Long a campus passion, Western’s latest attempt to refresh its theatre roots looks to create a community, not only across campus, but throughout the region. “London has a very passionate theatre scene,” said English and Writing Studies professor M.J. Kidnie. “We want...
Sharon Sliwinski stumbled across Nelson Mandela’s dream by accident. “I still vividly remember coming across the passage in his book in which he describes a recurring nightmare that he had while he was imprisoned on Robben Island,” said the Faculty of Information and...
Amidst the frenzy that is Homecoming weekend, Stacia Pepper and Shawn Hope quickly responded to an emergency and possibly helped save a young woman’s life. They weren’t hoping for any accolades, but their vigilance and actions earned them Citizen Citation Awards from...
Now, it’s your turn to ‘clear the air.’ Launched Jan. 27 and 28, a campuswide survey exploring opinions on the future of smoking at the institution continues the university’s consultation process into the issue. Last week, members of the university community received...
“I don’t want to repeat my innocence. I want the pleasure of losing it again.” I dropped my favourite Fitzgerald line to an old friend the other night – all part of a conversation we were having about our shared pasts. We were university classmates, roommates,...
Even in total agreement on an issue, Western’s Board of Governors could not shake a spectre of community criticism hanging over its processes as members considered a minor change to The University of Western Ontario Act. The Ministry of Training, Colleges and...
It didn’t take Sarah Saska long to realize academia was not for her. Currently in her last year of a Women’s Studies and Feminist Research PhD at Western, Saska knew her future wasn’t inside the Ivory Tower from the start. While she didn’t know where she was heading...
Sharon Sliwinski stumbled across Nelson Mandela’s dream by accident. “I still vividly remember coming across the passage in his book in which he describes a recurring nightmare that he had while he was imprisoned on Robben Island,” said the Faculty of Information and...
Amidst the frenzy that is Homecoming weekend, Stacia Pepper and Shawn Hope quickly responded to an emergency and possibly helped save a young woman’s life. They weren’t hoping for any accolades, but their vigilance and actions earned them Citizen Citation Awards from...
Now, it’s your turn to ‘clear the air.’ Launched Jan. 27 and 28, a campuswide survey exploring opinions on the future of smoking at the institution continues the university’s consultation process into the issue. Last week, members of the university community received...
“I don’t want to repeat my innocence. I want the pleasure of losing it again.” I dropped my favourite Fitzgerald line to an old friend the other night – all part of a conversation we were having about our shared pasts. We were university classmates, roommates,...
Even in total agreement on an issue, Western’s Board of Governors could not shake a spectre of community criticism hanging over its processes as members considered a minor change to The University of Western Ontario Act. The Ministry of Training, Colleges and...
It didn’t take Sarah Saska long to realize academia was not for her. Currently in her last year of a Women’s Studies and Feminist Research PhD at Western, Saska knew her future wasn’t inside the Ivory Tower from the start. While she didn’t know where she was heading...