Council ratifies 2010 general election results
By Leanna Roy
Lance Writer
March 24, 2010
The last council meeting of the year has been that one meeting every year that UWSA council can expect to leave the council chambers without feeling in their bottom half.  However, this year council members left the room on Thursday Mar. 18 after a short three hour session with their nervous systems intact.
Vice-president administration, Ryan Osterberg described the meeting as “the shortest general elections meeting in three years.”
Nonetheless, the votes are in and the positions have been ratified completing UWSA's largest voting turnout in the last six years.
UWSA's newest executives include Laine McGarragle as the president, Robert Woodrich returning as vice-president of university affairs, Andrew Bell will UWSA's VPA who won by a mere difference of three votes, and vice-president of finance will now be Jaideep Singh.
After the results were ratified, UWSA's chief returning office (CRO), Omar Raza reviewed the electoral by-laws and made recommendations for the new by-laws and policies for the general elections. >>
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Over 1,000 students will rewrite psychology midterm
By Stephanie Saunders
Lance Writer
March 24, 2010
February and March are no doubt some of the toughest months for UWindsor students. Simply put, it’s exam time. Students hide in the library, scatter in the CAW Centre or remain in hiatus for weeks leaving their iPhone pushed aside.
After an exam is written, students will then check it off their list and walk out with relief that it’s over. Or is it?
For professor Ken Cramer’s first year introduction to psychology class, this isn’t the case. After writing a midterm on Feb. 26, red flags were raised when students scored near perfect on questions relevant to the text book yet failed on the lecture portion of the exam.
A follow up investigation was conducted and resulted in finding several students were e-mailed answers to the exam derived from a disc containing multiple choice text book related questions.
Since it is not clear on who did or did not cheat, the entire class, over 1,100 students, will have to rewrite the exam.
On Mar. 4 this story was distributed through The Windsor Star, and sparked over 190 comments on the paper’s website.>>
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UWSA delegation attends OUSA conference
By Michal Tellos
News Editor
March 24, 2010
Last weekend, Robert Woodrich, the UWSA’s vice-president university affairs, Madeline MacIsaac, the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) campus coordinator, and three other UWSA councilors attended OUSA’s final general assembly meeting of the year.
 The meeting, which was hosted by the University of Western Ontario, saw delegates from each of the seven OUSA members: Brock, Laurier, McMaster, Queen’s, Waterloo, and of course, Western and Windsor.
The weekend was composed of an opening plenary, breakout sessions, a celebration of OUSA’s 15th anniversary, a closing plenary, and an opportunity to meet and speak with MPP Yasir Naqvi, president of the Ontario Liberal Party.
Woodrich hosted one of the break-out sessions, having co-authored a policy paper with the VPUA from Queen’s.
“This was literally my first experience with drafting policy, so it was a great learning experience,” said Woodrich.>>
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