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Month: September 2012

Western adds green to its Homecoming purple

Western adds green to its Homecoming purple

In addition to painting the town purple this Homecoming weekend, friends of the Western community will also be beautifying Veterans Memorial Parkway by planting 100 trees along its berms on Saturday (Sept. 29). A team of students, faculty and staff will b …

Bruhm: If you plagiarize, you should fail

Bruhm: If you plagiarize, you should fail

On Sept. 21, I sent an email to The Globe and Mail in which I argued, as a university professor, I hold my students to the highest standards of honesty and integrity when they use the resources of others; simply put, if they plagiarize, they fail.

Zyss: Life lessons continue years after founding

Zyss: Life lessons continue years after founding

This is my third year back to the Philippines. When I first arrived as part of a pre-medical trip with a Western group, I had no idea I would start a charity and work so hard raising money to keep 20 children out of the dumpsite and on the road to independence.

Campus Digest: ‘Soup’er job

At 17, Stacey Blois began working as a part-time cook at Western. Fourteen years later, and now a unit chef at Perth Hall, Blois’ skills have blossomed to the point where she’s heading to the finals of the 3rd annual Toronto Ocean Wise Chowder Chowdown this November.

New minor logs students onto humanities

New minor logs students onto humanities

A new minor at Western – one in Digital Humanities – offered, for the first time this year, through the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, is bridging the past and future through innovative courses that will foster culturally and digitally literate students.

Bruhm: If you plagiarize, you should fail

Bruhm: If you plagiarize, you should fail

On Sept. 21, I sent an email to The Globe and Mail in which I argued, as a university professor, I hold my students to the highest standards of honesty and integrity when they use the resources of others; simply put, if they plagiarize, they fail.

Zyss: Life lessons continue years after founding

Zyss: Life lessons continue years after founding

This is my third year back to the Philippines. When I first arrived as part of a pre-medical trip with a Western group, I had no idea I would start a charity and work so hard raising money to keep 20 children out of the dumpsite and on the road to independence.

Campus Digest: ‘Soup’er job

At 17, Stacey Blois began working as a part-time cook at Western. Fourteen years later, and now a unit chef at Perth Hall, Blois’ skills have blossomed to the point where she’s heading to the finals of the 3rd annual Toronto Ocean Wise Chowder Chowdown this November.

New minor logs students onto humanities

New minor logs students onto humanities

A new minor at Western – one in Digital Humanities – offered, for the first time this year, through the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, is bridging the past and future through innovative courses that will foster culturally and digitally literate students.