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Jon Liedtke
- UWindsor Lance: Ferry Cross the River
Plans are underway to create a ferry route between the downtowns of Windsor and Detroit to increase tourism for the region and further integrate the two cities economically. - UWindsor Lance: Harper Government muzzles public servants
The Harper government has been muzzling scientists in many federal institutions, and the issues has come to the forefront again with recently passed new federal regulations. - UWindsor Lance: Electile Dysfunction
Mired by controversy, complaints and allegations of corruption, the University of Windsor Students’ Alliance general election roused the attention of those seeking office students trying to their ballot in a democratic election. - UWindsor Lance: do you concur? Selling it with Sex
“If your product is any good, you don’t need sexism to sell it.” This quote slipped into my mind as I was driving down Walker Road and saw a new billboard for radio station The Rock. - UWindsor Lance: a Pint with…East End Radicals
The Lance’s Jon Liedtke laced up his chucks, zipped up his leathers and caught up with East End Radicals’ lead vocalist/guitarist Scott Douglas after a show in Sarnia. - UWindsor Lance: Law students propose tuition reduction
A UWindsor Law student upset with the high cost of tuition is taking his qualms to the Law Union of Ontario. - UWindsor Lance: a Pint with…The Reason
The Reason were in Windsor Friday night to kick off a cross country tour, though not at concert venues, clubs or bars, but at the homes of radio station contest winners. - UWindsor Lance: Opening the mobile market
Industry Canada recently announced changes to increase competition with mobile phone providers to give Canadians more choice, newer tech and better prices. - UWindsor Lance: Should we stay or should we go?
UWindsor vote on future with Ontario Undergraduate Student Association membership. - UWindsor Lance: Do you concur? Flash mobs were a flash in the pan; let them die
CAN WE STOP IT WITH ALL THE FLASHMOB RECREATIONS OF VIRAL VIDEOS? - UWindsor Lance: Getting Lucky – Your Guide to St. Patrick’s Day
With St. Patrick’s Day rapidly approaching and more green tinged events throughout the city than you could count on a hand full of clovers, The Lance’s Jon Liedtke pulled on a kilt, a novelty green hat and danced a wee jig on his way to find St. Pat’s history and this year’s best bets for a knees-up in Windsor. - UWindsor Lance: Canada Post pushes campus mail pickup an hour
With Canada Post’s decision to move mail sorting facilities from Walker Road to London, Ont., those seeking to use the university’s distribution services to send a letter must have materials submitted an hour and a half earlier than before. - UWindsor Lance: Kinder Surprise for Girls?
Kinder Surprise has launched a line of products solely for girls, adding to the plethora of gender-based products. - UWindsor Lance: GRAD STUDENTS PLAN FOR NEW ACADEMIC WATERING HOLE WHILE UWSA REMAIN IN PUB TALKS
While both the UWSA and GSA are in talks over opening respective pubs, only the GSA is making progress - UWindsor Lance: Existence of God to be decided this week
What happens after you die? Is there a heaven, a hell or just nothingness? These issues will be debated on campus the evening of March 7 in a debate co-hosted by Windsor’s Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship and the Windsor/Essex County Atheist Society. - UWindsor Lance: Essex MP won’t let abortion debate die
Essex MP Jeff Watson hopes polling on his website will help open the abortion debate in Parliament - UWindsor Lance: “So this is how liberty dies…with thunderous applause”
Michigan Governor Snyder announced last week that Detroit was in financial emergency and that he would appoint an emergency manager to have ultimate authority over the fiscal affairs of the state for the next 18 months. - UWindsor Lance: In Search of Free Tuition
Tuition in Ontario continues to grow more expensive, and some believe it should drop to zero - UWindsor Lance: Reading Week is not just for books
Whether you spent it sun drenched on a beach or nose deep in a textbook, at least Reading Week was a break - UWindsor Lance: UWSA elections back on track
A new election timeline has been passed by the University of Windsor Students’ Alliance after it canceled upcoming elections at an emergency council meeting earlier this month and blamed a staffer for the delay. - UWindsor Lance: NDP Horwath says she can cure youth unemployment (VIDEO)
Ontario NDP leader plans to make it simple to land work post-graduation. - UWindsor Lance: New pub should be on campus
Here is my plea to the UWSA: don’t spend $600,000 off campus before looking into on campus opportunities. Also, maybe spend a bit less than $600,000? - UWindsor Lance: UWindsor researchers tackle HIV vulnerable youth groups
University of Windsor researchers are teaming up with local non-profits to study the increased risk of HIV/AIDS among African, Caribbean and black (ACB) youth in Windsor-Essex. - UWindsor Lance: Broken policies cause UWSA to cancel election
The UWSA admitted breaking policy by not finalizing the addition of two new executive positions and the March general election had to be scrapped. - UWindsor Lance: Student Council Move to Add Two New Exec. PositionsA proposal to expand the number of undergraduate executive members from four to six has been approved in under three weeks, with the new positions to be contested in the March general election.
- UWindsor Lance: Idle No More protests part of new generation of activism
A decentralized, grassroots and participant driven protest movement is gaining popularity worldwide - UWindsor Lance: Forced birth control crosses many lines
Israel has admitted that it had been giving female Ethiopian Jewish immigrants birth control injections without informing them as to what the injections were for, and often the shots were administered without the knowledge or consent of the women. - UWindsor Lance: Protest the Record Industry
Whitby, Ont.’s Protest the Hero dropped their label to appeal directly to their fans. - UWindsor Lance: Windsor closes the tap on fluoride in city water
There’s a battle being waged in Windsor, and it’s over the 55-year fluoridation of the city’s water supply. - UWindsor Lance: Making Ontario Political History
In choosing Kathleen Wynne over Sandra Pupatello, not only did Ontario Liberal Party delegates send the first female premier to Queen’s Park, they also elected the first openly gay politician one to lead the province’s legislature as well. - UWindsor Lance: do you concur? Student Sex Party
Promoting safe sex is of the utmost importance and it should be done so in a professional and engaging way. Promoting sex itself is something that should not be undertaken by a student association. - UWindsor Lance: Post mortem
The Sandwich 107-year-old Sandwich Town post office is slated to close its doors this spring - UWindsor Lance: What in the Hell was Rosie DiManno thinking?
