By Rafael Ford
University of Calgary students are finally going to have a cheap winter sports alternative to the hopeless Calgary Flames. The National Lacrosse League is coming to Calgary and starting December 2001 the Pengrowth Saddledome will house the new team, to be named sometime this summer. The NLL lacks the stuffiness commonly associated with the professional… Continue reading National Lacrosse League comes to Calgary
By Rafael Ford
University of Calgary intramural sports are truly a wondrous spectacle. Existing within the Faculty of Kinesiology and in the shadows of varsity athletics, intramurals allow the thrifty and time-conscious student to compete at little cost against others in the sport they love. As someone who has participated and refereed in both ice hockey and ball… Continue reading The secret world of the dumb-ass sports star
By Rafael Ford
Operations and Finance Vice-presidential and Commission candidates pleaded their cases at the Op-Fi candidates’ forum last week. Vice-president hopefuls Jordan Bonner, Natasha Dhillon and Travis Fast and aspiring commissioners Les Champ, Mark Counsell, Jana Hanova, Matt Stambaugh and Robbie White were quizzed by outgoing VP Op-Fi Matt Lauzon, who asked the candidates how they plan… Continue reading Debate alive and well at Op-Fi forum
By Rafael Ford
As I sat there Sunday afternoon quelling my morbid curiosity with the spectacle from south of the border that is the Xtreme Football League, a question suddenly came to mind. Is Vince McMahon really serious? Although he would have you believe otherwise, upon reflection the answer became clear. No, he isn’t! Nobody will dispute the… Continue reading Vinny Mac has a plan
By Rafael Ford
Bad Kitty will never see the light of day thanks to a loophole in the "Name the Stör" contest rules. The University of Calgary Student Union ruled in favour of retaining the name Stör instead of Bad Kitty’s Snack Emporium–the name the "Name the Stör" contest winning entry. "The contest was to name the store… Continue reading Bad Kitty Stillborn
By Rafael Ford
Super Bowl XXXV has finally been played, and the consensus is that it wasn’t half bad. After all the hype of the last two weeks, the battle for defensive supremacy was decided as the Baltimore Ravens became this year’s NFL Champion with a commanding 34-7 win over the New York Giants. I say half bad… Continue reading Super Sunday as entertaining as CPAC
By Rafael Ford
A new grant will feed the need for new Alberta health professionals. On Jan. 18, the government of Alberta announced $38 million in grants, almost entirely directed at expanding Alberta health education. "These program expansions are in keeping with our commitment to enable at least 1,200 more full time equivalent students to enter high priority… Continue reading Money means more Nurses
By Rafael Ford
Your abandoned junk is the Recycling Board’s gold. The fifth annual Campus Recycling Board garage sale took place over the weekend in the MacEwan Hall Ballroom. "People look forward to it," said perennial volunteer Nadine Yurack, who, based on previous years, expected turnout for the event to be nearly 400 people. The event, which has… Continue reading Thrifty SU deals