All posts by Managing Editor
Food for thought on OSAP funds
To the Editor: While I think what the Food for Thought campaign is trying to do is valuable, I also think we are missing the other side of the story. I share groceries with a roommate, we take turns cooking to save ... Read More »
Food for thought on OSAP funds
Re: “Biting the Hand that Feeds” Mar. 9, 2010 To the Editor: I found your editorial on the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance’s Food for Thought challenge to be well-intentioned, but misinformed. While any shock campaign needs to be examined to ... Read More »
SFU goes digital
Simon Fraser University’s Surrey campus is expanding into the third dimension. SFU unveiled their new digital theatre last Thursday, with $400,000 worth of equipment, software and installation donated by Surrey-based Lightyear Digital Theatre. “We were actually approached by Lightyear who ... Read More »
Infection spreads to campus
With the H1N1 scare behind us, Western students should be wary of other, more common infectious diseases. Following the detection of meningococcal disease in a Western student, Middlesex London Health Unit is urging students to take precautions to prevent the ... Read More »
IAW about politics, not racial divide
Re: “Protest divides students, turns campus into “battleground” Mar. 4, 2010 To the editor: Recent events on campus concerning Israeli Apartheid Week have been so vehemently opposed, that the notion of freedom of speech has become non-apparent. Not only did ... Read More »
Students in need, OSAP falling short
Re: “Biting the hand that feeds you” Mar. 9, 2010 To the editor: While there are students at Western able to afford the cost of a post-secondary degree without support from our government, there are many, many more who cannot. ... Read More »
Mo money
The federal budget, released Mar. 4, gives universities across Canada more money for research. Money promised to university programs includes $32 million for Canada’s three research granting councils, $8 million to cover indirect costs of research and $45 million over ... Read More »
Doctor gets busted
Londoners should be wary of who they see to take care of their pearly whites. Early last week a London man was arrested by the London Police Service in co-operation with the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario. The ... Read More »
Week intended to stir debate, voice opinions
Re: “Facebook threats made against USC clubs” March 3, 2010 To the editor: While it is disturbing students would receive threats on Facebook related to any issue, I would like to congratulate the University Students’ Council for fulfilling its role ... Read More »
Education has no room for elitist attitude
Re: “Western full of hilarious idiots” Feb. 26, 2010 To the editor: I love contradictions, so when Jaela Bernstien began her article with “I’m no elitist, but…” I was overjoyed. I could only have been happier if the argument following ... Read More »
Earthquake in Chile deserves more concern
Re: “Chileans forgotten amidst Haitian aid, Olympic craze” March 2, 2010 To the editor: While it appears — and I sincerely hope, that Lauren Pelley was trying to use satirical prose to call to readers to action, her piece was ... Read More »
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