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    • Grace Davis
      Grace Davis
      5 Minute Mini Cake!

      This cupcake is the fastest desert I have ever made. It should take you less than five minutes to make, [...]

    • Stuart A. Thompson
      Stuart A. Thompson
      Closing comments

      Recently the Gazette closed comments for the first time on this story. The process of moderating comments is a difficult [...]

    • Arden Zwelling
      Arden Zwelling
      Sixteen Things

      1. Don’t be fooled by Gary Bettman’s posturing over the NHL’s involvement in the2014 winter Olympic games in Sochi, Russia. [...]

    • Grace Davis
      Grace Davis
      Vegetarian Curry

      I love coconut curry, and one night I didn’t have any chicken but had a major craving for some coconut [...]

    • Lauren Pelley says:
      Microwave cooking = perfect for rez! This would be a cute way to impress a date, even if you don't own an oven :)
      on 5 Minute Mini Cake!
    • F4T Andrew: Day 1 Blog « OUSA.ca says:
      [...] Western Gazette Article [...]
      on OSAP diet has students tightening belts
    • Niknar Nad says:
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum_jelly harmful chemicals like lead and vaseline? Uh oh.
      on Western grad lubing lips the natural way
    • elise says:
      the self-important idiots that write for the gazette stun me again with their ignorance. i am curious how many of them live off of osap. i am also curious how many of them question what, exactly, the purpose of higher education is meant to be. i am also curious as to how many of these gazette
      on Biting the Hand that Feeds
    • Rick says:
      Oh, right. Sure. Those less advantaged students from working class backgrounds should just get off their butts and get a part-time job. That's what higher education is all about, right? Learning how to juggle advanced/intensive academic study with a job? Exactly. I'll bet those farmers' kids could really use that kind of a lesson, eh?
      on Biting the Hand that Feeds
    • Rick says:
      Indeed. There's plenty of debate-stifling happening elsewhere in our society. PLENTY. We have to protect, uphold, and advance institutions of higher learning as bastions of free speech and expression. Let the debate continue -- and the truth will emerge. Whenever someone opposes free speech and expression, it's nearly always because they have something to hide
      on Week intended to stir debate, voice opinions
    • Anonymous says:
      I think what Andrew and the 4 other students are doing across our province is really important. They are demonstrating one of the flaws of the OSAP system in a very public way. Too many students are dependent on OSAP, but because of the clawback, can't work to supplement the loan money and are stuck
      on OSAP diet has students tightening belts

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    News

    OSAP diet has students tightening belts

    Five Ontario university students are hungry for awareness. Starting yesterday, these students began a 19-day campaign called Food for Thought, co-ordinated by the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance. Participants are attempting to eat a healthy, balanced diet on only $7.50 a day. The ... (more)

    News briefs
    • Mo money
    • Doctor gets busted
    • Dragons’ Den visits Western
    • Birds aren’t the only ones tweeting
    • Brescia breaks into blogging
    City council considering online voting

    The City of London wants you to vote in your underwear next election. Online voting might find its way to London ... (more)

    By Stuart A. Thompson
    Human Library event tackles stereotypes

    Who needs books when you can sign out human beings at the library? Last week, the University of Guelph held its ... (more)

    By Shreya Tekriwal
    Open Ontario Plan hoping to increase grads by 8 per cent

    The plan for the future of Ontario’s post-secondary education as outlined by Dalton McGuinty’s government leans on foreign students and ... (more)

    By Jared Lindzon
    Western grad lubing lips the natural way

    Organic beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Unsatisfied with the makeup available to her from cosmetic wholesalers, Western graduate ... (more)

    By Meagan Kashty
    A&E

    How do you spell funny?

