University Stadium and the St. Denis Centre will play host to championship series in six Campus Recreation intramural sports on Sunday, November 27.

Champions Day will decide the ultimate winners in flag rugby, flag football, ultimate frisbee, men’s soccer, Co-ed soccer and ball hockey.

“Our program will serve more than 2000 participants this semester alone,” says coordinator Josh Leeman. “Champions Day will feature the cream of the crop.”

Spectators are welcome and admission is free, but Leeman invites cash donations to support the Athletics Department’s Adopt-a-Family fund.

The championship games will be played in the stadium with the exception of ball hockey, which is slated for the rink just outside the gates:

• Ball hockey, 4 p.m.
• Flag football, 5 p.m.
• Flag rugby, 6 p.m.
• Ultimate frisbee, 7 p.m.
• Men’s soccer, 8 p.m.
• Co-ed soccer, 9 p.m.

Fans can also check out the qualifying games, which begin at 9 a.m.

• 9 a.m. Co-ed soccer, field 3
  Flag football, University Stadium
• 10 a.m. Flag football, University Stadium
  Flag rugby, field 4
  Co-ed soccer, field 3
• 11 a.m. Flag rugby, University Stadium
  Co-ed soccer, field 3
• 12 p.m. Co-ed soccer, field 3
  Flag rugby, University Stadium
• 1 p.m. Ball hockey at the rink
  Ultimate frisbee, field 3
  Men’s soccer, University Stadium
• 2 p.m. Ball hockey at the rink
  Ultimate frisbee, field 3
  Men’s soccer, University Stadium
• 3 p.m. Ultimate frisbee, field 3
  Co-ed soccer, University Stadium
• 4 p.m. Ultimate frisbee, field 3
  Co-ed soccer, University Stadium

Selling potted poinsettias resulted in a profit of more than $500 for a group of students in business professor Brian Richie’s class in Management and Organization Life.

The members of Freedom 5 – Bill Fuerth, Brianne O’Kane, Reina Lim, Shahzeb Memon and Travis Tuovinen – ran the sale to benefit the United Way. It seemed like a natural fit, said Tuovinen.

“People do enjoy giving to charity as well as decorating for Christmas,” he said.

The group turned over $540 to the United Way, which spokesperson Susan Merryfield called “much appreciated.” She extended a big thank you to the group.

“I believe everyone benefits from this contribution,” she said. “The students have earned a high grade on the project, and the community wins as well.”

Alina Jaworska-Sobiesiak, laboratory safety coordinator in the Chemical Control Centre, won yesterday’s DailyNews contest and two tickets to the University Wind Ensemble’s fall concert, Friday, November 25, at 7:30 p.m. in Assumption University Chapel.

Her name was drawn from all respondents who correctly identified On a Whim as Shelley Marwood’s composition, Canadian Sunset as the work of Eddie Haywood and Norman Gimbel, and Rhapsody for Flute as Jonathan Bayley’s solo.

Tickets to Friday’s concert are $15 general admission and $5 for students, available at the door or in advance by phone at 519-253-3000, ext. 4212; or online at www.uwindsor.ca/music.

Leo Oriet, a faculty member in Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering, and Ashley Chartier, a fourth-year student in Family & Social Relations and Psychology, each won an iPad from the University Bookstore for their participation in the campus-wide CLEW survey.

More than 1500 faculty, staff, and students participated in the study as part of an assessment of the University’s learning management system. Principal investigator Lorie Stolarchuk was overwhelmed with the number of responses received from the survey.

“We’d like to thank those of you who completed the survey. Your feedback will certainly help us in our assessment of CLEW,” Stolarchuk said.

The information received from the survey will be used to uncover recurrent user issues and improve operational efficiency for instructors and students. The CLEW team hopes the results will help improve the functionality of several key tools, and address a number of performance issues in the current version. For more information on the study, contact Lorie Stolarchuk at clew@uwindsor.ca.

Canadian Interuniversity Sport named three Lancer players among its football all-stars Thursday – receiver Jordan Brescacin, defensive tackle Seamus Postuma and defensive halfback Matt McGarva.

Brescacin finished the regular season with 773 yards on 50 pass completions and seven touchdowns; he was named a first team all-Canadian. Fourth-year player Postuma had 16 tackles and two sacks to make the first team; McGarva’s 48 total tackles and one touchdown tabbed him for a second-team spot.

All three players were first-team selections as Ontario University Athletics all-stars. Read more at goLancers.ca

Engineering students in professor Bill Altenhof’s second-year course in dynamics were required to build a working catapult out of nothing more than popsicle sticks, glue and string.

See the results in this video by George Kalivas of Public Affairs and Communications:

The University of Windsor has struck a series of subcommittees to guide the development of its downtown sites.

Reporting directly to the Downtown Campus Steering Committee chaired by provost Leo Groarke are:

• Executive Building Committee, chair Veronika Mogyorody
• Academic Program Scheduling, chair Greg Marcotte
• Administration & Finance Support Team, chair Mark Charlton
• Collaborative partnerships, chair Sandra Aversa
• Communications & Marketing, chair Holly Ward
• Development & Fundraising, chair Jonathan Braniff
• Financial Issues – Armouries, chair Dave Butcher
• Financial Issues – Windsor Star, chair Dave Butcher
• Logistics, chair TBD
• Student Support Services, chair Clayton Smith
• Teaching & Learning Support, chair Alan Wright

Please direct any questions or concerns on these matters to the subcommittee chairs. The full membership of each committee is listed on the downtown campus Web site.

A symposium Sunday invites youths to discuss their faiths and share the perspectives of Christians, Jews and Muslims.

Organizers call the symposium, Children of Abraham, an opportunity for young people especially to learn from one another and to experience respectful conversation.

It is set for 3 p.m. Sunday, November 27, in Assumption University Chapel and will be facilitated by Norman King and Kevin George.

Dr. King holds the Stephen Jarislowsky Chair in Religion and Conflict and is director of Iona College’s School of Theology. George is a doctoral student at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago. His thesis, Conversation not Conversion, focuses on relationship between Christianity, Judaism, and Islam.

The university has declared 29 Seanix computers with P4 processors and 80 GB hard drives for sale by bid as Disposal File 857. Please click here for details.