From the Western News archives of Oct. 16, 1997
Autumn convocation will see Peter Gzowski and Rick Hansen receive honorary degrees. Intercollegiate Athletics held its first official tailgate party before the Homecoming football game with TJ Baxter’s Varsity Grill as a partner who donated the $1,100 earned to the football team. A free concert of 18th century dance will be given at Talbot Theatre as part of the Canadian Society for XVIIIth Century Studies annual conference which is being hosted by the Department of French. Music History Department professors Mangsen and Semmens, from the Early Music Studio, will be directing.
Letter to the Editor: Anthropology’s Regna Darnell writes that “Of the four books completed by my two classes as of October 7, ALL were in short supply at the time we discussed them in class. […] We have finished our discussion of [one book] and the students have a paper due next week. […] Am I the only instructor who feels held hostage by an ancillary service?” Student nominee for Senate Brett Slade (Honors Political Science III) reminds us that “We live in a time where there is student uncertainty of deregulation, elevating student debt, and the possible end of Orientation.” For sale: Wooden B flat clarinet: Buffet E11, almost new, $600.
Compiled by Joshua Safer