Two film screenings Monday will kick off campus observances of International Women’s Day.

The Windsor premiere of Miss Representation is set for 7 p.m. in Vanier Hall’s Oak Room. The filmmakers expose how children and teens are being sold the concept that the value of women and girls value lies in their youth, beauty and sexuality. The event is sponsored by the Feminist Research Group and Leadership Advancement for Women in Sport. Admission is free, but seating is limited; RSVP to gotovac@uwindsor.ca.

The Womyn’s Centre is hosting a free public screening of The Help at 7 p.m. in the theatre in Macdonald Hall. The film received several Acadaemy Award nominations, including best picture; Octavia Spencer won for best supporting actress.

International Women’s Day is Thursday, March 8. Find a list of campus events on the Web site of the women’s studies program.

The Language of Contemporary Poetry series presents Canada’s poet laureate, Fred Wah, for a free public discussion on the importance of speech utterance for the 1960s poets associated with the widely influential poetry and poetics newsletter, TISH.

“TISH Poets & the Utterance” is set for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 6, in the CAW Student Centre’s second-floor boardroom.

Wah was a founding editor of TISH. He is the author of more than 20 books, including most recently is a door, Sentenced to Light, and The False Laws of Narrative.

Tuesday’s discussion will encompass not only on Wah’s poetry, but also the poetry of the 1960s, especially in Vancouver, and the widespread turn in North American English-language poetry toward forms of everyday speech.

Coordinated by students in Louis Cabri’s graduate course “Colourless Green Ideas Sleep Furiously: Poetry & Linguistics,” the Language of Contemporary Poetry series receives support from the Humanities Research Group and the Department of English.

Wah will also perform a public reading, hosted by Windsor poet laureate Marty Gervais, at the Capitol Theatre on Monday, March 5, at 7 p.m. The Capitol Theatre is located at 121 University Avenue West in downtown Windsor.

Gervais’ publishing firm, Black Moss Press, has produced a video, “Do it without guilt.”

Company is coming, says Zora Savic, and the entire campus is pulling together to ensure the success of the University’s Spring Open House on Friday, March 9.

Student communication and events coordinator in the student recruitment office, Savic points to the dedication of Facility Services as an example.

“We’ll be setting up our display from the Ontario Universities Fair in the CAW Student Centre,” she says. “Facility Services staff will come in extra early. To make sure the display gets delivered that morning, they'll be reporting at about 4:30 a.m.”

She says the display itself proved a real morale-booster during a fall recruitment event, when it was used for the first time on campus.

“It highlights our welcome centre in the commons and lets visitors know we’re there,” says Savic. “The reaction from faculty and staff was great. It helps us present a much more professional appearance.”

Altogether, more than 300 people will pitch in Friday, from students conducting campus tours to administrators greeting prospective students and their families to faculty making presentations on academic programs.

“It takes a team for us to pull this off,” Savic says. “Everyone comes together to show our visitors that we’re glad to have them here now and we will be even more glad if they choose to come here in September!”

Find more information, including the full program of events, on the open house Web site.

Feminist blogger, radio host and ad-buster Jennie Thunder will make three public appearances in Windsor on Tuesday, March 6.

At 10 a.m., she will analyze advertisements we see every day and offer tools to continue the critique outside the classroom in her presentation “Rethink, Reclaim: Occupy the Media,” in Alumni Hall’s McPherson Lounge.

At 1 p.m., Thunder will engage in an interactive discussion, “Storming the Media,” on her efforts to harness the media to project her own feminist voice, also in Alumni Hall’s McPherson Lounge.

From 6 to 10 p.m., she will host “Unbutton Your Lips!” a drop-in session for casual conversation and button-making at Green Bean Café. Supplies will be available for participants to make badges that reflect their personalities. Green Bean Café is located at 2320 Wyandotte Street West.

Thunder is one of the hosts of Yeah, What She Said, Calgary’s only feminist radio program. It airs weekly on CJSW, and podcasts on the Web. She will make a guest appearance on the CJAM radio show Milk and Vodka, airing at 4:30 p.m. Monday, March 5, at 99.1 FM.

The Lancer women’s basketball team fell to the Ottawa Gee-Gees 89-40 in the Ontario University Athletics championship game Saturday in Ottawa.

Windsor’s quest to retain the national title is not ended, though. The squad can win a trip to the Canadian Interuniversity Sport championship tournament at the east regional qualifier this weekend. The Lancers will take on the Cape Breton Capers to open the tournament Friday in Ottawa.

The Lancers reached the OUA gold medal game by beating the Carleton Ravens 76-56 on Friday.

