By Falice Chin
Nowadays, too many people know how to just loop a catchy sample. Let’s face it, in these times the bar has been raised. But enter the worthy Mos Def–half of Blackstar, part-time movie star and a brilliant musician .His second solo The New Danger is like the splattered paint of Pollock–complexly organic and steeped in… Continue reading Spun: Mos Def
By Emily Senger
The Dinos swim team came up short–by a mere 200 points or so–earning only second place on both the men’s and women’s sides at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport Swimming Championship in Edmonton Feb. 25-27. The Dinos’ long-time rivals, the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds, won the competition on both the men’s and women’s sides. Despite… Continue reading T-Birds soar while Dinos stuck in water
By Tanya DeLyzer and Amanda VanSteelandt
The Dinos men’s basketball team was disappointedly eliminated from playoffs Feb. 18-20. The 2004 Canada West Champion Dinos lost to the University of Alberta Golden Bears in a best-of-three Mountain Division semi-final. After defeating the Bears 78-76 on Friday, the Dinos were trounced 79-69 and 86-68 on Saturday and Sunday respectively. This is the third… Continue reading Dinos miss golden opportunity
By Aritra Das
While most of us were panicking about the imminent end of Reading Week–and the lack of “reading” we actually did, the Dinos track and field team was busy competing at the Canada West Track and Field Championships at the University of Regina Feb. 25-26. The Dinos women, as expected, performed very well as a team,… Continue reading Championship hopes high
By Sean Nyilassy and Lee Bogle
Faced with the 20-0 Simon Fraser University Clan in the Canada West quarter-finals, calling the 9-11 Dinos women’s basketball team under-dogs would be an under-statement. After squeaking into the final playoff spot by winning their final two games, our ladies were forced into a best-of-three series against the nation’s top team in their Vancouver lair,… Continue reading Like a hummingbird fighting a gorilla
By Joanna Wynn
The Dinos women’s volleyball team has basked in glory all season, and the Canada West playoffs have been no exception. Opening the playoffs right here in the Jack Simpson Gymnasium Feb. 18-19, the Dinos loomed over the eighth ranked Trinity Western University Spartans. Fri., Feb. 18 the Dinos came out in full force, dominating from… Continue reading Going all the way… again
By Carly Benson
It was time for the Dinos men’s hockey team to bring their A-game as their playoff run began Feb. 25-26. They could not allow the results of the previous weekend–a win and tie against the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds, along with the loss of goaltender Donald Choukalos to a suspension–affect their play. The game… Continue reading Hockeysaurs ride T-Birds to semis
The Dinos wrestling team came, they saw, and they held onto half of Fortress Calgary, but those dastardly marauders from the likes of the University of Saskatchewan Huskies, the Simon Fraser University Clan, the University of Alberta Golden Bears and the University of Regina Cougars took the other half of the fort. While both the… Continue reading Dinos centering in on title
Sometimes you have a good team. Sometimes you have a great team. But if you’re as lucky as the Dinos women’s volleyball team, you have a team molded by the Almighty himself. It came as no surprise, when Canada West and Canadian Interuniversity Sport award recipients were announced Wed., Feb. 23 and Wed., Mar. 2… Continue reading All you can eat awards buffet
With the playoffs as far from reach as a cure for cancer, the Dinos women’s hockey team had only pride on the line. They played their final two games Feb. 17-18 and didn’t go quietly into the night. Thursday night’s game was against the second best team the ACAC had to offer. The Red Deer… Continue reading Sweet end to a bitter season