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JoAnn Sabourin can pass a test. The test centre specialist in the Office of the Registrar aced Thursday’s DailyNews quiz and won two tickets to an Afternoon Jazz concert with the Dave Bennett quartet, Sunday, October 28, at 2:30 p.m. in the Mackenzie Hall Cultural Centre, 3277 Sandwich Street.

Sabourin’s name was drawn from all respondents who correctly identified Doug Cobb as a drummer like Gene Krupa, Woody Herman as the leader of the Thundering Herd, and a Harlem ballroom as the setting for Stompin’ at the Savoy.

Videotaping Convocation in high-definition provides a much more immersive experience for viewers, says producer Peter Freele of the Centre for Teaching and Learning. The October 13 graduation ceremonies marked the first time the centre’s staff employed high-definition recording for Convocation.

The high-definition process substitutes 1920x1080 pixel resolution for standard 720x480 pixel resolution.

“You can really see the difference in quality,” Freele says. “The new footage puts viewers in the seat as if they were there. It is so much more immediate.”

A UWindsor law professor is in western Ukraine as part of a mission to help monitor Sunday’s parliamentary elections amid concerns expressed by the Canadian government regarding the former Soviet bloc country’s commitment to international standards of human rights, democracy and rule of law.  

The School of Music is offering DailyNews readers a chance to win two free tickets to “Afternoon Jazz,” a concert featuring the Dave Bennett Quartet on Sunday, October 28, at 2:30 p.m. in the Mackenzie Hall Cultural Centre, 3277 Sandwich Street.