By Jon Roe
The budget news came down Tuesday and — surprise! — education got fucked. You weren’t really surprised though, were you? Because this is Alberta, the land of pulling yourself up by your bootstraps (or clinging to your parents’) to put yourself through school. The province hits hard times and it stops investing in education (though… Continue reading Editorial: Another tough blow for education
By Jon Roe
They’re more than halfway there, but they’re definitely living on a prayer right now. The Dinos women’s hockey squad needs to win all four of their remaining games to have a hope at making the playoffs in their first season since returning to Canadian Interuniversity Sport (and get a little help from the University of… Continue reading Dinos need to win out, help for playoffs
By Jon Roe
Danielle Goyette wishes she could be in Vancouver for the start of the Olympics. That’s probably a natural reaction for any former Olympic athlete, considering how rare the opportunity to compete in front of home fans on the highest and brightest stage in the world is. “Its getting closer to the opening ceremony,” says the… Continue reading Goyette feels Olympic excitement, talks of pressure of the maple leaf
By Jon Roe
Dinos swimming head coach Mike Blondal is disappointed with the results over the weekend, but he’s not despairing. The Dinos only came home with one banner from the Canada West swimming championships at the University of Lethbridge after the men successfully defended their title, but the women lost by a narrow 15 points. Blondal looks… Continue reading One for two
By Jon Roe
The women’s basketball team broke a five-game losing streak in style Saturday at the Jack Simpson Gym. Behind 25 points, including seven three-pointers, from Ashley Hill, they upset the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds 71-66 to move to 7-8 and a tie for fifth place in the Canada West’s Prairie Division with the University of… Continue reading Dinos upset T-Birds to end five-game slide
By Jon Roe
The Dinos didn’t win a game last weekend, but head coach Jesse Knight is happy with the way his team is improving at this point in the season. The University of British Columbia Thunderbirds swept the Dinos in straight sets, but there’s really no shame in losing to a team that is 15-0, ranked first… Continue reading Women’s volleyball face tough stretch to end season
By Jon Roe
The University of British Columbia Thunderbirds women’s basketball team didn’t have the best visit to Calgary on Saturday. Not only did they leave the city without a victory over the Dinos in Saturday night’s game, they left the city without some of their wallets, cell phones and iPods. While they were playing, someone entered their… Continue reading T-Birds robbed of game, stuff in Calgary
By Jon Roe
There was no revenge for the Dinos over the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds on homecourt last weekend. The last time the men’s basketball team met the T-Birds, it was in the national semi-finals at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport Final 8 tournament in Ottawa and the T-Birds ended the Dinos’ season with a 79-74 victory.… Continue reading Men’s basketball drops game to top-ranked T-Birds
By Jon Roe
Here come the Thunderbirds. Number one in the country. Unbeaten at 11-0 so far in this men’s basketball season. Runners-up at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport championship last season. The team that knocked the Dinos out of the tournament. The team the Dinos beat to take the conference title last year. The team that knocked the… Continue reading Marquee match Saturday at the Jack
By Jon Roe
It’s a fairly safe thing to say that the Dinos are favourites to repeat as Canada West champions in swimming this weekend at the University of Lethbridge, for both the men’s and women’s sides. Their top rival, the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds, have 14 new swimmers on their roster and a new coach and… Continue reading Swimmers look to repeat as Canada West champions