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Why no one was watching the Vanier Cup

12/5/11
Sports

The 2011 Vanier Cup was as scintillating a sporting event as you will ever see, either live or on your television. The McMaster University Marauders’ first-half dominance of the perennial favourite, Laval Rouge et Or, was bested in drama only...

The Ultimate (Not Even Penultimate) Sport

4/4/11
Sports

In every sense of the term…

I have it on good authority that Frisbee is a sport, and a fun one too. This knowledge comes to me from our very own Ultimate Frisbee Club that plays a few times a week, and more than that, it is one of the...

The End Is Nigh

4/4/11
Sports

“I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it.”

Thus endeth the sermon. I guess. You’re supposed to say that at the end of something long and significant, but the only thing I feel is dirty and kind of hungry. Which in turn makes me...

Getting Back on Your Feet: CQMA

3/21/11
Sports

The Sound but not a lot of Fury…

Yet another weekly club event that this University offers is Close Quarters Martial Arts on the toppest part of The Knowles Douglas Building, in the Elephant Room. Every Monday and Tuesday at 7 PM, Sensei Noel Hubert (Jay) employs Karate and Jiu-Jitsu to show people how to defend themselves. I joined in...

Snowball Surprise

3/21/11
Sports

The snow is starting to melt. You know what that means? That’s right, naked snowball fighting. Most people argue with me over the naked part, but I find it makes the fighting more interesting. Players also take the game more seriously if there is a good chance they can be...

Irish Switch

3/14/11
Sports

Works as a drinking game…

Here is a game that is celebrated across the whole of Ireland and it is easy to play, too. You are dealt a seven-card hand. The leftover cards are placed in the middle of the...

Bataireacht

3/14/11
Sports

Now with more Phallic Euphemisms...

Bataireacht is the traditional alcohol-fuelled stick brawl that was invented in Ireland and is now a serious form of Martial Arts, as well as a fun way to settle arguments. Ireland brought this sport back when they no doubt realized how terribly awesome and hilarious it would be. Personally, I think it should be allowed...

Hurling

3/14/11
Sports

Slapdash...

The Irish sport of Hurling is older than most religions, and about 7.5 times more fun. It is an outdoor team sport played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Both of which sound awesome. In short, this game is a little like Lacrosse, but with...

Dodging your Studies

3/7/11
Sports

The ‘Mid-term Burnout’ is a curious affliction that involves the patient being abnormally apathetic and dreary to match the motivation they usually feel. There are several ways around this debilitating condition. The best and most anger filled one is the game of Dodgeball, which is exactly what I partook in last Sunday, to the ever-growing dismay of my increasingly crippled...

Award Winning 'Cat show

3/7/11
Sports

It seems that some of our Volleyball Bobcats have come away from the last season with a few awards to add to our growing list of achievements. The hard work that these people have put in to take our School’s...

The Minimum Minnedosa

2/28/11
Sports

Second Star on the Right...

A friendly reminder that just forty-five minutes to the north of where you are reading this right now there is a place where speed and minute reactions count towards getting snow in your ear. Which...

Pokré

2/28/11
Sports

To match the gambling I did last week, I’ll continue this week with going over yet another thing you can do in this city if you are bored or just don’t like the Roadhouse.

Bend it Like Murray: Yoga Fire on Campus

2/14/11
Sports

More like the breaking…

Yoga… something I have been avoiding since the beginning of this intramural odyssey, but now have done nonetheless. To be clear, I am about as flexible as an especially obstinate piece of rebar and it showed in my adventure this week. I hurt myself. Numerous times,...

Sports Gambling: Almost as Fun as the Sports Themselves!

2/14/11
Sports

Step One, don’t get caught.

In lieu of the recent Superbowl and the small winnings I achieved with the victory of the Green Bay Packers I should give everyone else the chance to win stuff too. You will need something...

Woe Betides Soccer Night Tuesday

2/7/11
Sports

The usual hours of soccer that occur every Tuesday night in our Gym have come to a dramatic and abrupt close. One of the most popular and played sports on campus has been shuffled down to only one night a...

Last Call

2/7/11
Sports

The Bobcats season draws to a close this week, so maybe you should watch them once before it is all over.

Ten Minutes of Your Time: The Healthy Living Campus-Student Survey

2/7/11
Sports

Just the other day I participated in Dr. Michalos’ Healthy Living Survey to, you know, make the campus a better place and stuff. Start to finish, the whole thing took about ten minutes. Better than that (and the anonymity) is...

Intramurals Schedule

1/22/11
Sports

Times, Places, and Costs for BU's many leagues

A Taste of Tournaments

1/22/11
Sports

Just like last issue, there are more tournaments coming our way, and a few reminders of the tourneys I mentioned before. I will list them in chronological order from the time I picked up the piece of paper I scrawled...

Goodminton

1/22/11
Sports

Going to Badminton was fun and didn’t kill me, though I do suspect there will be another chance of it happening sometime next week. It costs three dollars to play, and you may have to wait for a court, but the equipment room will outfit you with a racket for...