The battle of Alberta was fought at McMahon Stadium Sat., Oct. 15. While the first 45 minutes of the game were played valiantly, the result was dismal: the Dinos lost 20-10 to the University of Alberta Golden Bears.

While the score looks better on paper than some of their other losses this season, this game held more significance because it was against their U of A rivals.

With its 21st annual funding drive imminent, CJSW wants to show off its friends.

The campus-community station will raise support and awareness for all things radio from Oct. 21-28. The week includes a series of live-drive events, with a Rockabilly Extravaganza and Rolling Stones covers night.

In celebration of Alberta's Centennial the University of Calgary Drama Department is putting on two plays by Gwen Pharis Ringwood, one of Alberta's most respected dramatists. Ringwood, a recipient of the Canadian Drama Award, the Eric Hamber Trophy, as well as honourary doctorates from the Universities of Victoria and Lethbridge, is best known for her depiction of the stark realities of prairie life. The two plays being presented, Pasque Flower and Still Stands the House are no exceptions.

The Dinos field hockey team wrapped up their winless season in Victoria last weekend--their results were par for the course. The tournament opened with a 4-0 loss to the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds, followed by a devastating 6-0 loss to the University of Alberta Pandas, and, finally, a 2-0 loss to the University of Victoria Vikes.

Advanced Education Minister Dave Hancock made headlines this week after alluding to some radical changes on the table in the province's post-secondary review. Bombshells included an idea to make tuition free during the first two years of advanced education and deregulating post-secondary tuition. Two years of free tuition has been derided by some who believe it would be unsustainable.

Video game violence has been a volatile issue in recent weeks, leading to a stream of rhetoric, name-calling and destructive actions from both sides of the debate. The reason for this renewed interest has rested on the back of one man, US attorney Jack Thompson, and his crusade against violent video games. What both parties fail to see is that the whole maelstrom around video games will not be solved by the outright banning of violent content as Thompson would like to believe or by silencing censors as video game proponents suggest.

The city of Boston has been called many things: "The city on the hill," "Beantown," "The hub of the solar system," and "The Athens of America," to name a few. However, understanding what makes the city a unique mark on the American landscape takes more than mere semantics.

In the olden days--a whopping decade or so ago--the only way a band could break was through hard work, dedication, and touring, touring, touring. These days, with file-sharing's ability to spread music to internet savvy people in the blink of an eye, you'd think getting your music to the masses would be easier than it was in the days where radio was the only doorway to recognition.

Capitalism has fully infested the music industry, rotting away its core. You've got record companies at the helm of assembly lines manufacturing plastic pop by faux lesbian duos or boy bands with the word "town" in their name. Then you have the musicians in the business for music's sake, struggling with the delicate nature of music downloading, fighting for artistic control and dealing with industry bureaucrats.

The Dinos cross-country squad tied up their sneakers for a race down in Mr. George W. Bush's promised land. Okay, it was Spokane, but the Dinos teams collected some hardware to sneak back through customs.

The women's team dominated the field, sealing the competition in a plastic bag and leaving them to suffocate. They placed six ladies in the top 10, and nine in the top 20. These astounding results kept competitors' scores well over double the Dinos' 22-point total.