Editors, the Gauntlet,

Re: Dinos' Athletic Advisory Council Decision to raise fees 50 per cent in two years

Editors, the Gauntlet,

For a Dinos Athletics fee increase      The $6.50 increase in the Dinos athletics levy leaves students with one less cup of coffee per month. So why all the hubbub?

Maybe it's because they didn't get to valiantly cast their greedy ballot. Maybe students are tired of being sucked dry. Or they see little need for the program at all.

All these reasons are bunk.

Imagine an anvil sitting on your mantle.

On Fri., March 24 at the Ad Rodeo, University of Calgary student Dave McLean and Mount Royal College student James Stangroom won the Anvil award for the best student ad design. The Ad Rodeo is the awards ceremony for the Calgary advertising industry.
Held at the Jubilee Auditorium, the attendance was about 800 to 900 people. The student component was a small part sponsored by Calgary advertising company Ogilvy & Mather.

As hordes of students flock to Mexico for spring break, a group of 14 students will make the journey for reasons other than sand and string bikinis. From April 30 to May 8, students will journey to Mexico to administer Operation Amigo.

This year's program will provide assistance to a Christian orphanage with medical, dental and educational needs. Led by University of Calgary Chaplain Kelly Johnson, the group is composed of both and Mount Royal College students.

University students could face a $13 increase in their Dinos Athletics levy in the next two years. The increase, which sees the current $25 fee go up by $6.50 next year and another $6.50 the following year, was passed by the Dino Athletics Advisory Council on March 23, and will go to the Planning and Finance Committee meeting on April 12. If passed, it will continue to the Board of Governors on May 5.

While the University of Alberta Golden Bears were busy repeating their ciau championship in Saskatoon last weekend, the young Dinos men's hockey team lost to both the Université de Québec á Trois-Rivieres Patriotes and the champion Bears.

Despite outshooting their opponents in both games, the Dinos failed to connect enough times to win. While staying close to UQTR, the Dinos had trouble getting accustomed to their different style of play.