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Month: November 2011

Flooding on campus (Updated, Nov. 30)

Flooding on campus (Updated, Nov. 30)

As a result of recent heavy rain, the Thames River and Medway Creek are at maximum water height with some flooding occurring. According to Upper Thames Conservation Authority, the river may rise slightly more but very little flooding is expected beyond w …

A ‘Vision’ for World AIDS Day 2011

A ‘Vision’ for World AIDS Day 2011

A number of awareness and fundraising campaigns have been planned as The University of Western Ontario prepares to commemorate World AIDS Day 2011 on Thursday, Dec. 1.

Western prepares educators with new mental health program

Western prepares educators with new mental health program

Thanks to the generosity of a former graduate student and elementary school teacher, Walter M. Lobb, The University of Western Ontario’s Faculty of Education has developed a new mental health program and scholarship fund to address the needs of teachers who deal with students’ mental health issues every day.

Varga named CIS Rookie of the Year

Varga named CIS Rookie of the Year

Western Mustangs running back Tyler Varga was named Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Rookie of the Year, while four of his teammates earned All-Canadian honours, as the CIS announced its major award winners prior to the 47th Vanier Cup final.

World premiere with a global flavour

Omar Daniel likes to write piano pieces for himself. Often he works on them as a diversion while creating a bigger work. The Don Wright Faculty of Music composer says the shorter works give him a fresh perspective.

Five Answers from Robert Babe

Media, Structures, and Power: The Robert Babe Collection (University of Toronto Press, 432 pgs, $37.95) is a collection of the scholarly writing of Canada’s leading communication and media studies scholar, Faculty of Information and Media Studies professor Robert E. Babe. Edited by fellow FIMS professor Edward Comor, the volume spans almost four decades of scholarship and reflects the breadth of Babe’s work, from media and economics to communications history and political economy.

Ansari: Song does not remain the same as torture

“Even if you have earplugs, even if you cover your ears, you feel your brain rattle. It makes you feel extremely horrible and you have to run away from it.”
This is a how an Occupy Wall Street protester described being exposed to a sound cannon, a sophisticated loudspeaker which eyewitnesses claim was deployed early last Tuesday morning to empty New York City’s Zuccotti Park of protesters.

Klatt: Occupy movement may be most vapid of all

In 2010, the 93-year-old former member of the French Resistance Stéphane Hessel published a little booklet in France, Indignez-vous!, that quickly became a bestseller and has sold more than a million copies. Apart from eulogizing the Palestinians of Gaza for their patriotism and their many other virtues, as is part of the daily diet in many leftist corners nowadays, its message is we should all become indignant about something, anything:

Students team up to assist Goderich

Students team up to assist Goderich

A group of Western students have banded together to lend a hand this holiday season to the residents Goderich. And they are asking for your help.

A ‘Vision’ for World AIDS Day 2011

A ‘Vision’ for World AIDS Day 2011

A number of awareness and fundraising campaigns have been planned as The University of Western Ontario prepares to commemorate World AIDS Day 2011 on Thursday, Dec. 1.

Western prepares educators with new mental health program

Western prepares educators with new mental health program

Thanks to the generosity of a former graduate student and elementary school teacher, Walter M. Lobb, The University of Western Ontario’s Faculty of Education has developed a new mental health program and scholarship fund to address the needs of teachers who deal with students’ mental health issues every day.

Varga named CIS Rookie of the Year

Varga named CIS Rookie of the Year

Western Mustangs running back Tyler Varga was named Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Rookie of the Year, while four of his teammates earned All-Canadian honours, as the CIS announced its major award winners prior to the 47th Vanier Cup final.

World premiere with a global flavour

Omar Daniel likes to write piano pieces for himself. Often he works on them as a diversion while creating a bigger work. The Don Wright Faculty of Music composer says the shorter works give him a fresh perspective.

Five Answers from Robert Babe

Media, Structures, and Power: The Robert Babe Collection (University of Toronto Press, 432 pgs, $37.95) is a collection of the scholarly writing of Canada’s leading communication and media studies scholar, Faculty of Information and Media Studies professor Robert E. Babe. Edited by fellow FIMS professor Edward Comor, the volume spans almost four decades of scholarship and reflects the breadth of Babe’s work, from media and economics to communications history and political economy.

Ansari: Song does not remain the same as torture

“Even if you have earplugs, even if you cover your ears, you feel your brain rattle. It makes you feel extremely horrible and you have to run away from it.”
This is a how an Occupy Wall Street protester described being exposed to a sound cannon, a sophisticated loudspeaker which eyewitnesses claim was deployed early last Tuesday morning to empty New York City’s Zuccotti Park of protesters.

Klatt: Occupy movement may be most vapid of all

In 2010, the 93-year-old former member of the French Resistance Stéphane Hessel published a little booklet in France, Indignez-vous!, that quickly became a bestseller and has sold more than a million copies. Apart from eulogizing the Palestinians of Gaza for their patriotism and their many other virtues, as is part of the daily diet in many leftist corners nowadays, its message is we should all become indignant about something, anything:

Students team up to assist Goderich

Students team up to assist Goderich

A group of Western students have banded together to lend a hand this holiday season to the residents Goderich. And they are asking for your help.