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Month: November 2016

Speaker puts segregation in the spotlight

Speaker puts segregation in the spotlight

If campaign promises and early moves hold true, the incoming Trump administration will be a clear step backward on civil rights and desegregation in the United States, according to a Princeton University professor, who will bring his cautionary message to campus...

Findings confirm need to rethink school lunches

Findings confirm need to rethink school lunches

Following a study into the eating habits of school kids during their lunch breaks, one researcher is calling on Canadians to rethink what – and how – we are feeding our nation’s school kids.

Reading Room to help relieve student space pressure

Reading Room to help relieve student space pressure

On any given day, Western’s Social Science Centre (SSC) is bursting at the seams. Home to the largest student, staff and faculty population on campus, the building currently accommodates two-to-three times the number of bodies it was originally designed for, said Dan...

Committing to ‘Big’ opportunities for all

Committing to ‘Big’ opportunities for all

For Maddie McFadden and her Little Sister, it can be about making cupcakes or simply hanging out at the playground. “It’s about what they want to do,” said the fourth-year Kinesiology student. “She can chat to me about her teacher, her class and what’s going on in her...

Remembering a Canadian poet, songwriter

Remembering a Canadian poet, songwriter

When Leonard Cohen said, “I’m your man,” it was as if he was speaking to every ear listening. The Canadian music and literary icon was everybody’s man.

Finding reason for hope in a wrong-way election

Finding reason for hope in a wrong-way election

A lot of people are feeling a lot of things given the results of the American election – and I am one of them. I was absolutely caught off guard by the results. I truly believed this was the year we would see the first female president. And as a sometimes overly...

Off the trail and in transition

Off the trail and in transition

The U.S. presidential election is finally over and close to half of those who voted decided to place their faith – not to mention the future of their country – in the hands of Donald Trump, a billionaire real estate mogul and reality TV star. On Jan. 20, 2017, he will...

Armstrong reveals Truth about life as a novelist

Armstrong reveals Truth about life as a novelist

When it comes to her love of ghost stories and all things supernatural, Kelley Armstrong tends to blame “too many Saturday mornings spent watching Scooby-Doo.” “I was telling stories before I was old enough to write them down. Honestly, I cannot remember the first...

Feds roll out student loan repayment plan

Feds roll out student loan repayment plan

As students continue to work through their first semester studies, one local MP assured them that they can rest a little easier knowing new investments in Canada Student Grants by the Liberal government are making postsecondary education more accessible and...

Homecoming returns to single weekend, Oct. 20-22

Homecoming returns to single weekend, Oct. 20-22

Western’s Homecoming celebrations are returning to the university’s long-held tradition of one weekend of festivities in 2017, university officials announced this week. A date for the celebration has already been set for the weekend of Oct. 20-22. While this is a...

Laurier stuns Western to win 109th Yates Cup

Laurier stuns Western to win 109th Yates Cup

The Laurier Golden Hawks scored 24 points in the final eight minutes to win the Yates Cup over the Western Mustangs 43-40 Saturday. It was the biggest fourth quarter comeback in Yates Cup history.

Letter: Financial accessibility is not trivial

Letter: Financial accessibility is not trivial

We’d like to begin by thanking you for acknowledging the rise of student participation at Senate (Winders: Get a machete - Senate deep in weeds, Oct. 27). For too long, student voices had been an afterthought instead of being an integral and appreciated voice in the...

Findings confirm need to rethink school lunches

Findings confirm need to rethink school lunches

Following a study into the eating habits of school kids during their lunch breaks, one researcher is calling on Canadians to rethink what – and how – we are feeding our nation’s school kids.

Reading Room to help relieve student space pressure

Reading Room to help relieve student space pressure

On any given day, Western’s Social Science Centre (SSC) is bursting at the seams. Home to the largest student, staff and faculty population on campus, the building currently accommodates two-to-three times the number of bodies it was originally designed for, said Dan...

Committing to ‘Big’ opportunities for all

Committing to ‘Big’ opportunities for all

For Maddie McFadden and her Little Sister, it can be about making cupcakes or simply hanging out at the playground. “It’s about what they want to do,” said the fourth-year Kinesiology student. “She can chat to me about her teacher, her class and what’s going on in her...

Remembering a Canadian poet, songwriter

Remembering a Canadian poet, songwriter

When Leonard Cohen said, “I’m your man,” it was as if he was speaking to every ear listening. The Canadian music and literary icon was everybody’s man.

Finding reason for hope in a wrong-way election

Finding reason for hope in a wrong-way election

A lot of people are feeling a lot of things given the results of the American election – and I am one of them. I was absolutely caught off guard by the results. I truly believed this was the year we would see the first female president. And as a sometimes overly...

Off the trail and in transition

Off the trail and in transition

The U.S. presidential election is finally over and close to half of those who voted decided to place their faith – not to mention the future of their country – in the hands of Donald Trump, a billionaire real estate mogul and reality TV star. On Jan. 20, 2017, he will...

Armstrong reveals Truth about life as a novelist

Armstrong reveals Truth about life as a novelist

When it comes to her love of ghost stories and all things supernatural, Kelley Armstrong tends to blame “too many Saturday mornings spent watching Scooby-Doo.” “I was telling stories before I was old enough to write them down. Honestly, I cannot remember the first...

Feds roll out student loan repayment plan

Feds roll out student loan repayment plan

As students continue to work through their first semester studies, one local MP assured them that they can rest a little easier knowing new investments in Canada Student Grants by the Liberal government are making postsecondary education more accessible and...

Homecoming returns to single weekend, Oct. 20-22

Homecoming returns to single weekend, Oct. 20-22

Western’s Homecoming celebrations are returning to the university’s long-held tradition of one weekend of festivities in 2017, university officials announced this week. A date for the celebration has already been set for the weekend of Oct. 20-22. While this is a...

Laurier stuns Western to win 109th Yates Cup

Laurier stuns Western to win 109th Yates Cup

The Laurier Golden Hawks scored 24 points in the final eight minutes to win the Yates Cup over the Western Mustangs 43-40 Saturday. It was the biggest fourth quarter comeback in Yates Cup history.

Letter: Financial accessibility is not trivial

Letter: Financial accessibility is not trivial

We’d like to begin by thanking you for acknowledging the rise of student participation at Senate (Winders: Get a machete - Senate deep in weeds, Oct. 27). For too long, student voices had been an afterthought instead of being an integral and appreciated voice in the...