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Is Western’s Senate Confident In Their President?
Clouds loomed overhead before a talk about problems with Ontario’s Sunshine List. A Senate meeting will be held today at Western’s new Ivey Business School building to discuss a motion of non-confidence in Western University’s President Amit Chakma, and Chair of the Board of Governors Chirag Shah. The President will address the controversial payment of…
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Triathletes cycle while campus sleeps
By the time most Western University students get out of bed on a Friday morning, the members of the Western Triathlon Club have already gotten in not just one workout, but three. Practice starts bright and early at 6:30 a.m., but their morning begins even earlier. Jacqueline Rennebohm, a third-year environmental health student, woke up at…
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uMentioned issues? Students open up on Facebook page
Poetry, love confessions and personal testimonials – anything goes on the uMentioned Western Facebook page. And all with complete anonymity. Each post is an act of trust. Each represents faith in a complete stranger. And so far it seems to be working. On a campus of more than 30,000 students, these anonymous Facebook posts have…