Goaltender Parker Van Buskirk was outstanding for Windsor through the playoffs.

Men’s hockey team iced in Western conference final

The Lancer men’s hockey team fell 2-0 to the Western Mustangs in the third game of their conference title series Sunday.

Windsor had taken the first game of the best-of-three series, 4-3 Wednesday in London. Western forced the decider with a 5-2 win Friday at Windsor Arena.

The Lancers still have a chance to qualify for the national championship tournament and will play the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières in a game to determine a wild-card berth.

University Players is offering DailyNews readers a chance to win two tickets to see its current production, The Seagull by Anton Chekhov. The play’s run continues through Sunday at Essex Hall Theatre. Wednesday through Saturday performances are at 8 p.m.; Sunday matinees are at 2 p.m. For more information or tickets, call 519-253-3000, ext. 2808, or visit www.universityplayers.com.

To enter the contest, just send your answers to the following three trivia questions. The winner will be randomly selected from all correct responses received by 4 p.m. Monday, March 5.

1. Who wrote the 1970 fable Jonathan Livingston Seagull?
   a) Barbara Bach
   b) PDQ Bach
   c) Richard Bach
   d) Burt Bacharach
    
2. Seagulls belong to what avian family?
   a) Alcidae
   b) Anatidae
   c) Columbidae
   d) Laridae
    
3. Which Neil Simon play is built around references to Anton Chekhov?
   a) Promises, Promises
   b) The Sunshine Boys
   c) The Good Doctor
   d) Broadway Bound

Contest is open to all readers of the DailyNews. Send an e-mail with your responses to uofwnews@uwindsor.ca. One entry per contestant, please.

The local branch of the Ontario Association of Social Workers is hosting an information fair on campus Tuesday to bring service agencies and students together.

The event is free to students, says the association’s treasurer, Derek Conliffe.

“It provides a networking opportunity for students and agencies in Windsor and Essex County to come out and talk about the many services the agencies provide in the area,” he said.

It runs 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 6 in the CAW Student Centre’s Ambassador Auditorium, and offers free refreshments.

UWindsor students who want to enhance their resumes with a professional and rewarding experience should consider the Centre for Career Education’s Volunteer Internship Program (VIP). The application deadline is March 15 to participate in the summer 2012 term.
Participants contribute 40 hours of volunteer work in a non-profit organization in the Windsor-Essex community and attend career development workshops and activities. In exchange, they get work-related experience, networking opportunities, and recognition on their academic transcripts.
Past job titles have included:

• fundraising assistant
• hospital volunteer
• marketing and public relations assistant
• classroom assistant
• Web page developers
• fitness activities coordinator

The program is open to all undergraduate students in good academic standing. To find more information, log in to the Centre for Career Education’s myCareer site at https://career.uwindsor.ca using your UWin ID and password. Click on the VIP link in the blue bar at the top of the myCareer homepage to access the VIP application and questionnaire.

Students with an idea for a great new technology, innovation or start-up can take it to the next level through a video competition hosted by Ontario Centres of Excellence.

The contest, open to all post-secondary students enrolled at an Ontario university or college, is a chance to put their ideas in front of the movers and shakers of the science and technology industry.

Entries are to be creative three-minute video pitches. The top 25 submissions will be featured by Ontario Centres of Excellence on its Web pages and shown at the Discovery 2012 Conference, May 14 and 15 in Toronto. Winning submissions will receive one of three cash prizes of up to $2,500.

Find complete contest rules and an entry form on the contest Web site.

The following Non Union Administration position is available to all applicants through Human Resources.

The following posting closes on Friday, March 9, at 4 p.m.

#2012-NU-01 Revised Research Finance Manager, Financial Services – Research Finance

Reporting to the Executive Director, Finance, the Research Finance Manager plays a leadership role in the efficient, effective and accountable financial administration of research resources and activities. This includes providing information, advice and recommendations to faculty members, as well as, working with the Vice President, Research regarding accounting activities that are related to research. The Research Finance Manager will also be expected to produce a variety of reports for various levels of Canadian government funding agencies in order to relay the impending impacts of funding on research activities to the University. The Research Finance Manager will be knowledgeable in accounting policies and practices and be effective in financial reporting both internally and to the external funding agencies.

Persons interested are encouraged to review the full job advertisement. Your resume and cover letter can be submitted to employment@uwindsor.ca, quoting posting reference 2012-NU-01 on or before 4 p.m. Friday, March 9. Please note: The University of Windsor accepts resumes for current postings only.