Miah-Marie Langlois

Interfaith symposium to consider relationship between Christianity, Judaism and Islam

A symposium Sunday invites youths to discuss their faiths and share the perspectives of Christians, Jews and Muslims.

Organizers call the symposium, Children of Abraham, an opportunity for young people especially to learn from one another and to experience respectful conversation.

It is set for 3 p.m. Sunday, November 27, in Assumption University Chapel and will be facilitated by Norman King and Kevin George.

UWindsor UNICEF chapter holds bowling fundraiser

If you like to bowl and believe in supporting humanitarian causes for children in developing countries, then you should head straight to the Bowlero lanes this Friday night.

The University of Windsor’s UNICEF chapter is hosting a bowling night fundraiser at the alley, located at 675 Tecumseh Road West, November 25 from 7 to 9 p.m.

Tickets are $12, which includes shoe rentals, and are available beginning today through Friday in the CAW Student Centre commons area. Tickets can also be purchased at the door.

Repair work extends closure of east ramp to Chrysler Hall Tower

Repair work will close the accessibility ramp from Sunset Avenue to Chrysler Hall Tower on November 24 and 25, weather permitting.

The construction is a continuation of the work currently being completed on the building’s pedestrian deck.

Two alternative accessible routes to the building are:

Campus clinic to offer free immunization against influenza

The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit will administer free immunization at a flu vaccine clinic Thursday, November 24, from noon to 8 p.m. in the CAW Student Centre’s Ambassador Auditorium.

All Ontario residents are eligible for the free vaccine, including out-of-province and international students and their families. Just bring identification proving Ontario residency, such as a health card, student card, or driver's license. International students and their family members should be prepared to show a visa or passport.

Lecture to explore theology of non-violence

Drawing on his monastic experiences and dialogue with Eastern religions, Catholic thinker Thomas Merton developed a theology of non-violence, which is the subject of a free public lecture in Assumption University’s Freed-Orman Centre on Thursday, November 24, at 4:30 p.m.

Norman King – professor emeritus in the UWindsor Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures; Assumption University’s Stephen Jarislowsky Chair in Religion and Conflict; and director of the School of Theology at Iona College – will explore “Thomas Merton on Non-Violence.”

Quiz winner to take in University Players production

Sherri Menard has it all under control. The manager of the Chemical Control Centre, she won yesterday's DailyNews trivia contest and earned two tickets to see the University Players production of Crimes of the Heart.

Menard’s name was drawn from all respondents who correctly answered that Crimes of the Heart won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, that the play’s action is set in motion when Babe shoots her husband, and that Diane Keaton starred in the 1986 film adaptation.

University Bookstore to host fair for technology vendors Wednesday

The University Bookstore invites students, staff and faculty to meet representatives from its two leading suppliers, Apple Canada and Win-Leader, during Technology Vendor Fair, on Wednesday, November 23 – yesterday’s edition of DailyNews published the wrong date.

Vendors will display a wide range of new technology products and answer consumer questions from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m. Wednesday in the bookstore.

University community invited to watch Many in Motion relay

The Many in Motion relay, retracing the Canadian segment of Rick Hansen’s original Man in Motion World Tour, will cross the University of Windsor campus at about 4 p.m. today.

The medal bearers are scheduled to run south on Sunset Avenue from University Avenue to Wyandotte Street, stopping for a five-minute break at about 4 p.m. Michael Ayotte, a UWindsor human kinetics student and captain of the Lancer golf team, is slated for this leg of the relay.