Club Days present a chance to broaden university experience

Whatever your interest—whether it’s an academic discipline, social outlet, cultural activity or political perspective—chances are there’s a UWindsor club to indulge it, and Club Days is organized to help students  find those like-minded souls.

Hundreds of students took the opportunity to learn about campus activities available to them Tuesday, touring booths and displays inside and outside the CAW Student Centre. The event takes the form of an information fair, with volunteers from each group staffing a table to discuss their objectives and recruit new members.

Some people even found clubs they didn’t know they were interested in. Education student Rosanna DeMarco happily signed up for the new Cheese Club, once she learned that its mandate involves getting together to eat the dairy delight.

“I do that on my own already, so why not do that with new friends?” she reasoned.

Matthew Schaefer, one of the founders of the new Fencing Club, said the organization has been drawing a lot of attention.

“We don’t need a fancy sign,” he said, pointing to the foils on the table. “We have swords!”

Club Days continue September 24 and 25, running 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day.

Fencing Club
En garde: Barry Dai and Matthew Schaefer of the Fencing Club cross swords.

Improv Club
Anisa Cowan smiles and Alicia Plummer frowns as the Improv Club executives recreate the traditional masks symbolizing theatre.

Lancer Nation
Representatives of the Lancer Nation booster group explain its aims to interested recruits.

Find more images from the event on the University's official Instagram account: http://instagram.com/uwindsor.

Artist-in-residence Anna Atkinson.Artist-in-residence Anna Atkinson will join professor Brent Lee for a performance Thursday.

Performance to combine sax, video, and artist-in-residence

Multimedia performances by artist-in-residence Anna Atkinson and School of Creative Arts faculty member Brent Lee are on the program for the latest installment of the in/fuse series, Thursday, September 25, at 7:30 p.m. in Lambton Tower’s Studio A.

Atkinson is a singer, instrumentalist, actor and writer currently based in Toronto. She has been a member of the Stratford Festival since 2010, when she performed onstage as violinist and accordionist in that season’s revival of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. In 2013, she played the eponymous musician in Fiddler on the Roof. Atkinson released Mooniture, her debut CD, to critical acclaim in June 2011.

Dr. Lee is a composer, saxophonist and media artist whose work explores the relationships between sound, image, and technology. Co-founder of the Noiseborder Ensemble, he has created more than 100 works, ranging from interactive media pieces to orchestral music to film soundtracks.

Thursday’s event is free and open to the public.

Eric Branget and Erika Downie in maskDrama students Eric Branget and Erika Downie appear in the University Players production of “Molière Impromptu,” which continues through Sunday.

Student wins tickets to comic play

Monday’s DailyNews quiz proved too tough for readers to handle: not one respondent got all three questions right.

Fourth-year biology student Arnub Farooqui came closest and will receive the prize of a pair of tickets to see the University Players production of Molière Impromptu, which continues through Sunday at Essex Hall Theatre.

Farooqui correctly replied that Jim Warren had previously directed the Molière classic Tartuffe and that the current play draws on commedia dell’arte traditions. However, she answered that Rinne Groff’s Molière Impromptu is adapted from L’Impromptu de Versailles, when it fact it is based on that work as well as Le Mariage forcé and Le Médecin malgré lui.

The play’s run features performances at 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and 2 p.m. matinees on Saturday and Sunday. For more information or tickets, call 519-253-3000, ext. 2808, or visit www.universityplayers.com.

TVO to air documentary with faculty member’s contribution

When people get arrested and pose for their mug shots, they may be at one of the most vulnerable points of their lives. So what is it about those images that make some people want to collect them?

TVOntario will air a documentary this week that poses that question.

University of Windsor art instructor Julie Sando is credited as a researcher on Mugshot, produced and directed by former Windsorite Dennis Mohr. Besides checking facts, consulting sources and scouting locations, she also wrote and edited proposals, worked as a still photographer and videographer, lugged lots of gear, and helped manage the talent.

According to its promotional material, the film “explores the bewildering world of iconic photos of suspects and criminals,” examining their cultural value and questioning their worth to contemporary society. These photos have become highly sought after by collectors, and the film focuses on those “whose lives have been transformed by the strange power of the mug shot.”

Mugshot will air at 9 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, September 24 and 25, and at 11 p.m. Sunday, September 28. TVO is broadcast as channel 32; Cogeco cable carries it in Windsor as channel 2.

student enjoying a mini-massageA student enjoys a mini-massage during the Health Fair in the CAW Student Centre.

Health Fair aimed at promoting student well-being

Lots of giveaways, interactive displays and even a chart to track the nutritional value of your food intake are on the menu for the Health Fair in the CAW Student Centre Commons on Wednesday, September 24, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Displays by health providers on campus and in the community will encourage attendees to focus on issues relevant to young adults:

  • test the level of carbon monoxide in your lungs;
  • enjoy a relaxing and rejuvenating mini-massage;
  • find out your blood type;
  • try on beer goggles to learn the effects of alcohol consumption.

The fair is sponsored by Student Health Services and Campus Recreation. Find more information at uwindsor.ca/health.