Given that Tom Gideon’s reason for existing is to protect NASCAR drivers, you’d think he might bristle a little more when he hears about stock car fans who say they only watch the races for the crashes. Oddly enough, it doesn’t prompt the kind of reaction you’d expect.
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After giving out more than 1,000 pieces of candy, plus bottled water and literature, organizers of Friday’s “I Clover Sober” event pronounced themselves satisfied with the effort.
“A lot of the students are really enjoying the tips we are giving them,” said Donja Trivers, a residence assistant – academic in Laurier Hall. “We are getting a good response.”
The annual campaign encourages students to enjoy St. Patrick’s Day responsibly. The holiday is often an occasion for alcohol abuse.
“We’re reminding them to know their limits – and stay within them,” Trivers said.
A UWindsor history professor says that a staged reading of his new play, The Metropolitan, combines his own area of research with nursing, drama and social justice.
“It’s a great University of Windsor story where you can get these inter-disciplinary collaborations that are products of a close-knit campus,” says Steven Palmer, who holds the Canada Research Chair in History of International Health.
John Powell said it was “truly an honour” to be recognized by the Organization of Part-time University Students at its 20th annual awards dinner Thursday, but that isn’t why he loves his job.
“I have the fortune to be able to play a role in telling the stories of students, faculty and staff across campus,” the University’s director of Web development said. “Certainly the work I do is reflected in efforts to advance the University.”
Mar 16th, 2012
The Windsor chapter of Students in Free Enterprise met every challenge at the Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship (ACE) regional exposition, March 12 in Toronto. Teams in three categories were named regional champions and will on to the national competition in Calgary, May 7 to 9.
“I am extremely proud of my team,” said Emilie Cushman, president of SIFE Windsor. “They all worked very hard and these are all volunteer projects.”
Mar 16th, 2012
Emilie Cushman, a student at the Odette School of Business, received the 2012 Woman Leader of Tomorrow Award for central Canada from Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship at its regional exposition, March 12 in Toronto.
Mar 16th, 2012
The Stratford Shakespeare Festival has named UWindsor drama grad Antoni Cimolino (BFA 1984, hon. PhD 2004) its next artistic director. He will take on the role once incumbent Des McAnuff vacates it at the end of the festival’s 2012 season.
Mar 16th, 2012
The Canadian Interuniversity Sport women’s basketball championship tournament may be in Calgary, but that doesn’t mean Lancer fans have to miss their team’s title defense. SSN Canada will webcast every game live.
Saturday, March 17
- 2 p.m. Quarter-final #1: No. 7 McGill vs. No. 2 UBC
- 4 p.m. Quarter-final #2: No. 6 Saskatchewan vs. No. 3 Ottawa
- 7 p.m. Quarter-final #3: No. 5 Acadia vs. No. 4 Windsor
- 9 p.m. Quarter-final #4: No. 8 Calgary vs. No. 1 Regina
Sunday, March 18
Mar 16th, 2012
A group of visual arts students will utilize an unconventional space and alternative materials – including balloons and their own bodies – for a performance work entitled Hot Air, outside 1350 Ouellette Avenue on Saturday, March 17, at 7 p.m.
The collective: April Morris, Fatima Fakih, Elizabeth Lojewski, Michael Feiye Ngo and Victoria Symons will be in discussion with the literal space they occupy.
Several campus projects are using the occasion of St. Patrick’s Day to send a message – you don’t have to drink to excess to have a good time.
“St. Patrick’s Day is the biggest drinking day of the year for university students,” says Catherine Joyce, who works with Campus Police as student alcohol education coordinator. “It’s a nice target for us to get to them before the event.”
She organized an information fair in the CAW Student Centre Thursday, with booths on a variety of topics related to alcohol awareness.