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Really? On the front page? "Students with disabilities SEAKING (?!) academic ACCOMODATION (?!) facing hurdles." It's bad enough that writer, Cheryl Stone, and Gazette editors missed these grade-school spelling errors on the FRONT PAGE...don't you have "spell-check?" A University newspaper? This IS embarrassing. Sigh. L.Harnick
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Just used these today! Stocked up for the week and saved a bundle. Now if only there was a video recipe somewhere...
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The Globe and CP both agree with me on the stat
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Toronto Star is pretty convinced Giulio Caravatt took the last snap as a Canadian QB for the Lions in 1996...thoughts? Link
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One could always, sit down, shut up and pay attention in class. But hey, I'm old fashioned in these matters.
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$7.50/day for food is a lot! It's called coupons, discount groceries stores, and cooking! In my undergrad I had a $30/week budget for groceries and survived just fine. I always had the canada food quide posted on my fridge and followed it every day. I got more than enough fresh fruits and veggies in, it's
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Here’s the thing… A learning issue is normally something to be quite proud of. We don’t need to be made to feel that being singled out is wrong. It’s not so bad to be singled out. Everyone in the world is special, unique and exceptional in some way or another. For those of us with
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We’re sure about one thing: bed bugs sound inconvenient, aggravating, and downright creepy. What we’re less sure about is what’s the best course of action when they are infesting someone’s dorm room. In the case of the student featured in today’s story on page three, bed bugs in her Essex Hall ... (more)
With St. Patrick’s Day bringing a cornucopia of alcohol to the masses, the Gazette decided some hangover advice would be a welcome present to our loyal readers — especially those who partied a little bit too hard yesterday. We’ve all been there: after a night where your friends swear they ... (more)
Western’s University Students’ Council met on Mar. 13 to elect next year’s vice-presidents of campus issues, finance, student events and university affairs. Other students’ councils, such as the Queen’s Alma Mater Society, open these elections to the general student population. This has raised questions about the legitimacy of the election ... (more)
About one year ago, the Gazette wrote an editorial about the future of 3-D entertainment. At the time, we argued the technology was doomed to remain a gimmick as long as it was solely associated with children’s films. Well, it looks like we’ll have to eat our words, as the ... (more)
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, mental health issues, serving in Afghanistan and driving a race ... (more)
The Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance has recently launched Food for Thought — a campaign to “highlight inequities” in the Ontario Student Assistance Program. As part of the lobby effort, OUSA has enlisted five students to go 19 days spending only $7.50 a day on food costs — the amount budgeted ... (more)
Emily Rowe, president of the University Students’ Council, made the Ethnocultural Support Service one of her standout platform points during election season last year. Now the plan is finally realized and the service is expected to launch next year with a mission, vision and strategy determined to improve ethno-multiculturalism on ... (more)
The federal government has finally regrouped in Ottawa after taking an extended holiday. In January, when the Conservatives opted to prorogue Parliament for the second time in two years, students gathered across the country to protest. But how many of us turned on our TVs yesterday and listened to the ... (more)
Three out of Western’s eight Alternative Spring Break trips were cancelled this year due to poor weather conditions, leaving many students without travel plans and missing a good chunk of the $1,000-plus they spent on their trips. Considering future mishaps could happen in the future, should Western students be spending ... (more)
tvWestern.ca has been a University Students’ Council media outlet for over a decade, and has provided students with a TV station to call their own. However, tough economic times call for tightening the financial belt, and saving money often means making some unpopular choices. After last year’s USC student survey ... (more)