UWSA clashes with CFS, same old song and dance
By Michal Tellos
Lance Writer
September 7, 2010
The most recent CFS (Canadian Federation of Students) conference proved to be the same old song and dance for UWindsor’s delegation.
 Vice-president university affairs Robert Woodrich, Jake DeJong, Tanuj Virani, and Ryan Dhiman attended the latest CFS Ontario annual general meeting in Markham representing the UWSA, only to be met with the same hostility that they have become accustomed to.
Once again, the central problem between the UWSA and the CFS is the perceived obstacles involved in leaving the federation.
“If you need X number of students to leave, it should be the same number to get in, which its not, it’s at the discretion of the people trying to join. So it's a double standard," said DeJong.“Any motions aimed at changing the organization’s structure never pass. So with that in mind, it can be quite disheartening."
Typically they will use obscure procedural items to keep you from being able to speak to a motion... >>
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Prof says fruit flies key to cancer research
By Carley Schwietzer
Lance Writer
September 7, 2010
After years of studying the genes of fruit flies, Dr. Andrew Swan, a cancer researcher and UWindsor assistant professor, has been granted $100,000 towards his research.
The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, is used as a model system for studying how the cell cycle is regulated and modified in development. Swan was one of 62 lucky recipients of the Canadian Cancer Society Grant this year for his research.
Although fruit flies do not have the life span capacity to contract cancer, they do share similar proteins and two similar genes. “They are very important genes and we’re just starting to understand their roles," explains Swan, with the hope that his research will lead to improved cancer treatment methods.
“Meiosis involves two modified mitotic divisions without an intervening S-phase. It is the most complex and atypical of all cell divisions, and requires a major retooling of the cell cycle machinery that is as yet not well understood,” explains Swan. By understanding these complex cell cycles within female fruit flies, Swan hypothesizes that cancer cells can be spatially and temporally regulated in the same way.>>
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International students receive warm welcome
By Leanna Roy
News Editor
September 7, 2010
An annual price tag of $26,000 is about the cost that international students are faced with and this only covers the bare essentials such as tuition, food and residence fees.
Ali Akbar, a first year international political science student, admits that although a long distance call home may break the budget, international students get the bang for their buck here at UWindsor.
“International students are highly respected and well taken care of here," he stated, “and there is dynamic body of different students from different countries that makes this university appealing.
UWindsor president Alan Wildeman recognizes that international students make a huge positive impact on UWindsor’s revenue.
In his Thinking Forward Taking Action Plan,Wildeman noted that $270,000 will be provided for international scholarships. The number of international students makes up nearly 10 per cent of the student body yet they are receiving more than half of scholarship expenditures according to the university’s 2010/11 strategic plan.
UWindsor hopes to meet a government goal and increase international enrolment by 50 per cent in an effort to prioritize international students. >>
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