During the peak of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, the health-care system’s capacity was stretched and hospitals across Canada relied on each other to share resources and provide care. Experts from London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) …
I would like to add my congratulations to Western News for the stance adopted in reporting the recent controversy – it was well balanced (“Reporting has lived up to ‘delicate challenge,’” Western News, May 7). Since the tradition of publishing letters somewhat...
It’s been a few weeks since the ‘double-payment’ controversy. Those standing by President Chakma, and those clamoring for his resignation, have made their positions well-known. Professors have expressed their opinions; alumni have weighed in. However, one of Chakma’s...
I wish to broaden the philosophical landscape sketched by the authors in the Big Ideas special issue (Western News, May 7). Probably the most important thing to understand about philosophy is its remarkably unique character as a discipline because of its absence of...
Western student entrepreneurs won’t be lounging on the beach all summer long, thanks to efforts by Propel, the university’s campus business incubator. On Thursday, Propel – previously BizInc – launched the Propel Summer Incubator (PSI) program via a tradeshow format...
Western Mustangs defensive lineman Daryl Waud is trading in his Purple and White uniform for one in burgundy and gold after signing a National Football League contract with Washington this past weekend.
Former Western Mustangs Glynn Leyshon and Jude St. John have been named among the London Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2015, the London Sports Council announced today. Six individuals and one team will be honoured at induction ceremonies in November. Born in Hamilton...
What do you use to build a wind-powered elevator? Tape. Cardboard. Straws. And a string. Those were only the materials a Grade 6 student ever needed to make an elevator strong enough to lift a pair of earplugs...
Join members of the Rotman Institute of Philosophy in this special edition of Western News as they offer up their BIG IDEAS on the questions you’ll be facing tomorrow – and beyond. Better we understand science, better we understand ourselves. By Stathis Psillos;...
Each one of us will be touched by mental illness. According to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 2011 Mental Health Atlas, more than 450 million people worldwide suffer from neuropsychiatric disorders, - and the numbers continue to grow. For those of us whose...
Human activity now disrupts many of the global-scale systems upon which our survival depends. People around the world are working to find the best way of understanding and responding to this situation, but disagreement is widespread. The need is urgent to find a way...
On Aug. 10, 1973, our food system fundamentally changed. On that day, U.S. President Richard Nixon signed the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973, which replaced the United States’ long-standing policies of price supports with new policies geared toward...
Aristotle thinks children cannot fare well because they cannot, on account of their intellectual and moral immaturity, exhibit intellectual and moral virtues, as he understands them. But his conclusion follows only because he assumes the only way to fare well is to...