By Jesse Keith
A lot of musicians have forgotten music can be used to spread a message. These days most popular musicians have very little to say besides what brand of jeans they wear or why Pepsi is the best cola. Folk singer/songwriter Dan Bern doesn’t fall into this category. He is, above all else, a man with… Continue reading Seven years on the open road
By Russ Dyck
Dino footballers Dan Federkeil, Evan Haney and Jeff Montgomery are going to play for the West team in the second annual Canadian Interuniversity Sport East-West Bowl. The Bowl will be held at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario and is comprised of 2005 CFL draftees and a minimum of three athletes from each CIS university.… Continue reading More kudos
By Dale Miller
The 37th annual Night of the Dino was kind of like my high-school graduation. This time, however, the people were taller, there were more awards and I wasn’t graduating. After a rather inspired toast to the coaches and grace, the crowd was given permission to eat. The food was a standard Calgarian roast beef buffet… Continue reading An awards smorgasbord
It was a tough offseason for Jill Friend. April 2003 saw her still licking her wounds from another failed trip to nationals and staring reconstructive shin surgery square in the face. It was so daunting that the fifth-year Dinos women’s volleyball player was seriously considering calling it quits. Lucky for her and her teammates she… Continue reading Jill Friend: Women’s Volleyball
One of the first people Gauntlet Sports Editors have met in the past few years isn’t someone you’d expect. While various coaches and members of Dinos Athletics tend to familiarize themselves with the new media moguls, there has been one athlete who ensures his team and his sport are always on the Gauntlet’s radar. His… Continue reading Nathan Kendrick: Cross Country and Track and Field
The unique experience of helping a team grow and mature, only to see years of hard work go relatively unrewarded is a sad truth for a handful of fifth-year Dinos this spring. After falling yet again to the Golden Bears from Edmonton, the burning reality that their university careers had come to a screeching halt… Continue reading A bittersweet hockey departure
There were some girls. There were some girls who played field hockey. There were some girls who played Dinos field hockey. There was a girl named Stephanie Maxwell who played Dinos field hockey for five years. Super Senior Stephanie Maxwell was a super sweeper. The faculty of Kinesiology has bestowed a degree upon her which… Continue reading A fifth-year field hockey farewell
The University of Calgary lost a loved and valued member of their family Mon, Apr. 5 when longtime women’s soccer coach Gord Ramsay lost a battle with cancer. The 60-year-old assistant to Head Coach Robin Slot had been with the program for a decade, seeing some considerable successes in that time, most notably the 1998… Continue reading Dinos lose beloved coach and leader
Ahoy all, it is the greatest time of the year yet again. We’ve survived the oh-so-painful two days after the end of the season and the chase for the Cup is on. What follows are the opinions of two sad souls who care way too much about that game with the sticks and rubber thingy.… Continue reading Just like Christmas in April
While the majority of students spend the first few weeks of April losing hair and losing sleep, varsity teams tend to lose a lot more. With every final exam written and every final assignment turned in, more and more fifth-year students bid farewell to their university eligibility. Four such battle-hardened warriors are departing members of… Continue reading Tracksters say ta-ta