Category: Campus

  • Western water week winds down on campus

    Western water week winds down on campus

    Water Week at Western is drying up. The annual three-day event hosted by EnviroWestern ends Friday.  Volunteers have been in the University Community Centre educating students about responsible water conservation through displays, games, and guest speakers. “The ultimate goal is to ultimately reach out to students and just get them thinking about the different aspects…

  • Western president made $924,000 last year

    Western president made $924,000 last year

    The president of Western university earned nearly $1 million in 2014 – more than double his earnings the year before, and almost $500,000 more than the next-highest-paid person at the university. Amit Chakma was paid $924,000.04, plus $43,244.88 in taxable benefits, in 2014. Chakma, who has been university president since 2009, has an official salary…

  • Lifestyle Choices and Health Symposium: A healthier London and a happier softball team

    Lifestyle Choices and Health Symposium: A healthier London and a happier softball team

    We all know exercise is good for us, but does that mean we do it? Most people don’t, according to Dr. Peter Lemon, Western University professor and Director of the Exercise Nutrition Research Laboratory. That’s why he organizes the Exercise and Nutrition Symposium, an event aimed at informing both students and the wider London community.…

  • Do you love your body?

    Do you love your body?

    It’s an easy question to ask. But it’s an extremely hard question to answer. What do you love about your body? This question has been the driving force behind Western University’s Love Your Body Campaign. For the past four years, a student fulfilling a marketing internship has undertaken the weeklong campus campaign, which involved fitness…