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    • Arden Zwelling
      Arden Zwelling
      Brannagan will have steep hill to climb

      It’s great that Danny Brannagan has signed with the Canadian Football League’s Toronto Argonauts.
      Great for me because I called that [...]

    • Mike Hayes
      Mike Hayes
      Thoughts on AGM II…

      On Saturday, following several years of covering the University Students’ Council for the Gazette, I finally made it to my [...]

    • Grace Davis
      Grace Davis
      Eight Grocery Shopping Tips for Students

      Student budgets don’t have much wiggle room, and when people start shopping on their own impulse buying can run rampant. [...]

    • Jaclyn Haggarty
      Jaclyn Haggarty
      It ain’t easy staying green

      I may not be a frog, but I certainly know how difficult it is being green — or better yet, [...]

    • Arden Zwelling
      Arden Zwelling
      Argos could be in play for Canadian QB

      It’s really, really hard to be a Toronto Argonauts fan right now.
      The team, still reeling from their latest campaign [...]

    • CLT with TBQ sauce says:
      I love the new menu, and the freshly made Grilled Cheese! While the spoke chips were good, and the bag of sloppy Doritos was incredibly random yet tasty, the new menu is easier to pick from and the salad combo option is what keeps me coming back time after time.
      on Spoke’s updated menu faces food protest
    • Mike Hayes says:
      Snark aside Mr. Rankin, you and other readers who'd like to check out an interesting take on a reason to celebrate St. Patrick's Day should check this out.
      on Leprechauns and lucky charms
    • Nicholas says:
      That last sentence is a little awkward...people kept yelling 'you guys rock', telling it how it is would have been that much more powerful. It certainly wasn't your grandfather's show.
      on Collett and company rock out Canadian style
    • Niknar Nad says:
      I don't know I think that a rather big portion of that time will be spent telling 'how they made it to the Olympics' If you look back at the Games in February one thing they excelled at was putting together emotion-filled promo pieces about the athletes. During the last day I even saw three
      on Paralympic games deserve attention
    • Niknar Nad says:
      So you're referring exclusively to leap years? With 366 days?
      on Leprechauns and lucky charms
    • Niknar Nad says:
      lol at 1994-2004. ... (nothing happened)
      on End of tvWestern not the end of campus video
    • Kiley says:
      Thanks Stuart! Also, this story has the same problem: http://www.uwogazette.ca/2010/03/04/faculties-prepare-for-location-shuffle/ : )
      on Infection spreads to campus

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    A&E

    Exhibit depicts humans as true natural disaster

    A new exhibit on display at the McIntosh Gallery offers much food for thought. Entitled Natural. Disaster, it makes reference not to the disasters that typically come to mind — earthquakes, fires and hurricanes. Rather, the natural disaster is us. The ... (more)

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    Collett and company rock out Canadian style

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    By Pat Martini
    Brooklyn’s Finest rough around the edges

    Antoine Fuqua, director of the award-winning Training Day, brings audiences another cop drama. However, unlike his brilliant 2001 hit, Fuqua’s ... (more)

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    By Grace Davis
    Sports

    Mustangs have high hopes for CFL

    Western Mustangs defensive lineman Chris Greaves is not a small man. At six-foot-six, 282 lbs, the Mississauga native tends to stand out in line at the Ceeps. But even Greaves was blown away this weekend when he saw Washington State offensive ... (more)

    Brannagan will have steep hill to climb

    It’s great that Danny Brannagan has signed with the Canadian Football League’s Toronto Argonauts. Great for me because (more)

    By Arden Zwelling
    Argos could be in play for Canadian QB

    It’s really, really hard to be a Toronto Argonauts fan right now. The team, still reeling from their latest campaign ... (more)

    By Arden Zwelling
    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 ... (more)

    By Daniel Da Silva
    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
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    Curing your hangover

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    USC trying to shake things up

    On Tuesday, March 16, 2010, the University Students’ Council held a special session of the council in order to debate ... (more)

    By Mike Hayes
    Leprechauns and lucky charms

    I’ve never met a leprechaun and my drinking is not excessive. I don’t believe I’m particularly lucky and I certainly ... (more)

    By Jaclyn Haggarty
    Paralympic games deserve attention

    This week I will be cheering for Lauren Woolstencroft. Don’t be surprised if you’ve never heard of her, she’s a ... (more)

    By Cheryl Stone
    The good, the bad and the ugly of 2010 Olympic media coverage

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    By Arden Zwelling
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    By Lauren Pelley
    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

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    By Stuart A. Thompson
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