The time has come for “decisive action” regarding a particularly notorious street party that has marred official Homecoming celebrations and frustrated university and city officials in recent years, according to Western President Amit Chakma. On Tue …
Month: May 2016
Dan Shulman lending his voice to a generation
If it was not for a lengthy line at the student Gazette office in 1985, Dan Shulman may have had an entirely different voice. Instead of the student newspaper, Shulman walked into CHRW Radio and toward what would soon become an award-winning broadcasting career....
Team Canada’s Olympic designers are a problem
Is the Canadian Olympic Team on its way to a fashion ‘Dbacle’ in Brazil? The team is slated to wear offerings styled by a fashion label that has recently produced a clothing line themed ‘Dsquaw.’ Dsquaw is the brainchild of high-end designer Dsquared2, founded and...
Winter is coming … and so is the course
Be warned HBO fans, the new ‘Game of Thrones’ course is about the books – not the TV show. The course, ‘Winter is Coming’: A Game of Thrones, will be a serious study of the first four volumes of George R.R. Martin’s ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’ series.
Grindrod closes door on storied residence career
In just over a month, Susan Grindrod can finally ignore her phone ringing at all hours of the night. After 34 years of being ‘on call,’ the Associate Vice-President of Housing & Ancillary Services & Liquor Licence Coordinator can simply roll over and go back...
Pregnancy lab celebrates decades of life-changing research
Michelle Mottola was her own first guinea pig. Her pregnancy with her youngest daughter was the first test in the R. Samuel McLaughlin Foundation Exercise and Pregnancy Lab, that has since led to national guidelines on exercise and pregnancy. Recently, the Kinesiology...
LAB*B helps take youth ideas to action
At any given time, conversations can range from the next big entrepreneur, a collaboration on an arts project, a potential business startup or even a community initiative around mental health. And that’s exactly what former Western student Harpreet Zingh, and Harman...
Lost, found and sold
Western’s Campus Community Police Service held its annual Unclaimed Found Property Sale on Tuesday at the University Community Centre, featuring everything from bicycles, iPods and jewelry, to watches, a clarinet and even a stainless steel BBQ utensil set. Campus...
Letter: Time to reward true health and health freedom
It is laudable for Dr. Brian Rotenberg to advocate “a more realistic attitude toward medical necessity” (“What should be covered by publicly funded health care?” Western News, May 12) about rising demands despite shrinking resources. However, the best way for OHIP to...
Commentary: What’s up with the Mediterranean Diet?
Unlike most diets, the Mediterranean diet is a lifestyle approach to eating better, not just a formal diet plan. The name ‘Mediterranean diet’ originated in the 1950s, when a landmark study called Seven Countries identified that individuals living in the Mediterranean...
Alumni applaud helping hands while fleeing fires
The lives of Dan and Lindsay FitzGerald went from joy to despair within a span of 24 hours.
Graham living out hoop dreams
From the moment Laura Graham stepped onto Western’s campus for a visit as a high school senior, she knew she had found her new home court. With a goal of one day playing semi-professional basketball in Europe, she needed to choose both the right school and team to...
Western, OPSEU Local 102 reach tentative deal
The two negotiation teams agreed no other details would be released until the union membership and university Board of Governors have ratified the agreement.
Dan Shulman lending his voice to a generation
If it was not for a lengthy line at the student Gazette office in 1985, Dan Shulman may have had an entirely different voice. Instead of the student newspaper, Shulman walked into CHRW Radio and toward what would soon become an award-winning broadcasting career....
Team Canada’s Olympic designers are a problem
Is the Canadian Olympic Team on its way to a fashion ‘Dbacle’ in Brazil? The team is slated to wear offerings styled by a fashion label that has recently produced a clothing line themed ‘Dsquaw.’ Dsquaw is the brainchild of high-end designer Dsquared2, founded and...
Winter is coming … and so is the course
Be warned HBO fans, the new ‘Game of Thrones’ course is about the books – not the TV show. The course, ‘Winter is Coming’: A Game of Thrones, will be a serious study of the first four volumes of George R.R. Martin’s ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’ series.
Grindrod closes door on storied residence career
In just over a month, Susan Grindrod can finally ignore her phone ringing at all hours of the night. After 34 years of being ‘on call,’ the Associate Vice-President of Housing & Ancillary Services & Liquor Licence Coordinator can simply roll over and go back...
Pregnancy lab celebrates decades of life-changing research
Michelle Mottola was her own first guinea pig. Her pregnancy with her youngest daughter was the first test in the R. Samuel McLaughlin Foundation Exercise and Pregnancy Lab, that has since led to national guidelines on exercise and pregnancy. Recently, the Kinesiology...
LAB*B helps take youth ideas to action
At any given time, conversations can range from the next big entrepreneur, a collaboration on an arts project, a potential business startup or even a community initiative around mental health. And that’s exactly what former Western student Harpreet Zingh, and Harman...
Lost, found and sold
Western’s Campus Community Police Service held its annual Unclaimed Found Property Sale on Tuesday at the University Community Centre, featuring everything from bicycles, iPods and jewelry, to watches, a clarinet and even a stainless steel BBQ utensil set. Campus...
Letter: Time to reward true health and health freedom
It is laudable for Dr. Brian Rotenberg to advocate “a more realistic attitude toward medical necessity” (“What should be covered by publicly funded health care?” Western News, May 12) about rising demands despite shrinking resources. However, the best way for OHIP to...
Commentary: What’s up with the Mediterranean Diet?
Unlike most diets, the Mediterranean diet is a lifestyle approach to eating better, not just a formal diet plan. The name ‘Mediterranean diet’ originated in the 1950s, when a landmark study called Seven Countries identified that individuals living in the Mediterranean...
Alumni applaud helping hands while fleeing fires
The lives of Dan and Lindsay FitzGerald went from joy to despair within a span of 24 hours.
Graham living out hoop dreams
From the moment Laura Graham stepped onto Western’s campus for a visit as a high school senior, she knew she had found her new home court. With a goal of one day playing semi-professional basketball in Europe, she needed to choose both the right school and team to...
Western, OPSEU Local 102 reach tentative deal
The two negotiation teams agreed no other details would be released until the union membership and university Board of Governors have ratified the agreement.