While the Dinos may not be perfect this season, they are pretty damn close.The team continued their strong start as they rolled over the Lethbridge Pronghorns 4-1 in Calgary and came away with a single point in a 5-5 draw on the flip side of the home-and-home matchup.Two energetic teams set a fast tempo early… Continue reading Almost picture perfect
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Get to know your Dinos! (Even a little too well)
Nothing to report from this past weekend. The men’s volleyball team had a bye-week. So to do my part in drumming up some fan-support for the boys on the lankiest team on campus, I present to you an introduction to and some lesser-known tidbits about each of the guys. Here we go! (Disclaimer: All in… Continue reading Get to know your Dinos! (Even a little too well)
Framing the mid-term elections
During the 1996 United States presidential election, Republican nominee Bob Dole tried to make President Clinton’s ethical problems the issue (and this was before the whole Monica Lewinsky story became known). But the American people voted en masse for Clinton. Why? Well, they did not care about Whitewater or Paula Jones. They cared about money.… Continue reading Framing the mid-term elections
Holy season-sweep, Batman!
It was on The Simpsons that Adam West once remarked: “You know, in my day Batman didn’t need moulded plastic to improve his physiqueâ€| Pure West.”To put the Dinos women’s soccer team in that context, we need to view their game against the Trinity Western University Spartans like it was an episode of TV’s original… Continue reading Holy season-sweep, Batman!
An Outcaste hiding from the world
By Adam Goetz
After filming for almost three years in India, director/producer Jonathan Bland has returned to his hometown to showcase his newest film. Outcaste takes an anthropological approach to document the life of a Mauni Baba (silent monk). Bland discovered him while doing some research for another documentary that he is currently editing. "I wanted to capture… Continue reading An Outcaste hiding from the world
ConVersion: Where geeks go to get laid
By Вen Li
I went to ConVersion XIX looking for something I could understand, like what I saw in Trekkers. Somehow, I thought being able to recite most of Babylon 5 and the good Treks from memory would be sufficient to carry me through three days. It didn’t. By the end of the weekend, I had only begun… Continue reading ConVersion: Where geeks go to get laid
NUTV, CJSW get new space
No more Taco Time for these campus media folk–NUTV is moving up in the world and CJSW is right along with it.At the Tue., Aug. 6, 2002 Students Legislative Council meeting, councilors voted 8-0 in favour of the latest development plan for the third floor of MacEwan Hall that includes new space for both nutv… Continue reading NUTV, CJSW get new space
2002 Calgary Folk Music Festival
I have my wristband, my pen, my notepad, and my hat. I’m cursing myself for forgetting sun block, which is unforgivable for a pasty white boy like me. Otherwise, I’m ready for the 2002 Calgary Folk Music Festival.Thursday night’s openers, the Brothers Cosmoline from Toronto, sound like Bob Wills or early Lyle Lovett. They came… Continue reading 2002 Calgary Folk Music Festival
New Vice-President Research
Dr. Dennis R. Salahub is the University of Calgary’s new Vice-President of Research, replacing Dr. Keith Archer for a five-year term.The theoretical and computational chemist has experience as a researcher, strategic planner, program advisor, committee member and industry consultant. He has published over 250 research papers, edited four books and presented over 300 invited lectures.… Continue reading New Vice-President Research
Cricket in danger
Riley Park has multiple uses. Kids splash in the wading pool, adults sunbathe and on Monday evenings and weekend afternoons, white-clad men flit across the pitch playing cricket. This activity may be in jeopardy."What was being proposed was a larger parks depot, but that’s a side issue," said Don Patrician of the Department of Programs… Continue reading Cricket in danger