March 24, 2013 1:18 am
The UVic women’s varsity golf team has enjoyed great success on the links this season, including a team win in the 2012 Vikes Shootout. A major reason for this has been the play of fourth-year student Megan Woodland, who is fresh off a third-place finish at the 2013 Lady Cougar Invitational, and before that, a win at the Super San Diego Championship.
March 18, 2013 11:51 pm
BURNABY (CUP) — Meet Simon Fraser University’s (SFU) first National Collegiate Athletic Assocation (NCAA) Division II national champion, Mariya Chekanovych. This freshman phenom recently swam her way into the history books by winning the 100 and 200-meter breaststroke. *** [**Click here for the original article from The Peak**][1] *** In the process, Chekanovych became the first NCAA champion attending a school outside of Canada. As a first-year, Chekanovych has an opportunity to repeat every year she is in school, a dream she doesn’t shy away from. “I feel excited after winning a title, now it doesn’t seem so unrealistic to have the goal of winning a title all four years.” Chekanovych arrived in Birmingham on Monday evening ranked first in her events and predicted…
September 19, 2012 3:27 pm
“It’s a test of perseverance. It’s a test of self-control, willpower, everything. It’s definitely the hardest sport I’ve ever done.”
September 5, 2012 3:00 pm
While the race in London may be long over, Bishop’s running career is just beginning. She will continue training and competing in the years to come with the hope of making it to the next summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2016.
June 1, 2012 3:02 pm
The main reason Chambers dropped in the first round of the May 3 draft was the uncertainty surrounding his playing future. A week after the draft, Chambers had a tryout with the Philadelphia Eagles, raising questions about whether or not he would be available for the start of the CFL season, which is just a month away.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Junot Diaz has just released a new collection of short stories titled This Is How You Lose Her, which he read from at the International Festival of Authors (IFOA) last weekend. The Strand sat down with him to discuss his new work.
I didn’t think much of you the first time we met. I was young and ignorant and you were just amongst the other 26 letters hidden somewhere in the middle, quiet and passive. I apologize now for the way I neglected you. Remembering all of those hours wasted with vowels — those damn popular vowels.
In October 2011, 85 per cent of students who voted said yes to a redistribution of $10.35 from their tuition to help fund and support a new radio station. Despite an attempt to reclaim the 88.1 FM frequency, which included what Ryerson President Sheldon Levy called “a huge amount of work,” Radio Ryerson lost the bid.