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O-Week schedule announced
The University Students’ Council announced the Orientation Week schedule today. The list of events includes returning hypnotist Mike Mandell and popular sex speaker Sue Johanson. O-Week will continue to support Shinerama, a fundraising initiative for the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Two Terry Fox runs wrap up the festivities again this year on Sunday, Sept. 19.* [...]
Tiger’s out of his cage
At Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia yesterday, Tiger Woods answered his first set of questions from the media since the scandal surrounding infidelity broke last year. “A lot has happened in my life over the past five months, and I’m here at the Masters to play and compete,” the golfer said to a [...]
Crossing Borders
Students at Durham College received an international education — without having to leave their classroom. On April 5, a global classroom was created by connecting the students to a college classroom in India. The college linked with the other class for a session of an elective course called Short History of the World, creating a [...]
Water pipeline breaks
A break in the Lake Huron water pipeline, which feeds into the London, broke near the water treatment centre in Grand Bend early Monday morning. According to Pat McNally, general manager of the environment and engineering services and city engineer, by Monday afternoon the cause of the rupture was still unknown. Officials expected the pipeline [...]
Chakma pleased with provincial budget
The government’s continued support of post-secondary education has been revealed in the 2010 provincial budget. The budget, released last Thursday morning, noted post-secondary education as integral to rebuilding the province’s economy and to solidifying Ontario as a place to do business. Among the goals in the budget was a plan to promote Ontario universities abroad [...]
Bringin’ in the dough
Students searching for summer jobs will be pleased to know minimum wage is no longer so minimal. As of the today, Ontario is increasing its general minimum wage to $10.25 — a difference of almost 50 per cent since 2004. Student minimum wage, which applies to students under 18 and is dependant on work hours, [...]
U of R profs oppose scholarship
Project Hero, a scholarship awarded to the children of fallen soldiers in Canada’s military, has been met with harsh protest from a group of professors at the University of Regina. The scholarship, co-founded by honourary lieutenant-colonel Kevin Reed and retired general Rick Hillier, is intended to cover the cost of tuition and ancillary fees for [...]
Fanshawe too big for its britches
Fanshawe College is looking to expand its Oxford County Campus to accommodate more students. Located in the city of Woodstock, the Fanshawe campus has been in place for about 40 years. According to a press release from Fanshawe College, plans call for a first phase $14 million expansion of 65,000 square feet, with a second [...]
From Coulter to Cancer
Western’s speakers list just keeps growing. Stephen Lewis, Canadian ambassador to the United Nations and special UN envoy on HIV/AIDS in Africa, will be coming to Western on March 31 at Alumni Hall. Lewis will be speaking about how an engaged society can help prevent cancer during an event called “The People vs. Cancer.” He [...]
Western supports fallen heroes
Western is taking on a new charitable endeavour. Western, along with Brescia, Huron and King’s university colleges, have announced their participation in Project Hero — a campaign which aims to support the sons and daughters of fallen Canadian soldiers. “Men and women who serve our country in the military put their lives at risk every [...]
