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TODAY'S COMIC

LAST UPDATED: Wednesday November 20, 2002 - 3:00 p.m.

USC student jobs cut for full-timer

Part-time student employees of the University Students' Council have been replaced by a full-time employee at the USC Reservations office.

"We didn't find out from our bosses [that] we were fired," said Teresa Stranges, one of the employees who lost her job. "We found out [when] we saw an ad [for the new position].".

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Carleton TAs prepared to strike

Teaching assistants at Carleton University have voted in favour of a strike after the union broke off negotiations with the university administration in order to hold the vote.

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Charting Canadian stupidity

A recent poll has suggested something which may come as a serious shock to many Canadians: we are not as smart as we like to think we are.

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It's gettin' hot in here: Nelly, THAW

Low-income Londoners may get a helping hand this winter with their hydro bills.

The Heat and Warmth program, established in 1997, assists people who have difficulty paying their utility bills.

 

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CAMPUS INQUISITION

The infamous long, cold, crappy, London winter has begun again, so The Gazette decided to ask Western students just how excited they really are.

“I hate winter.”
—Glenn Wark,
fourth-year health sciences

“I can’t stand the cold.”
—Brad Jack,
fourth-year health sciences

“[Winter] freezes the water and I can’t surf.”
—Holly Zettel,
fourth-year health sciences

"The only day I really like in the winter is Christmas — other than that, winter is a pain.”
—Sarah Nelles,
fourth-year kinesiology

Are there any benefits to it being cold and having snow on the ground?

“Last year, [my roommates and I] built a six-foot snow penis on my other roommate’s car. It was really good; it had veins and everything.”
—Tom Clarkson,
fourth-year administrative and commercial studies

“I drive my girlfriend’s car a lot more,”
—Wark

“I don’t ski, I hate scraping off my car and I don’t have snow tires, so I slide all over the place.”
—Nelles,
(The Gazette infers this statement
to mean “No”)

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Scott Bielby/Gazette
WOULD PEOPLE ADMIRE YOU OR PITY YOU IF YOU WERE REALLY, REALLY GOOD AT BOWLING? The UCC atrium has been used for just about everything this year; now you can add bowling alley to the list. On an unrelated note, mullet sightings at Centrespot were at an all-time high on Tuesday.