Western staff vote to unionize
70% are in favour. Turnout was about 60% of the 1,000 employees. Salaries have not increased in five years.
Alibi Roadhouse: $5.99 Wednesday All You Can Eat Pasta
Selected by the Canadian Space Agency to study at NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida last summer, Julie Ho, first-year medical student, posed for a photo op with alumnus Bjarni Tryggvason, who travelled on shuttle Discovery in August. In her own time, Ho takes part in the whitewater kayaking club.
Western’s online student job board will soon be password protected. The site is visited 15,000 times a day. Sharon Lee, Coordinator of Student Employment Services in the Student Development Centre explains the motivation for the change: “It’s not fair for 25,000 students to support 162,000 alumni.” Alumni may purchase access for $30 per year.
“Purple, Proud and Protected” is the theme for mouse pads being distributed to a second round of first-year students. School mascot JW was invoked for this campaign on the issues of violence against women, alcohol abuse, and smoking.
Treasure Hunt: CANARIE (of which Western is a member) and SchoolNet are placing 25 puzzle pieces on the World Wide Web. The hunt runs for one month.