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The Western Mustangs women’s volleyball team defeated the Toronto
Varsity Blues 3-2 in the OUA Bronze medal match at York University,
Feb. 21.

Revisit Altamont in 1969, the famous free concert that not only
brought The Rolling Stones and 300,000 of their closest friends to
northern California, but also the death of the hippie generation.

Jennifer Mills, Community Educator for Partners in Caring – A
Community Response to Refugee Trauma at the London Cross Cultural
Learner Centre, will be the special guest lecturer at The
University of Western Ontario on Thursday, Feb. 26.

The Faculty of Education drama class at The University of Western
Ontario opens Urinetown, The Musical on Wednesday, Feb. 25.

Nominations are being sought for the Western Green Awards to
recognize contributions to sustainability on campus.

Four researchers from The University of Western Ontario were
announced as the university’s newest Canada Research Chairs. The
funding value of the four Chairs announced for Western totals $3.8
million.

Over the last two decades, powerful new observations have lent
overwhelming support to the idea that everything in the visible
universe emerged from a Big Bang, 14 billion years ago.

The latest edition of The Reporter, an online newspaper produced by
University of Western Ontario graduate journalism students, is now
available.

Continuing the work of the Middlesex-London Health Unit in raising
awareness of the issues surround violence in hockey – from house
league to professional teams – a Violence in Hockey Symposium is
scheduled for Tuesday (Feb. 24) at the London Convention Centre.

The Western Mustangs Backcourt Club, the men’s basketball alumni
group, will be honouring a new class of extraordinary athletes at
their awards banquet on April 4.

International and cross-cultural learning experiences for students,
faculty and staff will be showcased at The University of Western
Ontario’s International Education Week Feb. 24-27.

Western Mustangs defensive lineman Vaughn Martin has declared his
eligibility for the 2009 National Football League draft.