NEWS RELEASE, May 4 1998

THE UNIVERSITY OF REGINA COUGARS EXPAND ATHLETIC PROGRAM

The University of Regina is pleased to announce today the expansion of
the Cougar Athletic Program to include two new women's sports for the
1998-99 CIAU competitive season.

Women's Hockey and Women's Wrestling will be added to the current 10
sport profile.  These additions will bring gender equity to Cougar
Athletics by offering 6 CIAU sports for women and 6 for men.  The two
new sports have both operated as successful clubs on campus and have
proven their ability to be competitive at the CIAU level.  The
university will begin the search immediately for women coaches to
provide leadership in both these programs.

In addition, the Cougars today announced their intention to add two more
sports in the 1999-2000 season.  In 1999 the Cougars will add a
developmental club program in Womne's Soccer.  This club will
participate at a local and provincial level with the goal to
particip[ate in CIAU competition in the near future.

At the Canada West Annual General Meeting, May 5-8 in Vancouver the
Cougars will declare their intention to participate in the sport of
Football for the 1999 season.  This will be possible as a result of the
development of a community partnership agreement with Canada's most
successful junior football club Regina Rams.  The club will be known as
the University of Regina Rams.  Other details of agreement will be
finalized over the next year but fundamental to the agreement is that
the Rams organization will be responsible for the ongoing operation of
the team.

Dr. Don Wells, President od the University of Regina said, "Today's
announcment is historic for the University of Regina and Cougar
Athletics.  Teh expansion of the program has created an opportunity for
women on campus to acheive athletic excellence and has dramatically
increased the overall profile of university athletics in our community."