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Zyss: Effort started as a student still changing lives
There is life after Typhoon Haiyan. Highly compromised. Totally devastated. But still there. When I returned to Tacloban in May, I was surprised by how little was rebuilt and how utterly devastated the region was. First, there were very little accommodations for the...
Campus parking future remains in flux
A multi-level parkade could be in Western’s future, just don’t expect to see one anytime soon, said Gitta Kulczycki, Western’s vice-president (resources & operations). Speaking to Senate regarding the ongoing construction and traffic congestion across campus,...
Exoplanet hunter brings search to Western
Sara Seager will keep searching, because she has no other choice. “The belief there is ‘something else,’ something else beyond the tedium of our daily lives, whether people express that through religion, belief in UFOs or the desire to find intelligent life in the...
One class finds meaning half a world away
The Rwanda: Culture, Society and Reconstruction course in the Department of French Studies, taught by professor Henri Boyi, involves a five-week international service-learning experience in Rwanda. This course started five years ago. Western News asked three students...
Western grads marry fashion and social responsibility
Three common passions brought this trio together. Western graduates Sonja Fernandes, Samantha Laliberte and Bianca Lopes met during their studies through the campus business incubator, immediately forging a connection. This spring, they launched Ezzy Lynn, a business...
Geography PhD candidate named among Storytellers finalists
Marylynn Steckley doesn’t want this to turn into American Idol. Her research, she stresses, is a collective effort – larger than any one competition’s winner. “My work is really just a small contribution to the work many Haitian activists and social movements are...
Young: Referendum over; issues still linger for Scotland
The mood, it would seem, changed overnight in Scotland. “People were talking about the referendum everywhere – they would encounter each other at bus stops and strike up conversations. They’d meet in a pub and immediately start talking, mostly in a very circumspect...
Seven presented Western Award of Excellence for ‘the important difference they make’
The Western Award of Excellence represents the university’s highest level of recognition for staff members who make outstanding contributions to our campus community. Since the awards began, 63 Western staff have received the honour and more than 500 outstanding staff...
Student’s passion for ‘We’ rewarded
Hard to believe Amilya Ladak is just getting started. Already known as a tireless volunteer and community activist in her hometown of North Vancouver, B.C., the 18-year-old first-year Western student takes her initial steps onto the national stage today when she is...
Western addressing copyright in shifting national landscape
When Western, along with the University of Toronto, severed ties with Access Copyright, a not-for-profit organization representing copyright owners, the move to overhaul the university’s copyright policy on its own was decried by some and cheered by others, although...
Registration open for Western Staff & Faculty Fall Games
Better start stretching now, registration is now open for the Western Staff & Faculty Fall Games 2014, an intramural-style, multi-sport league available to all staff and faculty on campus. The league features seven different sports played on campus from 12-1 p.m....
Boyle, Douglas named Athletes of the Week
Soccer players Amanda Boyle and Christian Douglas have been named the Western Mustangs Athletes of the Week for the period ending Sept. 28. Boyle, a second-year Kinesiology student, had another strong outing on Saturday, scoring four goals in Western’ 8-1 win over the...
World’s Challenge Challenge deadline nears
Western students are being asked to answer the challenge yet again. Sponsored by Western International, the second annual World’s Challenge Challenge brings together teams of three students to choose a problem that the world is facing, and present and innovative...
Zyss: Effort started as a student still changing lives
There is life after Typhoon Haiyan. Highly compromised. Totally devastated. But still there. When I returned to Tacloban in May, I was surprised by how little was rebuilt and how utterly devastated the region was. First, there were very little accommodations for the...
Campus parking future remains in flux
A multi-level parkade could be in Western’s future, just don’t expect to see one anytime soon, said Gitta Kulczycki, Western’s vice-president (resources & operations). Speaking to Senate regarding the ongoing construction and traffic congestion across campus,...
Exoplanet hunter brings search to Western
Sara Seager will keep searching, because she has no other choice. “The belief there is ‘something else,’ something else beyond the tedium of our daily lives, whether people express that through religion, belief in UFOs or the desire to find intelligent life in the...
One class finds meaning half a world away
The Rwanda: Culture, Society and Reconstruction course in the Department of French Studies, taught by professor Henri Boyi, involves a five-week international service-learning experience in Rwanda. This course started five years ago. Western News asked three students...
Western grads marry fashion and social responsibility
Three common passions brought this trio together. Western graduates Sonja Fernandes, Samantha Laliberte and Bianca Lopes met during their studies through the campus business incubator, immediately forging a connection. This spring, they launched Ezzy Lynn, a business...
Geography PhD candidate named among Storytellers finalists
Marylynn Steckley doesn’t want this to turn into American Idol. Her research, she stresses, is a collective effort – larger than any one competition’s winner. “My work is really just a small contribution to the work many Haitian activists and social movements are...
Young: Referendum over; issues still linger for Scotland
The mood, it would seem, changed overnight in Scotland. “People were talking about the referendum everywhere – they would encounter each other at bus stops and strike up conversations. They’d meet in a pub and immediately start talking, mostly in a very circumspect...
Seven presented Western Award of Excellence for ‘the important difference they make’
The Western Award of Excellence represents the university’s highest level of recognition for staff members who make outstanding contributions to our campus community. Since the awards began, 63 Western staff have received the honour and more than 500 outstanding staff...
Student’s passion for ‘We’ rewarded
Hard to believe Amilya Ladak is just getting started. Already known as a tireless volunteer and community activist in her hometown of North Vancouver, B.C., the 18-year-old first-year Western student takes her initial steps onto the national stage today when she is...
Western addressing copyright in shifting national landscape
When Western, along with the University of Toronto, severed ties with Access Copyright, a not-for-profit organization representing copyright owners, the move to overhaul the university’s copyright policy on its own was decried by some and cheered by others, although...
Registration open for Western Staff & Faculty Fall Games
Better start stretching now, registration is now open for the Western Staff & Faculty Fall Games 2014, an intramural-style, multi-sport league available to all staff and faculty on campus. The league features seven different sports played on campus from 12-1 p.m....