Men's Soccer

At 1-5-1, it looked as though the Dinos men's soccer team were all but done for the season. The weekend proved to be success as the team still has a chance at the finals.

Friday's game against the 4-3-3 University of Alberta Golden Bears marked the start of the Dinos season-ending four game road trip and presented a tough match up for the men soccersaurs.

Momentum is a hard thing to gain, but even harder to maintain. After dismantling the MacEwan College Griffins last weekend to start the season 2-0, the University Of Calgary Dinos women's hockey team was unable to continue its winning ways this past weekend versus the Red Deer College Queens. The Queens proved to be more than the lady hockeysaurs could handle, taking wins in both games of the weekend series.

The University of Calgary men's hockeysaurs had some tough competition during their home stand against the University of Saskatchewan Huskies Oct. 19 and 20. The 4-0 Huskies added two more notches to their win column with their visit to Father David Bauer Arena, grinding out a 3-2 overtime victory in the series opener and a 4-3 win to close the series.

The University of Calgary women's field hockey team broke a long drought on the weekend. For the first time in three years, the field hockeysaurs won a game. On top of the team's win, Dinos skipper Jenn Swagar was named the Canada West Coach of the Year, providing icing on the cake for the weekend. The program has seen a number of improvements this year both on the offensive and defensive side of the ball. In the last two years, the Calgary field hockey team produced only one goal each season.

Only six per cent of undergraduate students cast their ballots in last week's Students' Union byelection. The byelection ran smoothly, with no online voting issues reported.

The only campus-wide SU race was an events commissioner position. The spot had been vacant since Richard Freeman became the interim vice-president events in Aug. Residence Student's Association VP events Natasha Men, walked away with 54 per cent to win the position.

A team of engineers from the University of Calgary have been racing a car around the continent of Australia, using only the sun for fuel.

The U of C solar car team is just one of over forty teams participating in the Panasonic World Solar Challenge. The race started Sun., Oct. 21 and will finish Sun., Oct. 28 taking the team from the tropics, through the outback to the south.

The University of Calgary made an alarming announcement this week, deciding to award two honorary degrees in the upcoming Nov. convocation ceremonies. Though this is common practice, the contention stems from the names attached to the degrees.

One is destined for former MuchMusic VJ and current host of CBC's The Hour George Stroumboulopoulos.

The Calgary Association of Paranormal Investigations is probably more normal than you'd expect from a group of people who go into places and look for ghosts. If you notice something strange and ask them to investigate they come to your house, sit down, ask a few questions, walk around your house, explain what they saw and think is going on and leave. Pretty simple.

The University of Calgary Dinos men's volleyball team managed to take bronze at the 21st Annual Husky Dino Cup Oct. 25-27.

The tournament, hosted at the Jack Simpson Gym, featured four men's teams including the Dinos, the University of Alberta Golden Bears, the Stanford University Cardinal and the University of the Pacific Tigers over the three-day event.

The Dinos women's volleyball team finished out their pre-season schedule by playing a two-match set during the Husky Dino Cup Oct. 18 and 19. Despite appearing to be the stronger of the two teams on both days, the Dinos lost both matches.