For university athletes, the Thunderbird is more than a name. It’s something they represent. But it’s also a name with a troubling beginning.
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UBC suffered a heartbreaking defeat in the Canada West Men’s Soccer final to the Mount Royal University Cougars, with Cougars forward Chanan Chanda scoring a last-gasp winner in stoppage time.
I asked if I could interview him for The Ubyssey on his sickening inability to pick up the pace. He turned to me and lifted one side of his headphones. “The Ubussy?”
Cheating has morphed from a perceived opportunity to industry-like, with little room to figure out the very meaning of being a student.
Written by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen, Dracula: A Comedy of Terror made its Canadian première with Down Stage Right Productions’ run at the Jericho Arts Centre this Halloween.
Completing their journey back to success after losing in the tournament’s opening game, L’Université Laval Rouge et Or dominated their in-conference rivals, the University of Ottawa’s Gee-Gees by a score of 40 –14. This was the consolation final for the U Sports Women’s Rugby Championship — the first match of the final day of competition at Thunderbird Stadium — with fifth place on the line.
In a spectacular team performance, the Canada’s National Women’s Rugby Team upset the New Zealand Black Ferns with a 34–19 victory. This talented team — likely the best ever assembled in Canada — was made up of the best rugby players in Canada, from coast-to-coast. Among those players were two Thunderbirds.
Redeeming themselves after a heart-breaking semifinal loss to UBC, the Queens University Gaels became the third best women’s rugby team in the country after another nail-biting match to win bronze over their in-conference rival, the University of Guelph Gryphons, 28–26.
The rally earned media attention and raised the profile of the AMS’s campaign. But it was also odd — and saying 1,000 people turned out doesn’t line up with what the photos show.
The Thunderbirds had less than one minute left to salvage their season. Hundreds of people in the crowd — UBC and Victoria Vikes fans alike — stood up, knowing that whatever happened, one of the two teams would be bringing home the trophy seconds later. With no time left, Adia Pye found space down the sideline. She outran the Vikes defence and dove into the try zone for a game-winning score. Thunderbird Stadium erupted. What felt impossible had happened.
Coming across the country from Ontario, the Gryphons didn’t seem to have any response for Victoria’s rainy day dominance. Guelph got down early, and they stayed down. The Gryphons were held without a single point against the Vikes, losing 42–0, the only team in the tournament to not score in a game.
A stifling, often ignored, silence tends to surround conversations on menstrual care.
For the first time in its 107-year history, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra saw its musicians go on strike. This, however, is just one example of a deeper issue affecting all types of creatives living and working in Vancouver.
To open their post-season run, UBC women’s soccer battled with the University of Saskatchewan Huskies in the Canada West quarterfinals, fighting their way to a spot in the next round with a 1–0 win last Saturday night at Thunderbird Stadium.
L’Université Laval Rouge et Or extended their stay at the U Sports Women’s Rugby Championship with an impressive offensive showing over the Acadia University Axewomen. They walked away with the 41–7 win on Friday in their consolation semifinal match, moving on to face Ottawa in the consolation final.
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