UWindsor faces $5.2 million budget deficit By Hannah Larking News Editor December 3, 2008 The University of Windsor has announced that it is now facing a nearly $5.2 million budget deficit and has decided to defer balancing the books for another three years.
 According to Stephen Willets, vice president of administration and finance at the University of Windsor, the board of governors has approved a three-year budget strategy that will commence in the approaching 2009-10 year. This delay will allow for realignment targets to be established annually with the intention of achieving a balanced budget by 2011-12.
UWindsor’s board of governors met last Tuesday, Nov. 18 to discuss plans for the new strategy. At the meeting, it was reported that $800,000 had been added to the $4.3 million shortfall that had been estimated two months earlier. >> | Explorations 10,000 leagues under the sea By Desiree Chevalier
Lance Writer December 3, 2008 While Trekkies may want to think of space as the final frontier, there is actually one region on Earth we know so little about that our knowledge of outer space could be considered more comprehensive.
 Deep in the oceans that make up 70 per cent of our planet, beyond the last reaches of sunlight, await extreme environments hosting species that resemble the imaginings of a science-fiction writer. Only recently have scientists begun to probe the secrets of this mysterious world, and what they have found thus far may unlock the secrets to the beginnings of life on earth.
Oceanographers are the cowboys and cowgirls of the deep ocean; armed with knowledge of plate tectonics, physics, marine biology and chemistry they delve into the complex world of the deep ocean and come back with answers and most importantly, even more questions. >>  | | Campus Kiss | | Residence hall hosts "human zoo" for a cause By Jade Cowan
Lance Writer December 3, 2008 On Nov. 23 to 28, residence assistants from Macdonald Hall, Cartier and Alumni Hall surrendered their iPods, cell phones and freedom to form a human zoo in the hopes of raising enough money to fund their Higher Education Reach Out (HERO) project.
The group set an initial goal of $400, but the success of the zoo may have seen that number more than doubled.
The project was created and designed by Andrew Bascom, a Macdonald Hall residence assistant. Bascom recognized the potential for an inter-residence fundraiser after the success of the haunted house tours that took place on Halloween for residence students.
Bascom had no problems finding willing participants, and seven residence assistants from Macdonald and Alumni Hall quickly became the first group of human zoo “animals.” Later on, the residence assistants from Cartier would also join.
While a majority of the contestants were not personally participating in the project, they remained committed to raising as much money as possible. >> |
