The rare “green comet” will be visible to the public on Jan. 28 at Western’s Cronyn Observatory.

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Veronica is a Staff Reporter for Vol. 116. Email her at veronica.maclean@westerngazette.ca.The UCC Booster Juice reopened Tuesday after a temporary closure due to staffing shortages.
Western’s special constables are offering five three-day-long self-defence training courses for women on campus this year.
Two Western psychology courses are letting students do community service for course credit.
Western students and faculty gathered outside the UCC Wednesday to protest continued violence occurring under the Islamic regime in Iran.
Western’s faculty union has installed multiple porta-potties along Western Road and the campus perimeter to prepare for a potential strike next week. The union president said Monday there has been “very little” progress in negotiations.
Uber’s 2022 Nightlife Index ranked London as the No. 1 party city in Canada — revealing Londoners stay out the latest, taking rides between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m..
Western president Alan Shepard said the university is looking to announce the future of classroom mask mandates sometime in late November or early December, before the winter break.
As anti-government protests continue in Iran, Western and the USC are providing support for Iranian students, including academic accommodations, crisis counselling and waiving tuition deposits.