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Student housing market spins up for a busy summer as studies wind down
Worn out sofas litter boulevards, and U-Haul trucks crowd driveways and city lanes. Cars weighed down by mattresses weave in and out of traffic, and university towns across the province grow a little quieter… at least for a few months. Certain sights are an indication of the changing of seasons, as sure as the onset…
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Hundreds hacking Western this weekend
What would you say if you were told you had 36 hours to start and finish a software or hardware project? This weekend, about 300 people are going to do exactly that, at Hack Western, the first hackathon to take place at Western University. “We ended up getting a ton of people applying,” said…
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The Epidemic Of Self-Representing Litigants
Imagine this scenario. You and your partner have decided to get a divorce. You both have stable jobs, stable incomes and some savings. Your first thought would be to call a lawyer, right? Well, for over half the people in North America going through the family law system, it turns out the answer is “No.”…
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Big black box holds secrets
For someone who has spent four years elbow-deep in acrylic paint and other artistic media, the last thing you’d expect her to say is that she doesn’t want to be an artist. Well, sort of doesn’t want to. “I want to be a curator,” said Mackenzie Sinclair, a 21-year-old fine arts student at Western University.…