Cogeco cable 11 will air the Canadian Interuniversity Sport women’s basketball gold medal game between the Windsor Lancers and UBC Thunderbirds at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 22, and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 24.
The CIS named Lancer guard Miah-Marie Langlois its female athlete of the week after she led her team to the national championship.
Growing up in a region of the world that’s steeped in the ancient traditions of Confucianism, Sung Hyun Yun never gave it a second thought when his mother explained to him that he didn’t need to be in the kitchen helping with the dishes because he was a boy.
“It was very natural to accept gender-based norms and behaviour,” said Dr. Yun, a professor in the School of Social Work, who was born and raised in Busan, South Korea’s second-largest city.
The School of Music’s Take 4 series will showcase students in recital, Wednesday, March 21, at 4 p.m. in room 139, Music Building.
The program features:
In a fast-paced society that places a premium on youth and tends to dismiss the elderly, at least four UWindsor nursing students are rethinking how they view the aged while pledging to provide seniors the respectful care they deserve once they begin practicing.
“Older people should be regarded as self-reliant individuals who are capable of making decisions about their care,” said Misan Grage, a fourth-year nursing student. “Older people need to be treated with the same respect and level of care as younger people.”
Winnipeg poet and critic Dennis Cooley will discuss “Regionalism and vernacular poetics” in a free public lecture Tuesday, March 20, on the University of Windsor campus.
An event Monday in the Windsor Law Commons brought together students and members of the local Aboriginal community in an effort to break down some cultural barriers, say organizers.
“Some people have never been in contact with Aboriginal people,” said Stephanie Cox, a second-year law student and president of the Windsor chapter of Canadian Lawyers Abroad. “Today was about sparking interest in Aboriginal, Métis and Inuit culture.”
The Lancer women’s basketball team won its second straight Bronze Baby trophy as Canadian Interuniversity Sport champions, defeating the UBC Thunderbirds 69-53, Monday in Calgary.
Miah-Marie Langlois was named the tournament MVP for the second year running; Bojana Kovacevic joined her on the tournament all-star squad.
Windsor, seeded fourth coming into the CIS final 8, never trailed in any of its three contests.
Read more about the game and the title at goLancers.ca.
Reception to welcome home team
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.
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.
