Take the old town road to the WEST in Western: the USC brings to you Purple Boots
Get your cowboy boots on and play that country music on repeat!
Student Life
USC celebrates World Mental Health Day
Checking your course syllabus and realizing midterms are right around the corner? It’s that dreadful time of year.
Language, Empowerment, and the Necessity of Campus Harm Reduction
By Sydney Dawson”Girl, you got this. You are strong, you are smart. Feel empowered to resist sexual violence. Come to the workshop!” I saw this poster in the UCC in March of 2020, shortly before Western shifted to online learning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It struck me in multiple ways; as a reader, […]
Black History Month Recap: Black students on campus inspire the future and honour the past
by: Anushka GoswamiThe USC’s Ethnocultural Support Services (ESS) and Black Students’ Association (BSA) spearheaded programming to honour the contributions of Black individuals in history while looking forward to inspiring the future with Black Joy. BSA’s events highlighted different dimensions of Black excellence, joy, triumph, and recognized challenges of the past and present. Their programming for Black […]
Online School: Avoiding Burnout and Zoom Fatigue
By: Amina Khan Online school can be hard and fatigue is real. As the Omicron wave peaked, Western University announced it was going online until January 31st for graduate students and undergraduate students in years 2, 3, and 4. First-years are expected to be back in classrooms after reading week according to Western University’s […]
Flexing your Finance Muscle at Financial Literacy Week: Teaching Students About Money (For Free)
By: Amina Khan Financial Literacy Week is catered towards university students who have just started dealing with their own finances and are unsure of the concepts that come along with it, whether that is with taxes, banking, credit, or loans. It is a great opportunity for students who are feeling overwhelmed with the idea of […]
Quarantine Mental Health
It’s no secret 2020 has been a shitshow. What started off as a year filled with promise and new beginnings quickly spiralled, with NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna’s tragic helicopter death on January 26th setting the tone for the year ahead. The most obvious defining event of 2020 is the COVID-19 outbreak […]
Online School Study Tips
Welcome to Zoom University! We’re excited to have you as part of our family. No, but seriously, real talk: how is anyone supposed to self-motivate during these unprecedented times? How can one possibly focus on their online schoolwork when you can access things like Netflix, online shopping, and CoolMathGames.com via the exact same technological source? […]
Letters from your Dons
Dear first-years living in residence, You probably hear this way too often, but this school year is truly unprecedented, and I am continuously inspired by your resilience. As you are settling into your new homes for the school year, I just wanted to remind you that you are never alone: you have each other, your sophs, […]
Trying New Things+
With USC Clubs Week coming to an end, be sure to stay involved with your campus communityby Denise ZhuIt’s that time of year where executive applications are released and clubs look to recruit new members during Clubs Week, which took place from September 21st – 25th.As virtual booths and Zoom meetings were held throughout the […]