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3 weeks ago | 
westerngazette.ca | Colleen Hoover |Kayla Foisy
She cooked. Well, actually, she baked. Lots of pies. The Grand Theatre has produced yet another musical that blew my mind, with songs that will be making it to my playlist Waitress follows Jenna Hunterson as she chases dreams and bakes her way out of everyday troubles like working a repetitive job. The show is made extraordinary by its incredible script and lyrics. But Waitress doesn’t just deal with baking — it delves into deeper themes like an unplanned pregnancy, affairs and domestic violence.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
westerngazette.ca | Kayla Foisy
When you choose to live in Old North over Richmond Row, it is assumed that you forfeit the convenience of walking to the bars. But with the new year comes a new place to party and be productive. The Twins Cafè and Lounge has officially opened at 1135 Richmond St., just outside Western University’s main gates, offering students a place to study and snack during the day and drink and dance at night. Twins opens as a cafè at 7:30 a.m. (9 a.m. on the weekends) for “daytime brews” and closes at 7 p.m..
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
westerngazette.ca | Kayla Foisy
Age and programI’m a 20-year-old, third-year media, information and technoculture student. How do you pay for school? My mother pays for my tuition and rent for the first and last month but I have been paying the rest of my monthly rent and utilities. Do you have any debts? I don’t currently have any debt under my name, and while it might sound naive, I don’t ever plan to. Monthly Expenses:Rent: $895Utilities: $15 to 25 — but varies from month to month.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
westerngazette.ca | Kayla Foisy
It was not just the hills but the tear ducts of many people in the audience that were alive with The Sound of Music. Going into this production at the Grand Theatre, I wanted to be stern and critical and write a review that would sound smart rather than just amused. But from the opening act, I realized that wasn’t going to happen. This performance was the best and most professional I’d seen at the Grand.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
westerngazette.ca | Kayla Foisy
The SASAH Fashion Show is dismantling the fast fashion industry without the usual broken seams and buttons. Every year, the fourth-year students in the School for Advanced Studies in Arts and Humanities do a collective capstone project. This year, they have chosen to organize a fashion show next Monday with the theme and title “Mea Culpa,” which translates to “my fault” in Latin.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
westerngazette.ca | Kayla Foisy
You’ve failed an exam, gone through a breakup and discovered a flood in your student rental — it feels like everything that could go wrong, has. With a crystal shop down the street offering a quick fix, would you try these so-called healing stones? Where some believe crystals have specific healing properties and promote the flow of good energy, skeptics argue there’s little scientific basis for these claims, dismissing the world of spirituality as illogical.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
westerngazette.ca | Kayla Foisy
Could you imagine Shakespeare with bell bottoms and a doobie in his mouth? The 1600s and the 1970s collide on the Grand Theatre stage for As You Like It, a Shakespearean drama with a Beatles-inspired twist that might leave you wondering, “What just happened?”With an opening scene in a wrestling ring and a transition to a somewhat magical forest of goats and martini glasses, Shakespearean language won’t be the only head-scratcher.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
westerngazette.ca | Kayla Foisy
FIMS has opened its first research centre, the Starling Centre for Just Technologies and Just Societies. The Starling Centre aims to empower and educate on the impacts of digital technology and question institutions of power. Co-directors and Faculty of Information and Media Studies professors Joanna Redden, Alissa Centivany, Luke Stark and Alison Hearn have joined forces to create the centre and conduct research on topics like artificial intelligence ethics and data collection.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
westerngazette.ca | Kayla Foisy
FIMS has opened its first research centre, the Starling Centre for Just Technologies and Just Societies. The Starling Centre aims to empower and educate on the impacts of digital technology and question institutions of power. Co-directors and Faculty of Information and Media Studies professors Joanna Redden, Alissa Centivany, Luke Stark and Alison Hearn have joined forces to create the centre and conduct research on topics like artificial intelligence ethics and data collection.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
westerngazette.ca | Patti Smith |Sarah J. Maas |Colleen Hoover |Kayla Foisy
First, the camera pans across ten books covered in hundreds of sticky tabs, flaunting they have been closely read. Next, a description runs across the screen: “Books that changed my life.” If a video like this has appeared on your For You Page, you have likely been a follower — or at least a witness — of BookTok. TikTok’s growing BookTok trend has infiltrated the app, impacted bookstore marketing and caught the attention of Western students.
