Month: March 2000

By Kevin Rothbauer

Only one team in the country is able to consistently beat the Dinos women’s basketball team. The University of Victoria Vikes were the only team to sweep the Dinos in the regular season and then beat the Dinos in two games to steal the Canada West title. Last weekend, they were the only thing left… Continue reading Proving they belong

By Kevin Rothbauer

A remarkable life and successful swimming career that showed great promise for the future came to an end last weekend when Tara Sloan passed away at the age of 20. Tara was a member of the Dinos swim club for seven years and a member of the varsity swim team for one year. She took… Continue reading Tara Sloan: A tribute

By Roman Zakaluzny

This year’s Students’ Union election may forever go down as the Year of the Acclamation. But if it’s a race you’re looking for, there was one last Thursday in the foodcourt at the Academic Commissioner’s Forum. Six candidates are vying for four positions on the Academic Commission, making this the most highly contested race of… Continue reading Academic Commissioners face off

Elected President: Tyler Brekko – 342 Faisal Rana – 770 Toby White – 1115 ** VP Academic Mark Hoekstra – 1562 ** Brent Robinson – 555 VP Events d’Arhcangelo, Alix – 1347 ** Woolgar, Kyle – 731 Academic Commission Dempsey, Erika – 1135 ** Larsen, Jon – 832 ** Porco, Nicolas – 927 ** Sutherland,… Continue reading Unofficial Elected and Acclaimed Positions for the 2000 SU General Election

By Raul Jaime

It’s been 41 years since the Tibetan uprising against the oppression by the government of China occurred. To commemorate this event, Students for a Free Tibet and the Canada Tibet Committee organized a loud, but peaceful, protest in front of the Chinese Consulate in downtown Calgary in the late afternoon on Fri., Mar. 10. "We… Continue reading Students protest for free Tibet

By Dean Hetherington

By Jan Creaser

The Minister of National Defence’s visit left some University of Calgary students questioning the future of Canada’s defence policy. On Fri., March 10, Defence Minister Art Eggleton spoke generally on a variety of issues regarding Canada’s military, starting with a comment on the $400 million increase the defence budget will receive this year. "This is… Continue reading Eggleton talks military

By R. Paul Dyck

In recognition of the International Day for the Elimination of Racism on Mar. 21, a group of campus organizations are planning events to combat on-campus racism. "The whole point is to get people to answer the question ‘What would it take to make me think about racism?’" said Community Development Coordinator Dike Igboemeka. "It could… Continue reading Mar. 21 day to eliminate racism

By Nicole Kobie

Stanford. Harvard. MIT. The University of Calgary. These schools are all sending teams to the Association for Computing International Collegiate Programming Contest in Orlando, Florida. The five-hour, IBM-sponsored competition, which tests computer programming skills, includes teams of three from countries around the world. Of the 2,400 original teams, only 60–including the U of C Computer… Continue reading Students head to Florida

By Jamie Hellewell

Canada’s financial institutions will abandon the Canadian Student Loan Program as of July 31. Last week, the federal government announced negotiations with banks for a new student loan agreement had dissolved; the banks are simply not interested in the terms they offered. This sudden divorce leaves students uncertain about their futures and student lobby groups… Continue reading Banks out of student loan talks