Lancer Gaming took on the Rochester Tigers this past Saturday during Round 4 of National Association of Collegiate Esports (NACE) League of Legends’ (LoL) action.

In a best of three series, the Lancers fell to the Tigers two games straight after one hour and 19 minutes of play.

Game Summary:

Game 1: Mid laner “Firas Al-Khulaidy ‘yourboyelmo’ and the Bot lane held their ground in an extremely tough game,” says Windsor’s head coach Ali Abduelmula. “Ivan Beric ‘Flogic’ who filled in for our starters in the Top lane experienced trouble in unfamiliar territory where Rochester snowballed too fast to take the lead and eventual win.” Tigers, 1-0.

Game 2: “The squad came back from a tough 1st game and maintained a strong presence across the majority of the board during the 2nd led by both Beric and Ben Cristina ‘PandaBoyOP’ in the Top and Jungle lanes,” says Abduelmula. “We held in ‘til the very end through a totally winnable game though Rochester beat us in the end.” Tigers, 2-0.

“We look forward to playing Worcester next weekend though will refocus our efforts back home through our first post-season match-up against Queen’s later this week,” says Coach Abduelmula.

Lancer Gaming is currently 2-2 in Eastern Conference action with its next round robin competitor, Worcester Polytechnic Institute to be contested on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021 at 3 p.m.

A replay of the match-up can be found on Lancer Gaming’s official Twitch channel.

Lancer Gaming returns to Ontario Post-Secondary Esports (OPSE) play this Wednesday, February 17 at 6:00 p.m. through its 1st post-season match-up versus the Queen’s Golden Gaels. Post-season action will be streamed live via Twitch.TV/OPSESports

Fans can follow Lancer Gaming online through Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
 

An information session for faculty and staff will discuss rules and regulations from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada that international students must follow, Friday, Feb. 26.

International Student Centre advisor Amal Jammali will cover such topics as: obligations for study permit holders, how to direct and support international students, and common hurdles faced by international students.

“International students have so many rules to follow when they come to Canada,” says Jammali. “On top of being in a new country, it can be very overwhelming.”

She notes that students will often reach out to their professors or staff members for help.

“It is my hope that I can share my knowledge in this session and be a resource to faculty and staff who support international students every day.”

The event will begin at 10 a.m. Sign up here to attend. Registrants will receive a Teams Outlook invitation.

As part of its recognition of Black History Month, DailyNews offers readers a quiz on topics drawn from Black history.

1. Historian Carter G. Woodson launched “Negro History Week," the precursor to Black History Month, in 1926. He selected February because it contained the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and which abolitionist leader?
   a) William Wells Brown
   b) Frederick Douglass
   c) Sarah Parker Remond
   d) Harriet Tubman
    
2. The Black Loyalists that established themselves in Atlantic Canada were involved in which conflict?
   a) American Revolutionary War
   b) Seven Years’ War
   c) War of Succession
   d) War of 1812
    
3. Michaëlle Jean, the first Black person to serve as Canada’s Governor General, was born in which country?
   a) French Guiana
   b) Haiti
   c) Jamaica
   d) Kenya
    
4. The oldest active Black church in Canada is located in which Windsor neighbourhood?
   a) downtown
   b) Ford City
   c) Sandwich
   d) Walkerville
    
5. In 2010, the mayor of Halifax apologized for the 1960s destruction of what historic Black community?
   a) Africville
   b) Amherstburg
   c) Dresden
   d) Hogan’s Alley
    
6. The experiences of Reverend Josiah Henson, who was enslaved before seeking freedom in Canada in 1830, were the subject of what famous novel?
   a) Beloved
   b) Confessions of Nat Turner
   c) Roots
   d) Uncle Tom’s Cabin
    
7. Which author’s Buxton Trilogy of novels are set in the Chatham-Kent community settled by people formerly enslaved?
   a) Misty Copeland
   b) Langston Hughes
   c) Christopher Paul Curtis
   d) Elizabeth Zunon
    
8. In 1946, Nova Scotian businesswoman Viola Desmond challenged racial segregation by doing what?
   a) refusing to move from the Whites-only counter in a New Glasgow café
   b) refusing to leave the Whites-only section of a movie theatre in New Glasgow
   c) refusing to sit at the back of the New Glasgow public bus
   d) drinking from the whites-only water fountain in New Glasgow
    
9. In 1967, 10 Torontonians — all with a common West Indian heritage — founded what popular cultural festival?
   a) Caribana
   b) Nuit Blanche
   c) Toronto Culture Days
   d) WestFest
    
10. Jackie Robinson played on which Canadian baseball team before making his historic debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947?
    a) Chatham Coloured All-Stars
    b) Montreal Royals
    c) Ottawa Champions
    d) Toronto Blue Jays

Answers here.

With few exceptions, most people do not expect to be in the same role for 40, 30, or even five years.

Speaker Jackie Regan will discuss trends in today’s employment market and provide attendees with resources to help take the next step on their career paths in a Feb. 18 webinar hosted by the Organization of Part-time University Students.

Regan is a partner with Dale Carnegie Training of Southwestern Ontario and a past president of the Women’s Economic Forum.

“Rather than educating ourselves for a forever job, with the speed of change around us now, we’re better off to upskill ourselves with transferable skills so we are ready for the next step-whatever that may be,” she says.

Her presentation, titled “Aligning our Career Path,” is free and open to all UWindsor students. It will begin at 4:30 p.m. Thursday on Zoom. Click here to attend.

WE-Spark Health Institute has released its third-quarter progress report highlighting key accomplishments covering the period November 2020 to January 2021.

Successes include:

• 18 local grants awarded totalling $346,725.00;
• 452 members, an increase of 209 per cent over its first year;
• the launched of a web-based question-and-answer program featuring local experts in healthcare, research, and education;
• a new research request portal for those seeking collaborators, assistance with research project and budget development, data management and analysis, equipment, facilities, or fresh tissue trials; and
• designed and launched a knowledge translation workshop series.

Read the report here.

WE-Spark Health Institute is a partnership between the University of Windsor, Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare, St. Clair College, and Windsor Regional Hospital that brings together health research strengths, expertise, and infrastructure from across the Windsor-Essex region. Its mission is to enhance the health, well-being, and care of people through transformative research and knowledge translation.

The University of Windsor community mourns the passing of staff retiree Massimo Semprini, who passed away on Feb. 8, 2021.

Semprini commenced his employment on May 2, 1962 with the University of Windsor in the position of Dishwasher in the Department of Engineering Services. 

On June 10, 1964. Semprini moved to a Janitor position in the Department of Engineering Services, a position he held until his retirement on June 1, 1994.

Semprini’s obituary can be found here.

Campus Flags will be lowered in his memory on Feb. 17, 2021.