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Backpack brides
When third-year health sciences student Olivia DeGroot stood before her boyfriend Andrew on New Year’s Eve as he crouched down on one knee and asked for her hand in marriage in front of her family and friends, she felt special. ... Read More »
A day with Patrick
Pat walks into the office late for our interview. Understandable, as the previous night had been a long one—he had attended a nine-hour council meeting that persisted until 4 a.m. Despite this, Pat shakes my hand energetically and grinning asks, ... Read More »
Faking Focus
Carly* is a fourth-year biochemistry student at Western. She has a lot in common with her peers—she lived in residence in her first year, she pays her own tuition by working part-time and collecting student loans to help cover her ... Read More »
The Boys’ Club
It’s the early afternoon on February 14, and tension is inevitably running high in the Mustang Lounge. After weeks of preparation, debating and endless amounts of campaigning, all three University Students’ Council presidential candidates find themselves at the end of ... Read More »
Worthy Paws
Adorned in his purple jacket, Louie meanders around his newfound surroundings. “Sit Louie,” Alex Beaulieu says with authority, coaxing his 10-month-old half-Labrador, half-golden retriever to sit calmly. With cameras and lights surrounding him, he breaks pose and heads straight for ... Read More »
Single-Player Mode
Alexander Martin has insisted to his grandparents, despite their kind offerings, that he doesn’t need a cat. “Don’t you want company?” they ask. “No, not really,” he replies. Their kind feline offering arises from their concerns that their grandson may ... Read More »
All in the family for the hometown Gosling trio
It’s mid–January, and the Mustangs women’s hockey squad is riding high. With a record of 13–4–1, the team sits in fourth place in the competitive Ontario University Athletics Division. But the team is doing more than simply excelling on the ... Read More »
Former Knight returns to his roots
He has always been a man amongst giants, but as a star centre for the London Knights, he was larger than life in London, Ontario—a status that may have just drawn him back. On December 7, 2007, he was the ... Read More »
Fighting fear of cancer
Death. Leaving people behind. Not having the same life that you had in the first place. These are a few fears that Carisa McCarty states people with a cancer diagnosis may face. McCarty, a London resident, is the mother of ... Read More »
Escaping the reel world
Downtown London cinemas are taking a journey into the digital world. Over the course of the past couple weeks, both Rainbow Cinemas and the Hyland Cinema have been upgrading their theatres in order to screen digital movies. These upgrades have ... Read More »
London Calling
It begins just above Masonville Place and stretches itself along Richmond Street, loosening its grip at the corner of Dundas. Its wide embrace hugs Western Road and wraps itself around Waterloo Street, tightly clasping its hold. It hovers above its ... Read More »
Horsepower
It’s an unseasonably warm September Saturday—perhaps the last real t-shirt-and-shorts kind of Saturday we’ll get this year. The sun is unobscured by the few wisps of cloud wafting lazily above Springett parking lot, which is mostly empty but for a ... Read More »
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