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Sports
Women’s Soccer Preview: New Beginnings
The Stingers women’s soccer team saw 10 players graduate from their program at the end of last season, meaning a number of new faces will take over the team. The returning, and remaining, veterans are eyeing the postseason as the team has not made the playoffs since 2006.
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Men’s Hockey Preview: Out with the Old, In with the New
With the departure of long time head coach Kevin Figsby, interim head coach Marc-Andre Element will take over and hope to guide the Stingers men’s hockey team to success.
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Women’s Rugby Preview: Going For the Gold
Last year the Stingers women’s rugby team came so close to having their dreams of winning the conference become a reality, only to be devastated by their biggest competition, the Ottawa Gee-Gees.
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Men’s Rugby Preview: Reigning Champions Looking For More
On a hot September morning, head coach Clive Gibson is giving his directives on a number of different drills. It has now been five days that the Concordia Stingers men’s rugby program have returned to camp after winning the RSEQ championship last season. In addition to the beautiful weather, an aura of sheer optimism is floating in the humid air.
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Football Team Preview: Who Will Lead?
This year, with brand-spanking new uniforms to boot, the Stingers will try to move upward in their division while having to fend off the always mighty Laval Rouge et Or, as well as the reigning Vanier Cup champions, the Université de Montréal Carabins.
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Excerpts from The 2015 Guide To Telling Me What To Do
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U.S. Senator Ted Cruz Eyeing Run For Prime Minister of Canada
Following United States Senator Ted Cruz’s announcement that he is running for the American presidency, there have been a few questions about whether or not the Texan immigrant is even eligible to run for office. Most legal experts believe he’s in the clear; but if that turns out to be false, the Canadian-born senator is prepped and ready with a back-up plan.
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This Year’s Quidditch Draft Flooded By Athletes
This is disappointing. Usually I’m between third and eighth selected. And what, we’re already a dozen deep? This seems unfair. I don’t see why we should bend the rules just because they lost their jobs. I hate to get so passive aggressive about it but this is like, my thing…
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Clichéd Out
Sports jargon is awesome. The language of sport is essential for guys and gals to communicate during the biggest sporting events, and to confuse the living hell out of editors who have to edit such language from game recaps (what’s deking?). However, with great athletic vernacular comes repetitive, yet enthralling sports clichés! Here’s a list of ten great overused sports phrases that fans will love hearing until their ears bleed.
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Local 19th-Century Grey Nun Ghost Tired of Floating In On Dorm Orgies
“I just can’t take it anymore!” local ghost Mary Laframboise told The Link about the “sex fiends” found at the Grey Nuns Residence in Concordia’s downtown campus. The spectral aura has been hanging around Grey Nuns since she died in 1893, and says that her afterlife was fine for a while.