Month: December 2001

Pros • Highly involved and responsive to clubs • Visible on campus • Makes full use of her commissioners Cons • Poor prioritization • No personal accountability • Too operations focused, lacks balance      Some Students’ Union executives have run great commissions, others have run shitty ones. Natasha Dhillon’s Operations and Finance commission falls somewhere in… Continue reading Natasha Dhillon

Pros • Attends events, is very approachable • Kept two primary campaign promises • Dedicated to diversity of his portfolio Cons • Lack of executive involvement • Failed to educate and inform with TAC • Some events disorganized     &nbspOh, what a tough job Chris Kerr has– attending concerts on a weekly basis, watching Star Wars… Continue reading Chris Kerr

By Chris Morrison

This month, Major League Baseball voted overwhelmingly in favour of contraction by a 28-2 margin. What this means is by next season at the earliest, two teams from small markets will be purchased by the office of MLB and their players will be redistributed through a dispersal draft. The rumour on the playground is the… Continue reading MLB must sleep in the bed it made

By Ryan Laverty

She may have only been here for a single season but Carolyn Fitzgerald definitely left her mark on the Dinos field hockey team. According to sources the mark looks a lot like the one a beer bottle leaves on a hardwood bar. "I’ve drank with the best of them and she’s definitely not bad," laughed… Continue reading Fitzgerald era ends before it starts

By Roy Zavorsky

When Aimee Newton made the National Snowboard Alpine team this spring, she knew she would have to forego her fifth year as a Dino field hockey player. A competitive skier for most of her life, Newton called it quits in 1996 to pursue an education rather than fight the politics of sport at the national… Continue reading Chasing a dream

By Ryan Laverty

The loving punishment starts now. The men’s volleyball team closed out the first half of their season Nov. 30-Dec. 1 with a pair of fifth set losses at the hands of the University of Manitoba Bisons. The team fought hard throughout the weekend but did not see the fruition of their labours–something that has happened… Continue reading …men undaunted

By Kris Kotarski

Not even a thousand monkeys chained to a thousand typewriters could have written it any better. The Dinos women’s volleyball team flew to sunny Winnipeg to take on the University of Manitoba Bisons and the two games that ensued were poetry in motion. Two five-set marathons, both won by the Dinos, were so entertaining fans… Continue reading Ladies untouchable…

By Kris Kotarski

"You know why the soccer cabs are such a big success," said Dinos captain Jessie Norrie with a devious smile. "It’s because the soccer girls are so good looking. If you don’t drink all year you drink three times: soccer cab one, soccer cab two, and Bermuda Shorts Day." While these are the sentiments shared… Continue reading Jessie kicks some serious ass

By Еvan Osentоn

You may not have heard of Scott Rideout, but hockey players all over Western Canada spit, curse and gnash their teeth at the mention of his name. Rideout, the Dino’s fifth-year goaltender, is having the best season of his Canadian Inter-unversity Sport career in this, his final year of eligibility. But don’t suggest this to… Continue reading Making a name for himself

As 2001 draws to a close, we must remember that life has gone on with little outward change despite the world-shifting events of September 11. As we wade through December, the stress of exams and papers feels no different. People still ebb and flow through university hallways much as they have for more than 40… Continue reading A renewed appreciation