146 years, politicians have instituted laws, amendments and statutes designed to weaken the aboriginal population. Aboriginal rights to land were clearly defined by the Royal Proclamation of 1763 and reaffirmed in the… Continue reading Revving up for a revolution
Gun violence in the United States has spun out of control. Last July we witnessed a man enter an Aurora, Colorado theatre wearing a gas mask, a load-bearing vest, a ballistic helmet and bullet-proof leggings. He was armed with grenades, a 12-gauge shotgun, a semi-automatic rifle and a handgun. Seventy people were wounded after he… Continue reading Editorial: Canada exporting terror
In the days leading up to the release of Peter Jackson’s newest epic fantasy, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the big question fans were asking was how he was going to stretch such a short story into three movies. The answer: with bullshit and melodrama. As the first part of a planned trilogy, An… Continue reading Film review: The Hobbit
A part of me really wants to love Django Unchained, the newest film by director Quentin Tarantino. It is a film that serves as a harsh reminder of the horror that was slavery in America in the 19th century, and absolutely no punches are pulled — the depiction of how slaves were treated is brutal,… Continue reading Film review: Django Unchained