After splitting a pair of games versus the SAIT Trojans last weekend, the University of Calgary Dinos women’s hockey team faced another inner-city rival, the Mount Royal College Cougars at the Olympic Oval Fri., Jan. 26. The Dinos played a strong game all night only to give up the game-winning goal with 3:29 left in… Continue reading Women’s Hockey: Another loss
Month: February 2007
Men’s Hockey: Dinos lose fourth of last five
After spending several weeks ranked tenth in Canadian Interuniversity Sport, the University of Calgary men’s hockeysaurs now find themselves unranked after being defeated in consecutive games by the University of Saskatchewan Huskies. The Huskies took the opening game of the Jan. 26-27 series with a 4-2 victory, and stole a hard-fought game the following night… Continue reading Men’s Hockey: Dinos lose fourth of last five
Women’s Volleyball: Gut-check time
By Jon Roe
The Dinos women volleyballers went into a Jan. 26-27 series with the Trinity Western University Spartans with sky-high hopes of a sweep, but came away with a sky-scraping split instead.“Certainly [a sweep] was possible,” said Dinos head coach Kevin Boyles. “We’re a good enough team to beat any team in the league on any given… Continue reading Women’s Volleyball: Gut-check time
Men’s Hockey: Hockeysaurs lose Lukin
By Ryan Pike
The Dinos men’s hockey team bid farewell to one of their own this week, as forward Jarret Lukin departed the team for sunnier climes. The East Coast Hockey League’s Florida Everblades officially announced Lukin’s signing Mon., Jan. 29.Lukin had been absent from the Dinos line-up for quite some time, last appearing Nov. 25 in the… Continue reading Men’s Hockey: Hockeysaurs lose Lukin
Women’s Basketball: Dinos extend streak to six straight
By Todd Andre
Victory has become old hat for the Dinos. The University of Calgary Dinos women’s basketball team returned home victors again Sun., Jan. 28, fresh from trouncing two of the Pacific division’s favourite trouncees on the weekend. The Dinos (11-7) dunked the University College of Fraser Valley Cascades (8-12) 93-72 Fri., Jan. 26 and then traveled… Continue reading Women’s Basketball: Dinos extend streak to six straight
SU View: SU General Election on its Way
It is that time of year again. The Students’ Union election is fast approaching and it is almost time to head to the polls to elect the student leaders for the 2007-2008 academic year. Many students seem to not understand the role the SU plays in our day to day lives on campus. Their influence… Continue reading SU View: SU General Election on its Way
Making a blender out of your PC
By Chris Tait and Aendrew Rininsland
Last Tuesday, Microsoft released the much-anticipated Windows Vista, which has been lauded as revolutionizing the personal computing experience in much the same way the move from MS DOS to Windows 3.11 did. Yet, amongst all the fanfare, very few people are questioning the most potentially negative aspects of the release, in particular the focus of… Continue reading Making a blender out of your PC
X is for X-treme!!! For now…
By Jon Roe
On New Year’s Eve, the newest radio station in town, X92.9, hosted a bash at Mac Hall on the University of Calgary campus. The party doubled as a kick-off for the radio station and a free all-ages concert featuring Hot Hot Heat. X92.9 labels itself as the new rock alternative and is placing itself to… Continue reading X is for X-treme!!! For now…
Letter: Masochists pissed
Editor, the Gauntlet, [re: “Stick this in your pipe and smoke it,” Asia Walker, Jan. 25, 2007] I find myself, yet again, disappointed by the narrow-minded views taken by the Gauntlet and its writers. To say that masochists–all masochists–enjoy second hand smoke is an ignorant blanketing of an entire community of diverse individuals. The only… Continue reading Letter: Masochists pissed
Letter: Unfit for print
By Tracy Rose
Editor, the Gauntlet, [RE: “Stick this in your pipe and smoke it,” Asia Walker, Jan. 25, 2007] How desperate are you that your paper should publish such ridiculous pieces as this? It’s not as though we haven’t already been inundated with countless opinions on the bylaw, but this one read like a five-paragraph persuasive essay… Continue reading Letter: Unfit for print