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Board of director weary over proposed loss of student space for UWindsor Bookstore Darryl Gallinger News Editor he University of Windsor Students’ Alliance board of directors are threatening to void the proposed Bookstore deal unless specific conditions are fulfilled by the end of May. The Policy Management Board, of which the UWSA is a voting member, recently signed a deal with the University of Windsor that would see the Bookstore take over a 14,000 square-foot space in the CAW Student Centre, presently occupied by the Thirsty Scholar Pub, several club meeting rooms and the space recently operated as the Used...
Darryl Gallinger NEWS EDITOR he closing of the Thirsty Scholar Pub has some students mobilizing in resistance, while others see it as a positive move. The University of Windsor recently announced a deal with the University of Windsor Students’ Alliance to close the Thirsty Scholar and move the university Bookstore into its place. Up to 2,000 square feet of the appoximately 12,000 would be allocated to a UWSA to create a licensed café. Ramzi Nassereddine, a recent graduate, is disappointed with the decision to close down the pub. “The pub was part of my student experience, and it should be...
Darryl Gallinger NEWS EDITOR his year’s University of Windsor Students’ Alliance board of directors kicked their term off by bringing the UWSA executives back into line. The incoming board of directors’ first meeting on May 1, which ran for four and a half hours, was fraught with tension. The new board of directors transitioned into its new role on April 1, a full month before the incoming executives and council members began their work. During that time, the former UWSA executives made financial decisions without the consultation or approval of the board. According to the bylaws, UWSA executives can make...
Thirsty Scholar Pub management draw up a plan to turn ailing student bar around Stephen Hargrevaes NEWS EDITOR he University of Windsor’s Thirsty Scholar Pub has been charged with changing the way it does business in order to maintain funding. The bar’s manager thinks he has the answer. The pub served its last pint of the school year on Friday following a tumultuous year of headline splashing crime, concern over a mounting $1 million plus debt and dwindling student attendance. “I very happy that we’ve been told [by the University of Windsor Students’ Alliance] that we need to come up...
UPDATE : (1:30 p.m., March 29, 2012) In documents just released to the Lance, the Canadian Auto Workers union issued a progress report, stating that as of March 11, 1997, CAW locals (1498, 1769, 195, 1973, 200, 2027, 240, 444, 89, 2098 and “other”) had reached a “total pledges and gifts” of $1,665,932 towards what the document names as the “original goal” of $4,036,140, in support of the CAW Student Centre. The attached progress report reads, “To date $1.5 million of $4 million has been pledged.” Later declaring, “It is clear that more time beyond the five-year horizon will be...
‘Time for change’ at cash strapped pub Gord Bacon ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Over 50 staff members at the Thirsty Scholar Pub will be sweating it out over the summer as the University of Windsor Students’ Alliance takes steps to force change at the cash strapped pub. UWSA board of directors members, Anuj Virani and Sami Habib crafted a motion last Wednesday that will effectively force the pub and UNIWIN Pub Inc. to present a new business plan before any operating capital is released to the organization that is currently over $1 million in debt. The pub, which was extended a...
Student board of directors approves fee increases; restores computer club funding Gord Bacon ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR he University of Windsor Students’ Alliance board of directors has approved changes that will reach into student pockets for the 2012-13 school year. The board passed motions to increase student fees to the student health and dental plan and UWSA during an emergency board meeting Friday. A motion to restore funding access to Student Operating Computer Resources was also approved. Health and dental will increase by $5 each from $235 per year to $245. The price increase is more urgent for dental services, which...
Gord Bacon ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR t’s been three years since Student Operating Computer Resources had their accounts frozen by the University of Windsor Students’ Alliance, and the group’s members are running out of patience. Since forming in 1995, the fee levying club has provided computer and server resources to clubs, societies and students. Until 2009, SOCR ran autonomously through a confidential agreement with the UWSA and had a balance of approximately $48,000, provided by a $1.50 per student semesterly fee before it’s accounts were seized, said Mohammad Akbar, president of SOCR and Faculty of Arts and Social Science representative for...
U-Pass defeated by over 1,000 votes in largest student voter turnout in school history Gord Bacon ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR t was a bittersweet evening for University of Windsor Students’ Alliance executives Thursday as a record number of students voted in this year’s general elections, but opted against a universal bus pass. Out of 10,913 eligible undergraduate students, 4,565 (42 per cent) voted in this year’s election, according to chief returning officer Jordan Renaud. “We’ve broken 20 years of provincial records for an educational institution,” said Renaud, who found the referendum outcome to be the greatest surprise of the election. The...
Gord Bacon ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR simple yes or no debate over a proposed universal student transit pass has become personal. Dubbed the U-Pass, the agreement struck between the University of Windsor Students’ Alliance and Transit Windsor will be voted on by students during general elections on March 7. It promises transit improvements and unlimited ridership to full-time undergraduate students at a cost an average cost of $11.95 a month. Both sides of the U-Pass discussion have created Facebook pages; however, some of those opposed to the agreement have directed personal attacks towards the UWSA. UWindsor student and the creator of...