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Puck Pandas shut-out UBC in double wins
Rebecca Medel, Sports Editor
Identical in score but not so much in how each period played out, the Pandas had two 4-0 victories over the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds last weekend.
Puck Bears at top of their game
Nick Ong, Gateway Staff
Leading Canada West and clinching a playoff spot is all well and good for the Golden Bears hockey squad, but the team has four regular season games to go and after splitting last weekend, needs straight wins to keep that spot.
U of A swim team bring home medals
Andrew Jeffrey, Gateway Staff
Once not considered a serious competitor the CanWest division, the University of Alberta’s swim team has made great strides this season to attain a level of respectability that has alluded them for almost two decades.
Volley Bears rock weekend with wins
Bears squeak by against Dinos but points leaders Olmstead and Irvine bring game around to continue four-game win streak
Jonathan Faerber, Gateway Staff
The atmosphere was electric at the Saville on Saturday as the volleyball Bears completed a weekend sweep against Calgary to clinch a spot in the Canada West playoffs.
Volley Pandas sweep Dinos
Omelchenko leads Pandas in kills for seventh consecutive game as Green and Gold swept Calgary rivals last weekend
Atta Almasi, Sports Staff
After a surprising loss to Canada West newcomer UBC-Okanagan on Jan. 21, the fourth -ranked Pandas volleyball team rebounded in style with a two-game sweep of their archrivals the Calgary Dinos last weekend.
Francis hopes to change basketball
Matthew Hirji, Gateway Staff
On March 17, 1997 Greg Francis made a name for himself.
Super Bowl ads could just be the highlight of the night
Super Bowl Sunday. Pats and Giants, chips and salsa, beer and wings and, come on, the commercials! Hands down one of the best parts of the Super Bowl, other than the ol’ showdown itself, is the ads. The millions of dollars that companies spend on 30 seconds of air-time is the quintessential culmination of having to out-do last year’s ad. Sometimes a fail. Sometimes a big win. Here the sports staff pick our favourite Super Bowl ads from years gone by.
Puck Bears up the powerplay for wins over ‘Horns
Atta Almasi, Sports Staff
In a week filled with discussion of head and facial injuries in hockey after the injury of Edmonton Oilers forward Taylor Hall, the Golden Bears’ hockey weekend saw a high stick to forward James Dobrowlski, which came in Friday’s game against the visiting Lethbridge Pronghorns.
Athletes hit best times at U of A track and field invitational
Rebecca Medel, Sports Editor
The Butterdome was crowded last weekend with the top athletes in Canada West track and field all striving to reach their personal bests at the Golden Bears Open.
Rookie Yao leads in digs in weekend wins over Heat for volley Bears
Rebecca Medel, Sports Editor
For a rookie who hasn’t seen much game time this season, Brendan Yao’s starting position on the volleyball court last weekend was a key component in the Golden Bears’ two wins over the UBC-Okanagan Heat.
Day one DLC detrimental to gamers and publishers alike
02/03/2012
Thanks to changes in console hardware and the jump to get them online over the past several years, downloadable content and online passes have taken off in some questionable ways — the worst of which being day one downloadable content. Outside of subscription-based MMOs, it used to be that when you spent $60 on a game, you got the entire product. Now? Not so much.
Drama student remembered as having a “huge love of life”
02/01/2012
Hundreds gathered Thursday morning in Lister Conference Centre for a memorial service commemorating Tristan (Tian) Mi, a University of Alberta drama student who passed away unexpectedly last week.
Student facing criminal charge over BSA embezzlement
02/01/2012
A University of Alberta student who stole almost $28,000 from the Business Students’ Association (BSA) is being charged with theft by the Edmonton Police Service.
U of A takes back record for world’s largest dodgeball game
02/03/2012
The Butterdome was packed Friday with 4,979 University of Alberta participants sporting green and gold who came together to take back the Guinness World Record for the largest dodgeball game.
