Volume 96, Issue 53
Tuesday, December 3, 2002
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A big, white ribbon hangs in the University Community Centre this week to support Men Against Violence Against Women.
"Basically, this week we're fundraising for the London Abuse Women's Centre," said Nicole Nelson, VP-campus issues for the University Students' Council. Men who oppose violence against women can show support by signing a poster, thus committing themselves to the white ribbon campaign, she added.
"It's a male-driven initiative," Nelson explained, adding it represents men taking responsibility for violence against women, which is predominantly perpetrated by men. The White Ribbon campaign started in 1991 by men from Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Kingston and London.
Nelson said a ceremony recognizing victims of the Montreal massacre, in which 14 women were killed, will take place at Brescia University College on Friday, Dec. 6 at 12 p.m..
–Emmett Macfarlane
Ho, Ho, Holy! Nice outfits
The World University Service of Canada is raising money for kids on campus this week.
WUSC is a non-profit organization that is trying to raise money to buy things to give to children in Third World countries, such as clothes, soap, toys, books and toothbrushes to name a few, said Hannah Bontogon, a third-year nutrition student at Western and WUSC events director.
"Each year we raise funds to try and send a team of students from Western to Third World countries to do volunteer work in a developing community," Bontogon said, adding this year, WUSC is hoping to send 25 students to Honduras and 25 students to Costa Rica.
Bontogon said WUSC tries to raise awareness about Third World countries among students so they will get involved.
"It's a positive experience that everyone should do at one point in their lives," she said. "When you see the kids down there, you want to do more for them."
WUSC will be collecting donations in the University Community Centre atrium today, Bontogon said, noting WUSC volunteers will be dressed as Santas.
–Kelly Marcella
Techno time for everyone
For technologically-challenged students, there is now a conference especially for you.
The Canadian Undergraduate Technology Conference will be held Jan. 16-18 at the Regal Constellation Hotel in Toronto.
"This conference is aimed at undergraduate students from across Canada," said Paul Fedory, organizer on the public relations team for CUTC. "We're hoping to get 500 students to attend this year."
Fedory said some of the events featured at this year's conference include prominent speakers such as Helene Armitage, vice-president of technology at IBM, and Don Papscott, a renowned technology expert.
"There are too many lectures to be able to attend all of them, so we have divided them into streams that we think will be of interest to students. Those streams include new generation technologies, media technology and biotechnology," Fedory said.
There will also be tech-tours, where they will bus students to companies in Toronto, and social events in the evenings, he said.
"This conference is more for people who are not in technological fields, for them to get a better understanding of the technology used in our [everyday] lives," he added.
The cost to attend the conference is $109 and includes food, he said,
adding students can register online at www.cutc.ca.
–Jillian Van Acker