WUFA strike still affecting UWindsor students By Hannah Larking News Editor February 4, 2009 UWindsor students are still feeling the effects of the Windsor University Faculty Association (WUFA) strike almost four months after the incident.
 According to Gregory Marcotte, director of registrarial services at the University of Windsor, on the day after fall 2008 grades were due from professors, thousands of marks were still outstanding.
“Part of the problem was the delay of exams because of the strike,” Marcotte said. “We have received a lot of complaints [from students] about late grades.”
But Marcotte claims that this frustration is misdirected. “When grades are submitted, they go through a paper trail of approval,” Marcotte said.
Once a professor has completed the final grades, they are submitted to the department heads and then to the deans. After that, they are placed on the student information system (SIS), with no delay possible on the part of the registrar’s office. >> | Explain this Darwin: finding altruism in unusual suspects By Desiree Chevalier
Lance Writer February 4, 2009 Bob: “Hey! Did you hear the one about the naked mole-rat?”
 Jane: “Um… The naked mole rat? That pretty much sounds like a joke in itself.”
Bob: “No seriously! This one’s great! Two naked mole-rats walk into a bar. The one spots a sexy lady naked mole-rat and says, ‘Hey, I’d die tomorrow without any complaints if I could make some babies with her!’ The other naked mole rat takes a drink and says ‘Nah, she ain’t all that. But I’d give my life for two brothers or eight first cousins!’ [elbow jab] Isn’t that brilliant! Do you get it? Huh? Huh?”
Jane: “I’m very confused. And the phrase ‘sexy lady naked mole-rat’ makes me feel very uncomfortable.”
Dear reader: Never fear, this is not some sort of pre-Valentine’s day piece on dates from hell. Believe it or not, there are actually organisms that would die and/or give up their sex life in order to save the lives of others! And not just naked mole rats, either! >>  | | Campus Kiss | | UWindsor law students to study police accountability By Hannah Larking
News Editor February 4, 2009 UWindsor law students will be launching a new, student-led research initiative that is expected to enhance police accountability and reduce forms of police misconduct.
The Law Enforcement Accountability Project (LEAP) will be based under the leadership of an academic director, University of Windsor professor David Tanovich, along with a student director, student researchers and volunteers.
“It will, upon request, provide confidential research, policy recommendations and advice to government, public interest organizations, human rights and police agencies, and community groups on issues of oversight and racial profiling,” said Lily Tekle, the project’s student director. Tekle will be backed by student volunteers Andrea Anderson, Olanyi Parsons, Amy Slotek, Lindsay Trevelyan, Miriam Villamil and Kevin Wong. Tekle also added that the project’s purpose is to raise public awareness about the implementation of bill 103, particularly in Windsor and Essex County, which, according to the Ontario government website, is an act to establish an independent police review director and create a new public complaints process. >> |
