By Brad Halasz
For Christmas the University of Calgary men’s hockey team is asking for a clean bill of health. The team is– for a second year in a row– stricken with illness, which is part of the reason they went on a six-game losing streak. The streak ended with 4-1 win over the University of British Columbia… Continue reading Flu plagues men’s hockey team
By Brad Halasz
The University of Calgary Dinos men’s volleyball team was shutout in two straight games against the University of Alberta Golden Bears last weekend. Despite the 0-3 loss on Friday (22-25, 28-30, 22-25) followed by a similar 0-3 shutout Saturday (21-25, 20-25, 15-25) the Dinos are optimistic future battles against the top team in the Canada… Continue reading Men’s volleyball team optimistic despite being shutout by Bears
By Brad Halasz
Sarah Lacny knows that when an opportunity comes along you take it. The setter for the University of Calgary Dinos women’s volleyball team is flourishing in her second year with the team, as an injury sustained by Kathyrn Moncks has given Lacny the chance to prove herself as a starter. “Sarah’s doing phenomenal,” said first-year… Continue reading Lacny settles into setter position
Now that you’ve decided to get onto a bicycle, you’ll need to know how to pick a bike that works for you. The most important thing when choosing a bicycle is considering what you really need it to do. Are you actually going to head out to the mountains to ride single track? Do you… Continue reading Step 1: How to choose a bike
By Doug Horner
It is very early morning, and because mornings have recently been robbed of an hour of daylight, I am biking in darkness. Up ahead is a tunnel, a nexus of sorts. On one side exists a quiet tree-lined residential street and on the other the raucous unpredictability of Calgary’s urban centre. I enter the tunnel… Continue reading On riding bikes
Ecological populations are very similar to different people’s moods. Some populations are stable and consistent, others display large periodic variations and some are chaotic and fluctuate randomly. Ecologists have been trying to figure out why these variations take place in ecological populations for a number of years. There are a great many different things that… Continue reading Online Only: Populations in flux
Two of three notable heists on campus were foiled, an off-campus visitor encountered unforeseen difficulties and a drunken concert-goer became irate when he was bit by another individual in a what has been a strange couple of months for Campus Security. In September, Campus Security was called to inspect a break-in at the exams office… Continue reading Eating the evidence doesn’t work
By Daniel Pagan
The Canadian Navy needs to change its way of thinking and plan how future wars will be conducted or risk sinking according to a report penned by an expert at the University of Calgary’s Centre for Military and Strategic Studies. The report warned the navy needs to focus on developing a long-term strategy for dealing… Continue reading Canadian navy needs a tune-up
Generic drugs could offer savings Within the next few years, the patents on several drugs will expire. These drugs, first patented in the 1990s, will be available for anyone to produce. Competition commissioner Sheridan Scott released a report outlining changes to the payment structure for generic drugs that could produce savings of up to $800… Continue reading News for the unnewsed
Art has always been touted as a means of expression, so a group of Calgarians with schizophrenia and one University of Calgary professor decided to use art to share their experiences. U of C communication and culture professor Dr. Barbara Schneider met with 30 people with schizophrenia to discuss the issues of service providers. With… Continue reading Schizophrenics share care tension at City Hall