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Canned festival to shine a light on journalism students’ work
The last class of Western’s Master of Arts in Journalism program plans to finish the year on a high note next week with a festival celebrating the students’ best work. The Canned Festival will run all day Tuesday, April 14, during the journalism school’s last week of classes, in the studio on the second floor…
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Sisters of All Nations
A group of indigenous students at Western University are making waves for themselves as the “Sisters of All Nations,” a women’s hand drumming group. They’ve opened for internationally renowned hip hop star Shad K, and for folk singer, Susan Aglukark. For these women, the drumming is a way to bring cultural awareness while simultaneously keeping…
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Brescia hopefuls talk the talk and walk the walk
Who runs the world? Well, it could be the girls descending on to Brescia this weekend. On Saturday, young women from across the globe are gathering at Brescia for a shot at a one-year scholarship that covers room and board at Brescia University College. Nearly 50 contestants in grades 11 and 12 from as far as…
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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…