    The students of Theatre Western are poised and ready to take on Grammy and Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, this week at the Wave. This marks the first time the group will perform a musical ... (more)

    Burton’s Wonderland not-so-wonderful after all

    Tim Burton’s take on Alice in Wonderland revisits the magical world created by Lewis Carroll in his literary works Alice ... (more)

    By Eliot Hong
    Academy still misses mark after 82 years

    I love awards shows. While some people dread those nights when Hollywood icons are celebrated and praised for their day’s work, ... (more)

    By Meagan Kashty
    V-Day explores female sexuality

    V-Day Western is once again presenting the empowering works of Eve Ensler, The Vagina Monologues and A Memory, A Monologue, ... (more)

    By Elysia Knight
    B-list actors provide a scare

    A reformatted remake of George A. Romero’s 1973 thriller of the same name, The Crazies tells the story of a ... (more)

    By Thaly Tapia
    Sports

    Lakehead levels Mustangs in series sweep

    Western’s archrival has done it again. Since joining the Ontario University Athletics conference at the beginning of the decade, the Lakehead Thunderwolves have contested six playoff series against the Mustangs, never with home-ice advantage. For the fourth time, the Thunderwolves knocked ... (more)

    Mustangs off on the right foot

    “Waterloo has been our nemesis for the past two or three years. It was good to put an exclamation mark ... (more)

    By Grace Davis
    Sixteen Things

    1. Don’t be fooled by Gary Bettman’s posturing over the NHL’s involvement in the2014 winter Olympic games in Sochi, ... (more)

    By Arden Zwelling
    Mustangs out-pace Lakehead in semis

    When March rolls around, motivation isn’t hard to come by in a Mustangs locker room. “The season is over if you ... (more)

    By Arden Zwelling
    Men’s hockey off to semis

    Twenty-one wins, 42 points and the Ontario University Athletics West division title. Yet, after 55 minutes of game two against ... (more)

    By Daniel Da Silva
    Opinion
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    Teaching with Talk

    The University of Guelph recently held its annual Human Library, an event that invites students to “check out” people for 30-minute intervals. The “books” are individuals who willingly open their lives to discuss their experiences with everything from sexual discrimination, ... (more)

    Letters to the Editor
    • Students in need, OSAP falling short
    • Week intended to stir debate, voice opinions
    • Education has no room for elitist attitude
    • Earthquake in Chile deserves more concern
    • Week should reflect hope for peace, not hate speech
    The good, the bad and the ugly of 2010 Olympic media coverage

    The Good James Duthie — Duthie has proven throughout the Olympics he can do more than just his regular shtick ... (more)

    By Arden Zwelling
    Chileans forgotten amidst Haitian aid, Olympic craze

    Hey, Chile. Thanks a lot. You couldn’t have picked a more inconvenient time to have a natural disaster. Come on, who decides ... (more)

    By Lauren Pelley
    Western full of hilarious idiots

    I’m no elitist, but Western desperately needs to stiffen its admission standards. With first-year entrance grades averaging at 87 per cent, ... (more)

    By Jaela Bernstien
    Out of the lab and into the House

    Another election has come and gone, and nothing has changed. For the position of University Students’ Council president, this year’s field ... (more)

    By Jesse Tahirali
    Pets require real commitment

    Pets and selfish people should not be paired up. I witnessed this abomination when I was in Toronto recently. With the ... (more)

    By Grace Davis
    Video

    How Western celebrates Olympic Gold

    Hundreds of students piled into the Spoke on Sunday to watch the Canadian men's Olympic hockey team battle team USA for gold. The atmosphere was tense and exciting. Alcohol flowed like maple syrup. We had our cameras there to catch

    ... (more)

    Five questions with Presidential Candidates

    Delve into the platforms and personalities of all six University Students' Council presidential candidates.

    By Stuart A. Thompson
    USC Presidential Candidates sing the Western anthem

    At the start of our video interviews with each candidate, we asked them to sing as much or as little ... (more)

    By Stuart A. Thompson
    Banana Peanut Butter French Toast

    Welcome to the Gazette’s very first food blog! My name’s Grace, I’m a sports editor at the Gazette, and I ... (more)

    By Grace Davis
    Western Charity Ball – George Bray Hockey Association

    Every year, students enjoy a glamorous night at Western Charity Ball. What they don't see is where the money goes. This ... (more)

    By Stuart A. Thompson
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