Relax your mind and allow your sub-conscious to float backwards in time. Towards an era of long hair, political unrest, psychedelic drugs and free-love for everyone. The year was 1963, Fred Penner was just turning seventeen years old, John Diefenbaker was heading out of office making room for Lester B. Pearson's reign as Canadian Prime Minister and the Canadian government was beginning a thorough investigation into the ever present threat of rabies in bats and racoons. It was truly a magical time for Canadians and therefore many found themselves far too distracted with all the excitement of the new era to accomplish much of anything. However one Canadian was too busy coming up with a revolutionary new creation to notice the incredibly wonderful happenings around him, and his creation would inevitably shatter the status quo's relationship with leisure. In fact, it created a purple haze over any memories composed before 1963 causing them to be forgotten. thus the very existence of a time before 1963 became obsolete. This Canadian hero's name was Sam Jacks, and the glory which he alone is credited, was achieved through his invention of the incomparable and uncompromising sport of Ringette. It would become a source of Canadian pride for generations to come.

Name: Natalie Nguyen

     An eventful weekend took place in Vancouver, with the women’s rugby team competing against UBC. A try was scored by our own star Natalie Nguyen in the first half. In the second half Jamie Davidson, an old UNBC player who now plays for SFU, scored the second try of the game. Converts for both try’s were kicked by Kim Roy. The final score of the game was 21-19 for UBC.

     BC experienced Superbowl fever on February 5 when our southern neigbours, the Seattle Seahawks, took on the Pittsburgh Steelers, ultimately losing 21-10.