Category: A Day in the Life

  • Taking care of a building… and people

    Taking care of a building… and people

    Stan Szapiel stands atop a step ladder manoeuvring a long tube light into place. “Ah c’mon baby!” he said one Friday, just before finally snapping it into the socket. As the light flickers on, Szapiel climbs down and heads back to the storage room with the old light. Szapiel, 49, is a caretaker in the…

  • Bookstore busy all year long

    Bookstore busy all year long

    Inside the University Community Centre bookstore early one Friday afternoon, employees stand behind the information desk working on computers. Shoppers meander through the aisles amid the sound of clicking keyboards. “Jane Doran,” said one of the employees looking around the store, “she’s around here somewhere. She’s always busy.” “Jane, can you come to the information…

  • Huron chaplaincy continues 150-year tradition

    Huron chaplaincy continues 150-year tradition

    Light spills through the Huron University College chapel’s stained glass windows, casting colourful patterns on the stone floor. The smell of incense lingers and baroque organ music floats across the dark wooden pews. On a rainy afternoon in March, the chapel is both a place of refuge and activity. Beneath its peaceful atmosphere, the space…

  • Musical tradition ‘so good’ for Western

    Musical tradition ‘so good’ for Western

    A long long time ago, I can still remember how, that music used to make me smile … The voice of a legend carries the words of the legendary song American Pie across Elgin Hall’s dimly lit cafeteria. Some curious students in the hall peek in through the windows as they head out to bars…