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      Greetings from England!

      My name is Amber Garratt. I am a former Gazette arts and entertainment editor who has just embarked on a [...]

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      5 Minute Mini Cake!

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      Closing comments

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    • John L says:
      OSAP stands fro student ASSISTANCE, folks. It isn't meant to carry the entire cost of the years spent in higher education. If the $7.50 per day for food is too low feel free to top it up from your own funds. On the claim that university is too costly that's been the standard claim for
      on OSAP diet has students tightening belts
    • John L says:
      When did it become assumed that a student is entitled to "live off osap"? It is meant to be a source of assistance to students, not their one and only source of income while they're in school. There's nothing to prevent a student from topping up the $7.50 per day food allowance from their own
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    • Mike Treadgold says:
      Nice article. I, along with the rest of our staff at the Ontarion (Guelph student paper), got to "use" the human library last week and it was a fascinating experience.
      on Human Library event tackles stereotypes
    • Jon England says:
      How about that terrible Manitoba tourist commercial?
      on The good, the bad and the ugly of 2010 Olympic media coverage
    • Stuart A. Thompson says:
      I have an oven, but I'll be damned if I use it for anything other than frozen chicken nuggets. Microwave dessert, ahoy! I tasted this, and it was unreal.
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      Microwave cooking = perfect for rez! This would be a cute way to impress a date, even if you don't own an oven :)
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    One-third of college frosh hurtin’ at math

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    Councillor hopes population prediction serves as “wake-up”

    According to Statistics Canada, London will see a drastic increase in visible minorities by 2031. A recent report from predicted in ... (more)

    By Lauren Nisbet
    Co-op kids getting more cash

    Students who choose to work their way through school may be better off in the long run. According to a study ... (more)

    By Cheryl Stone
    City council considering online voting

    The City of London wants you to vote in your underwear next election. Online voting might find its way to London ... (more)

    By Stuart A. Thompson
    Human Library event tackles stereotypes

    Who needs books when you can sign out human beings at the library? Last week, the University of Guelph held its ... (more)

    By Shreya Tekriwal
    A&E

    How do you spell funny?

    The students of Theatre Western are poised and ready to take on Grammy and Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, this week at the Wave. This marks the first time the group will perform a musical ... (more)

    Burton’s Wonderland not-so-wonderful after all

    Tim Burton’s take on Alice in Wonderland revisits the magical world created by Lewis Carroll in his literary works Alice ... (more)

    By Eliot Hong
    Academy still misses mark after 82 years

    I love awards shows. While some people dread those nights when Hollywood icons are celebrated and praised for their day’s work, ... (more)

    By Meagan Kashty
    V-Day explores female sexuality

    V-Day Western is once again presenting the empowering works of Eve Ensler, The Vagina Monologues and A Memory, A Monologue, ... (more)

    By Elysia Knight
    B-list actors provide a scare

    A reformatted remake of George A. Romero’s 1973 thriller of the same name, The Crazies tells the story of a ... (more)

    By Thaly Tapia
    Sports

    Lakehead levels Mustangs in series sweep

    Western’s archrival has done it again. Since joining the Ontario University Athletics conference at the beginning of the decade, the Lakehead Thunderwolves have contested six playoff series against the Mustangs, never with home-ice advantage. For the fourth time, the Thunderwolves knocked ... (more)

    Mustangs off on the right foot

    “Waterloo has been our nemesis for the past two or three years. It was good to put an exclamation mark ... (more)

    By Grace Davis
    Sixteen Things

    1. Don’t be fooled by Gary Bettman’s posturing over the NHL’s involvement in the2014 winter Olympic games in Sochi, ... (more)

    By Arden Zwelling
    Mustangs out-pace Lakehead in semis

    When March rolls around, motivation isn’t hard to come by in a Mustangs locker room. “The season is over if you ... (more)

    By Arden Zwelling
    Men’s hockey off to semis

    Twenty-one wins, 42 points and the Ontario University Athletics West division title. Yet, after 55 minutes of game two against ... (more)

    By Daniel Da Silva
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    Teaching with Talk

    The University of Guelph recently held its annual Human Library, an event that invites students to “check out” people for 30-minute intervals. The “books” are individuals who willingly open their lives to discuss their experiences with everything from sexual discrimination, ... (more)

    Letters to the Editor
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    The good, the bad and the ugly of 2010 Olympic media coverage

    The Good James Duthie — Duthie has proven throughout the Olympics he can do more than just his regular shtick ... (more)

    By Arden Zwelling
    Chileans forgotten amidst Haitian aid, Olympic craze

    Hey, Chile. Thanks a lot. You couldn’t have picked a more inconvenient time to have a natural disaster. Come on, who decides ... (more)

    By Lauren Pelley
    Western full of hilarious idiots

    I’m no elitist, but Western desperately needs to stiffen its admission standards. With first-year entrance grades averaging at 87 per cent, ... (more)

    By Jaela Bernstien
    Out of the lab and into the House

    Another election has come and gone, and nothing has changed. For the position of University Students’ Council president, this year’s field ... (more)

    By Jesse Tahirali
    Pets require real commitment

    Pets and selfish people should not be paired up. I witnessed this abomination when I was in Toronto recently. With the ... (more)

    By Grace Davis
    Video

    5 Minute Mini Cake!

    This cupcake is the fastest dessert I have ever made. It should take you less than five minutes to make, and is the perfect spontaneous chocolate treat to satisfy any desert craving. If you’re having people over, the presentation is sure ... (more)

    How Western celebrates Olympic Gold

    Hundreds of students piled into the Spoke on Sunday to watch the Canadian men's Olympic hockey team battle team USA

    ... (more)

    By Stuart A. Thompson
    Five questions with Presidential Candidates

    Delve into the platforms and personalities of all six University Students' Council presidential candidates.

    By Stuart A. Thompson
    USC Presidential Candidates sing the Western anthem

    At the start of our video interviews with each candidate, we asked them to sing as much or as little ... (more)

    By Stuart A. Thompson
    Banana Peanut Butter French Toast

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    By Grace Davis
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