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Three members of the Lancer men’s basketball team have been named west division all-stars by Ontario University Athletics.

Forward Lien Phillip joins the first-team squad after leading the league with 222 rebounds and 14 double-double performances this season. His 14.9 points per game also made him Windsor’s leading scorer.

Guards Josh Collins and Enrico Diloreto were second-team selections. Collins’ 49 steals topped the OUA and Diloreto scored at a 13.9 points per game pace. Read “Lancer Basketball earns three OUA all-stars” at goLancers.ca.

Minimizing the impact of tsunamis on coastal regions and building sturdier bridges are just two of the outcomes a group of graduate student researchers are aiming for now that they have some top-notch new equipment up and running in the Ed Lumley Centre for Engineering Innovation.

“It’s really cutting edge,” PhD student Vimaldoss Jesudhas says of the giant flume he works with, one of two of its kind in the new engineering building.

The Lancer women’s basketball team, ranked number one in Canadian Interuniversity Sport, will face its second post-season test at home Saturday, March 2, when it hosts the McMaster Marauders in the west conference final.

The winner will earn a berth in the Bronze Baby national championship tournament, which Windsor has won the last two seasons.

Saturday’s game starts at 7 p.m. in the St. Denis Centre. Tickets are $10, with a special youth, students and seniors admission of $8.

Friends and colleagues of UWindsor custodian Linda Bell are organizing a pasta dinner to help her cope with financial pressures arising from an illness.

Bell, who usually cleans Essex Hall, is on long-term disability while undergoing treatment for cancer, explains co-worker Tom Dean.

“She’s on half-pay now and still has a mortgage and three teenaged boys at home,” Dean says. “Linda is really feeling the pressure and we just want to help her out.”