Globe and Mail leave Windsor near the bottom By Hannah Larking News Editor November 5, 2008 The University of Windsor can’t seem to escape mediocrity when it comes to university rankings – a theory that was reaffirmed on Oct. 24, when the Globe and Mail released its annual Canadian University Report.
 The report graded 53 universities based on the survey opinions of more than 43,000 undergraduates. This year the University of Windsor ranked last in its roster eight out of 19 times, and second last an additional eight times.
The report displays the opinions of over 43,400 current undergraduate students from 55 universities based on more than 100 questions. Schools are subdivided categories based on their institutional size. Much of the University of Windsor’s data is reflected by 2007 figures because UWindsor responded with less than the minimum requirement. >> | Student Disability Services raises awareness By Sheena Brennan
Lance Writer November 5, 2008 October was Learning Disabilities Awareness Month, and an opportunity for students and staff to take an interest in a part of campus that often goes overlooked.
Richard Hayes, a learning strategist and advisor at Student Disability Services, says the month produced a lot of positive feedback. October brought with it increased activity on their website, increased telephone inquiries about the nature of learning disabilities, and some welcome coverage from news media on campus and the community, said Hayes.
Located in the lower level of Dillon Hall, Student Disability Services at the University of Windsor was created primarily because it was the right thing to do, Hayes said. There is an increasing number of students with disabilities on campuses across Ontario, and there is also a legislated responsibility to provide the support and opportunities they may need to learn at their academic potential.>>  | | Campus Kiss | | Recycling: you can't believe evrything you hear By Desiree Chevalier Lance Writer November 5, 2008 On the subject of recycling, it seems as though everyone has become an expert.
Just the other day, a security guard was telling me that recycling is “useless” because the trucks are mysteriously disguised as recycling trucks when, in reality, they just drive directly to the dump. And to think, I was carefully sorting my paper and plastic only for it to end up mixed in with the mountains of McDonald’s kid’s meal toys and take-out containers.
Well, thank goodness I picked up that trusty tidbit of information. Really now, I know your friend Becky who is a fitness instructor is not an expert on climate change, as I know the security guard at the mall was not a recycling specialist.
You would never trust your dry-cleaner to tell you about diversifying your stocks and bonds, so why is it that everyone is so easily persuaded by the ‘average Joe’ on environmental issues?
Part of the problem is that people so rarely decide to look into environmental issues, like recycling, for themselves. >> |
