By Alex Baron
Rod Durrant had a rough rookie season as a head coach in Canadian Interuniversity Sport. However, as coach of the University of Calgary men’s volleyball team, Durrant has plenty of potential and an excellent resume to build upon. The Dinos won the Husky Dino Cup in late October, appearing in the tournament final for the… Continue reading Durable Durrant
By Alex Baron
Canada struck gold at the 23rd Winter Universiade Games in Torino, Italy, thanks to the women’s curling team from the University of Calgary. The Winter Universiade Games are the equivalent of the Olympics for university students. The successful team consisted of skip Brittany Gregor, Katrine Fisette, Heather Hansen and Hayley Pattison and was coached by… Continue reading Curling: Italian gold
By Alex Baron
There was a lot of entertaining volleyball being played at the Jack Simpson Gym Feb. 2-3 as the University of Calgary Dinos battled for the last playoff spot. The Dinos took on the University of Winnipeg Wesmen in a two-game series over the weekend. Knowing their playoff chances were slim and thinning by the minute,… Continue reading A rare win
By Alex Baron
The Dinos Volleysaurs got the proverbial monkey off their back by winning their first game of the season, and head coach Rod Durrant’s first in Canadian Interuniversity Sport, as they split the Nov. 24-25 set with the University of Manitoba Bisons. A large energetic crowd was on hand as the men’s team started the weekend… Continue reading Men’s Volleyball: One upset, one defeat
By Alex Baron
The University of Calgary men’s volleyball team had an awful weekend as the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds ran right over the Dinos in two straight losses at the Jack Simpson Gym. Playing in front of a home crowd, the Dinos couldn’t put together a consistent effort Fri., Nov. 3 and Sat., Nov. 4. They… Continue reading T-Birds hunt Dinos
Final grades. The words sound like a death sentence handed from above. Luckily, most students are only graded once in their scholastic activities. Unfortunately for the hard-working Dinos, they’re graded once by their professors and once by the smarmy critics at the Gauntlet. Here are the final grades for the winter team sports. Men’s Hockey… Continue reading Measuring up: Dinos Report Cards
It’s that time of year again when you start getting numbers back in your classes before your finals and you realize, ‘Hey, maybe I should’ve spent more time at class, and less time in the Den.’Now the only hope is to cram all those ideas from the textbook. But, don’t forget those notes you stole… Continue reading Dinos Report Cards 2006
By Alex Brown
The problem one would imagine would be to find boys whose voices had not yet changed. Who else could properly imitate an appropriately feminine voice? Someone had to act the roles women were not permitted to take. So it was during the time of William Shakespeare, when plays were acted entirely by men. This is… Continue reading Shakespeare a labour in love on stage