International Students

Campus libraries extend hours of operation

The Leddy Library has begun round-the-clock operations to accommodate study for final exams.

The library will stay open from Sunday at 10 a.m. through Friday, until 2 a.m. Saturday. It will re-open Saturday at 10 a.m. and close at 2 a.m. that night, then re-open Sunday at 10 a.m.

The library will close at midnight Friday, April 26, and maintain the following schedule through its spring recess, which ends Sunday, May 5:

Demonstrate knowledge of 50th anniversary celebrations to win UWindsor sweatshirts

To help measure interest in preparations for the University’s 50th anniversary, DailyNews is pleased to offer readers a trivia contest on promotions of the Celebration Weekend, September 19 to 22.

Up for grabs are two zippered sweatshirts embroidered with the UWindsor logo, courtesy of the Office of Public Affairs and Communications—a ladies’ large in gray heather and a dark blue men’s hoodie, size medium.

Marketplace menu promises Passover fare

The Homestyle station in the Marketplace food court promises a kosher menu for Passover during lunch and dinner on Thursday, March 28.

On the menu are braised brisket with mushroom ragout, Chicken Marrakesh, or layered vegetable loaf, with a choice of root vegetables or potato latkes, and for dessert—honey-lemon sponge cake.

The station serves lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and dinner from 4 to 7 p.m. in the CAW Student Centre.

PhD student hopes to make life easier for young Arab immigrants

Nesreen Elkord wants to make life a little simpler for young Arabs who are new to Canada.

“It’s really my passion to try to make the experiences of these kids easier than it was for me,” says Elkord, a PhD student in the Faculty of Education who studies under the tutelage of professor Shi Jing Xu. “I know I can’t do that all by myself, but I do feel that I have a duty to do this work.”