A new flag hangs today in the International Student Centre—the flag adopted in August by Libya's National Transitional Council.
The tri-coloured banner, bearing a white star and crescent, was raised Wednesday alongside other flags in the windows surrounding the centre.
Libyan students celebrated the event as heralding a new age of freedom for their homeland.
"It is very good news," said Abbas Elazhari, a master's student in electrical engineering. "Now I hope for peace for the Libyan people."
The Athletics Department is offering DailyNews readers a chance to win gold seat tickets to watch the no. 10 Lancer football team take on the no. 8 McMaster Marauders on Alumni Field, Saturday, September 17, at 7 p.m.
Two lucky winners will each receive a pair of tickets in the premium gold section of University of Windsor stadium. Just send your answers to the following trivia questions. The winners will be randomly selected from all correct responses received by 4 p.m. on Thursday, September 17.
Saturday’s Lancer football game just got a lot more interesting, as Windsor joined McMaster in Canadian Interuniversity Sport’s top 10 national rankings. The two teams will play under the lights Saturday on Alumni Field. Kick-off is at 7 p.m.
A release announcing the newest results of the national poll noted the 2-0 Lancers were rewarded for last week’s 41-40 upset of Laurier. Windsor is now ranked 10th in the country; the Marauders are seventh after a loss to Western.
Saying she never passes up free food, third-year acting student Alejandra Simmons pulled her classmates to the Campus Community Barbecue, Tuesday in the quad between Dillon and Chrysler halls.
“I really appreciate the fact that there is a vegetarian option,” Simmons said as she sat on the lawn with her jumbo tofu hotdog. “It’s great—these fake meats are usually too expensive for me.”
Her friend Gracie Robbin said her lunch was “delicious”: a Mediterranean smoky sausage topped with mustard, sauerkraut, hot peppers and onions.
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The public is invited to a couple of events on Thursday, September 15, celebrating the opening of Collaboration, the 2011 faculty exhibition in the School of Visual Arts.
Both events are set for the LeBel Building’s SoVA Projects Gallery. Participating artists will be on hand for a lunchtime discussion starting at noon and a reception will run from 5 to 7 p.m.
Among the collaborators are:
Stories are ubiquitous in human experience, says Floris Bex.
“We use them to entertain and communicate and it is often suggested that they are rooted in our psychology and thus serve an important cognitive function,” he says. “Stories are claimed to provide natural and intuitive ways of explaining some phenomena.”
He will explore the uses of stories in argumentative contexts in his free public lecture, “Arguing with Stories,” on Thursday, September 15, at 3 p.m. in the seminar room of Parker House, 105 Sunset Avenue.
Kali Gawinski is fit, but was surprised how much of a workout yoga is.
The MHK candidate is looking for participants in a study of the physiological benefits provided by practising yoga, which involves specialized breathing techniques, physical exercises and postures, and meditation.
“We’re comparing hot yoga to regular yoga, trying to determine whether they provide physical benefits on a par with more traditional forms of exercise,” says Gawinski. “Does yoga impact cardio-vascular fitness?”
In preparing for her research this spring, she decided to try yoga herself.
Who says there’s no such thing as a free lunch? The entire campus community—students, faculty and staff—is invited to celebrate the start of the academic year with a free barbecue on Tuesday, September 13, from noon to 1:30 p.m. (while supplies last) in the quad between Dillon and Chrysler Halls. This event will proceed rain or shine!
The event is hosted by Special Events, Office of the President; the Alumni Association; and the University of Windsor Students' Alliance, with thanks to sponsors Food & Catering Services.
Research that will ultimately make it safer for children to get to school or home from the park whether they’re walking, pedalling their bikes or riding in the back of a car got a $1.7 million boost yesterday.
“Each year, about 130 Canadian children under the age of 15 die as a result of road traffic injuries,” said Anne Snowdon, AUTO21 Theme Coordinator for Health, Safety and Injury Prevention, and a professor at the Odette School of Business.
