2007 highlights the Lancers can be proud of By Ryan Rogers Sports Editor January 9, 2008 2007 saw some outstanding provincial and national competition from the Windsor Lancers, as two of their teams captured first place in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) and four teams qualified for the national championships in Canadian Interuniversity Sports (CIS).  The first winners of the year were the Lancers Track and Field team. The always-promising Lancers track and field team started off last year hosting the 26th Annual Can-Am Meet. With a strong overall competition, they started their season off with might, in anticipation of capturing another OUA title. >> | Internet gives scrabblers competative edge By Mike Berry The Carillon, University of Regina January 9, 2008 REGINA (CUP) – Scrabulous — the online version of Scrabble made popular through Facebook — has exploded onto campuses across the nation, becoming this term’s most popular past-time for procrastinating students. But for some serious Scrabble players, it has also become the tool of choice for honing their skills. According to John Chew, a mathematics graduate student at the University of Toronto and webmaster for the National Scrabble Association, Scrabulous is a great way to develop your Scrabble game. >>
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| Campus Kiss | | Yoga: exercise for all sexes By Nik Wood The Charlatan, Carleton University January 9, 2008 OTTAWA (CUP) -- What do Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jerry Seinfeld, Sting, Oprah, Christy Turlington and Shaq have in common? They all do yoga. If you were to go by the Lululemon logos, 80 per cent of the female university student population is doing yoga. It is possible however, that not everyone in stretchy pants is down with the downward dog or sold on the sun salutation. Most universities, however, now have hundreds, even thousands, of yoga goers on campus. The seemingly sudden popularity of the yoga boom beguiles the fact that yoga has been around for a lot longer than spandex. >> |