Five Western alumni have been named to the Order of Canada, one of the country’s highest honours. Governor General Mary Simon announced 83 new appointments to the Order of Canada on June 27. “The Order of Canada recognizes individuals who have made pos …
The Western community is mourning the death of Ajay Vijayakumar Adepu, 19, a Faculty of Engineering student who died suddenly Friday.
I cannot think of any film adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein that would pass the Bechdel test. Most have few women characters, women rarely talk to each other and, when they do, it’s invariably about men – or at least about males, if we count Victor Frankenstein’s creation.
In the 200 years since its publication, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus has engendered endless debate among readers and scholars.
To read Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein at 200 is also, coincidentally, to read it one year into Donald Trump’s presidency. The novel’s subtitle, The Modern Prometheus, indicates the folly of a human who steals fire from the gods and assumes for himself divine power, just as Victor Frankenstein attempts to replace God by creating human life from an act of solitary will rather than the natural means of sexual congress.
As I stood with my arm hooked around a nearby support, lurching with the train, the pre-recorded male announcer’s voice on the intercom gave the usual orders: “Move over, make room at the doors.” Nobody shifted, except one teen who exhaled a bored “Whatever,” dragging out the ‘r’ for a few heartbeats.
Two centuries ago, Mary Shelley was on a trip to Switzerland where she conceived and constructed the idea of Frankenstein. Through countless theatrical and silver-screen adaptations, the novel still conjures ideas of creating a new human from various pieces of humans.
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Medway-Sydenham Hall reopens to residents 6:45 p.m. Students have returned to Medway-Sydenham Hall following the afternoon appearance of a “strange smell” that caused enough concern to evacuate the two Western residences, university officials said. The London Fire...
Nothing lights up the night – or sparks the interest of researchers – quite like a meteor sighting. At 7:23 p.m. Wednesday, a network of Western-operated cameras captured a fireball jetting across southern Ontario. Analysis of the video data suggests that fragments of...
Rebecca (Cline) Le Savoureux, BA’05 (Political Science, French), is ensuring the world never forgets the contributions of Canadian soldiers who liberated a country and freed a planet from fascism during the Second World War.
The interruption of the university computer and phone network experienced today has been resolved. Network systems are coming back online in priority sequence. Exams continuing to take place as scheduled today.
Trish Tucker, a professor in the School of Occupational Therapy, is currently working on a study that aims to increase the physical activity levels of preschoolers during childcare hours.