Fearless, feisty and resolute, the “Rough Aunties” are a group of women unwavering in their stand to protect and care for the abused, neglected and forgotten children of Durban, South Africa.
The International Wednesdays documentary series presents a screening of the film Rough Aunties, February 20 at noon in the International Student Centre on the second floor of Laurier Hall.
Five Lancer teams will compete in post-season play this weekend, starting with the men and women suiting up for the Ontario University Athletics track and field championships, February 21 and 22 at the St. Denis Centre.
The women’s team is ranked fourth in the nation and the men are ranked third leading into the two-day meet. Admission for the meet is $15, with a youth and senior rate of $12. Day passes are available for $10, $8 for youths and seniors, $5 for students.
If you’ve ever had a health care worker visit you at home, you may be familiar with the seemingly endless reams of paperwork they need to fill out.
James Hush has a great idea to simplify the whole process, but needs a little business savvy to pull it off. That’s why he went to the Intellectual Property Boot Camp, being held this week at the Ed Lumley Centre for Engineering Innovation.
Going to university provides a wide variety of learning experiences, but how many students get to go to Hollywood during Oscar season for research purposes?
Michael Ruffolo, a fourth-year student in the Odette School of Business, will be jetting out tomorrow with professor Vincent Georgie to spend five days in Tinseltown for the lead-up to this Sunday’s Academy Awards presentation.
The Celebration of Nations was a wonderful opportunity to share his culture, said Navpreet Singh. The master of engineering student was part of a group which performed a traditional Punjabi dance marking the harvest.
“We thoroughly enjoyed our folk dance,” he said following the performance Thursday in the CAW Student Centre. “We are showing our culture to the whole world.”
For the last few weeks Kate Du Toit has been following the story of a 12-year-old amateur fighter from the Border City Boxing Club. A second-year student in the university’s digital journalism program, Du Toit sees the pre-teen as something of a metaphor for the resilience that personifies the Ford City neighbourhood from which he comes.
The Leddy Library will reduce its hours Monday, February 18, opening 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in observance of the Family Day holiday. It will retain regular hours of operation through the remainder of Study Week.
The Paul Martin Law Library will close February 16 to 18; open 8:30 a.m. to 4:50 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday, February 19 to 21; close February 22 and 23; open 1 to 8:50 p.m. on Sunday, February 24; and resume regular hours of operation on Monday, February 25.
The Lancer men’s and women’s hockey teams open their post-seasons this week in quarterfinal series against the York Lions and Queen’s Gaels, respectively.
The men travel to Toronto tonight for the first game in the three-game series and will conclude at Windsor Arena, with game two at 7:30 p.m. Friday and game three, if necessary, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
The women open a best-of-three at South Windsor Arena on Thursday at 7:10 p.m. The series moves to Kingston for games two and three.
Euphonium virtuoso Steven Mead will perform in recital Thursday, February 14, at Windsor’s Mackenzie Hall.
Mead’s career as a professional solo performer continues to break new ground. With over 75 solo performances a year, his relentless schedule sees him touring almost constantly.
For his program Thursday, he will be accompanied by pianist Emily Lai, and even joined by UWindsor’s own euphoniumist Robert Benton for a duet of Philip Sparke’s Two Part Invention.
Organizers of the Celebration of Nations have released a list of the countries that will fill the CAW Student Centre Commons with cultural displays and performances Thursday.
The event runs 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and promises to put the world on your doorstep.
Participating students will represent Brazil, China, Colombia, India, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Somalia, and Syria.
