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Cuts cause pain, but not panic

Cuts cause pain, but not panic

With plenty of buzz surrounding a new undergraduate tuition grant, introduced this month by the provincial government, details of the Liberals’ decision to cut roughly $42 million in research funding from the Ontario Research Fund (ORF) attracted significantly less attention, despite almost simultaneous implementation.

Career Week 2012 coming soon

Career Week 2012 coming soon

The Student Success Centre at Western invites students to attend the 5th annual Career Week from Monday, Jan. 31-Friday, Feb. 3.

Western lights up the big screen

Western lights up the big screen

Looking for some indoor family fun during these cold winter months? Western’s Department of Film Studies and Museum London’s in-house theatre are joining together to give children a chance to see some quality cinema and short films.

Meet some of Biotron’s research superstars

Meet some of Biotron’s research superstars

Editor’s note: Please read ‘Troubling yesterday for building of tomorrow: Despite stumbles, most see a bright future for revolutionary facility’ (Jan. 19), which was published in conjunction with this story. Brent Sinclair: The guy who freezes bugs Brent Sinclair...

Campus Digest, Jan. 19

Lighting the lamp for Locks of Love When the 2011-12 women’s OUA hockey season comes to a close, a pair of Western Mustangs will be losing more than their equipment. Tawn Rellinger and Katie Dillon, both fourth-year players, have decided to cut off their hair and...

Barron: Laughing at bringing ‘sexy’ back

Barron: Laughing at bringing ‘sexy’ back

I nearly choked on my sandwich when I read that interest in cosmetics is a good motivation for girls to study science, because cosmetics is “sexy” and “sexy” is what the girls are interested in (“Make science fun, not sexist, for all,” Jan. 12).

McPherson: Revising the definition of ‘mental illness’

McPherson: Revising the definition of ‘mental illness’

In “Not a matter of generation, but understanding” (Jan 12), Jason Winders gives his take on Steve Paikin’s Anxiety on Campus episode of The Agenda. I thought, too, on watching this program, that it must have something to do with a younger generation’s revised understanding of ‘mental illness,’ a term used often during the program, though the actual problem being discussed seemed to be anxiety only.

Kosta:  Called to take a stand

Kosta: Called to take a stand

Professor Matthew Rowlinson’s commentary on the Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) lockout was an excellent summary of the plight of workers at the London plant, and an important call to action for university faculty, staff and students (“No social value without social responsibility,” Jan. 12).

St. Christian: No reason to celebrate

St. Christian: No reason to celebrate

Checking out the university homepage this morning, what in the world did I see plastered on the front page for all to gape at but this story (“Archbishop Thomas Collins, MA’73, elevated to cardinal,” Jan. 12)

Pioneering solar technology tracks sun’s movement

Pioneering solar technology tracks sun’s movement

Solar farms are sprouting up across the country at an exponential pace and this push for harvesting greener energy has prompted a Western Engineering researcher to figure out a way capitalize on daylight hours.

Cuts cause pain, but not panic

Cuts cause pain, but not panic

With plenty of buzz surrounding a new undergraduate tuition grant, introduced this month by the provincial government, details of the Liberals’ decision to cut roughly $42 million in research funding from the Ontario Research Fund (ORF) attracted significantly less attention, despite almost simultaneous implementation.

Career Week 2012 coming soon

Career Week 2012 coming soon

The Student Success Centre at Western invites students to attend the 5th annual Career Week from Monday, Jan. 31-Friday, Feb. 3.

Western lights up the big screen

Western lights up the big screen

Looking for some indoor family fun during these cold winter months? Western’s Department of Film Studies and Museum London’s in-house theatre are joining together to give children a chance to see some quality cinema and short films.

Meet some of Biotron’s research superstars

Meet some of Biotron’s research superstars

Editor’s note: Please read ‘Troubling yesterday for building of tomorrow: Despite stumbles, most see a bright future for revolutionary facility’ (Jan. 19), which was published in conjunction with this story. Brent Sinclair: The guy who freezes bugs Brent Sinclair...

Campus Digest, Jan. 19

Lighting the lamp for Locks of Love When the 2011-12 women’s OUA hockey season comes to a close, a pair of Western Mustangs will be losing more than their equipment. Tawn Rellinger and Katie Dillon, both fourth-year players, have decided to cut off their hair and...

Barron: Laughing at bringing ‘sexy’ back

Barron: Laughing at bringing ‘sexy’ back

I nearly choked on my sandwich when I read that interest in cosmetics is a good motivation for girls to study science, because cosmetics is “sexy” and “sexy” is what the girls are interested in (“Make science fun, not sexist, for all,” Jan. 12).

McPherson: Revising the definition of ‘mental illness’

McPherson: Revising the definition of ‘mental illness’

In “Not a matter of generation, but understanding” (Jan 12), Jason Winders gives his take on Steve Paikin’s Anxiety on Campus episode of The Agenda. I thought, too, on watching this program, that it must have something to do with a younger generation’s revised understanding of ‘mental illness,’ a term used often during the program, though the actual problem being discussed seemed to be anxiety only.

Kosta:  Called to take a stand

Kosta: Called to take a stand

Professor Matthew Rowlinson’s commentary on the Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) lockout was an excellent summary of the plight of workers at the London plant, and an important call to action for university faculty, staff and students (“No social value without social responsibility,” Jan. 12).

St. Christian: No reason to celebrate

St. Christian: No reason to celebrate

Checking out the university homepage this morning, what in the world did I see plastered on the front page for all to gape at but this story (“Archbishop Thomas Collins, MA’73, elevated to cardinal,” Jan. 12)

Pioneering solar technology tracks sun’s movement

Pioneering solar technology tracks sun’s movement

Solar farms are sprouting up across the country at an exponential pace and this push for harvesting greener energy has prompted a Western Engineering researcher to figure out a way capitalize on daylight hours.