Toronto Star columnist Rosie DiManno sensationalized a gruesome sexual assault trial involving 20 different women and was condemned internationally. Jon Liedtke offers his thoughts. - UWindsor Lance: the State of the City’s Stages
The Changing Face of Live Music in Windsor - UWindsor Lance: LCBO launch grocery store alcohol sales
Outgoing Ontario Minister of Finance Dwight Duncan used New Year’s Eve day— the busiest day in the province for alcohol sales— to announce LCBO Express stores to be opened within select grocery stores and certain LCBO stores to see new VQA Destination Boutiques. - UWindsor Lance: Plugging in to plug the brain drain
HackForge, a hackerspacewill open at the Windsor Public Library central branch in the area formerly occupied by the Windsor Woodcarving Museum, later this month. - UWindsor Lance: New Year’s Eve around the globe
Whether or not you have a quiet and relaxed party with family and friends. or if you throw an all-out-rager culminating with a burning couch on the front yard, here are some New Year ‘s Eve traditions from around the globe that are sure to liven up the festivities. - UWindsor Lance: Do You Concur? Corporate X-mas struggles to put out fire
A fire at the Tazreen Fashions Ltd. factory in Bangladesh caused 112 deaths. It is disheartening and disgusting that while we have great safety standards, the majority of our purchases come from countries that do not. - UWindsor Lance: Keep Your Cheque Book in CheckWhile the holidays are about spending time with family, friends and loved ones, it’s undeniable the holiday season is also about spending money. Many people forget to adhere to a budget and end up overspending.
- UWindsor Lance: Caught in the web of Internet censorship
The Internet is buzzing with open chatter over who, what and why any organization should act as the filter of billions of pieces of information tangled up in the World Wide Web. - UWindsor Lance: Festivus for the rest of us
If you’re offended by somebody saying, ‘Happy Holidays’ that’s fine, but it doesn’t mean that there is a “War on Christmas”. Cheer up, enjoy the season and…Happy Holidays! - UWindsor Lance: The never-ending story of Barry Holmes
Disgraced former Windsor Public Library CEO Barry Holmes used a corporate credit card at his past job for personal purchases before doing the same in Windsor. - UWindsor Lance: Retailers go Black Friday to keep green at home
American consumers weren’t the only people enjoying extravagant holiday sales on the weekend as the trend has crept its way north this year with Canadian retailers vying for a piece of the Black Friday pie. - UWindsor Lance: Competition, the reason for the season
There’s debate over whether Windsor needs a second Santa Claus parade. Jon Liedtke says bring on more parades because the season is about the Three C’s of Christmas: capitalism, competition, and the Claus. - UWindsor Lance: Polling the U.S. election from across borders
President Barack Obama won reelection in the 2012 USA election and The Lance’s Jon Liedtke spoke with US expats living in Canada about their votes. - UWindsor Lance: Canadian enthusiasm towards the election
Canadian interest in the 2012 USA presidential was impressive, but Canucks should pay more attention to our politics than America’s. - UWindsor Lance: Band AMPed up over cheating claims
AMP Magazine strips The Rowley Estate of winning status in music contest - UWindsor Lance: Scare the Public into Eating Healthy
How to deal with obesity levels is a question being levied upon governments of all size and type. The question is more pressing to governments which provide a publicly funded healthcare system as the burden to provide support for the obese falls on all taxpaying citizens. - UWindsor Lance: Windsor’s Forgotten Music Stars
Many Windsorites may overlook the fact that a large cohort of influential musicians and bands have ventured out of this city and into the national and international stage. Stretching back well over 100 years, Windsor has consistently produced notable musicians and acts that have influenced the larger musical community. - UWindsor Lance: Paranormal City
What’s lurking in Windsor’s shadows - UWindsor Lance: Going (pro) rogue
Just when the furor over Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s double prorogation had died down, McGuinty decided to employ the very same tactic to maintain control of a political situation before it devolved into scandal. - UWindsor Lance: Occupy Windsor – a Year Later
It’s been a year since Occupy Windsor established an alternative community in Senator David Croll Park near City Hall, and while the encampment may be gone, there are many who still embody its spirit. - UWindsor Lance: Nobel Peace Prize awarded to EU; hilarity ensues
The fact that the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the European is an affront to common sense. Having said this, it is essential to remember that we live not in a world where words have meanings, but rather, in a world in which words can be appropriated for specific purposes and definitions can change on a variable basis. - UWindsor Lance: Farm to Fork
Harvest tour of Windsor-Essex community gardens - UWindsor Lance: MP Anders not shy to controversy
A quick trip over to Rob Anders Wikipedia page will reveal that there is an entire section dedicated to controversies surrounding the Conservative Calgary West MP. - UWindsor Lance: Ville de gentrification
It is said that it takes a village to raise a child In Walkerville, it takes a community to raise a neighbourhood. - UWindsor Lance: Culture in the Core
Every Windsorite should experience the newly renovated Capitol Theatre and the Windsor Symphony Orchestra. - UWindsor Lance: Life on the Dee List
Gerry Dee might play a teacher on the hit CBC show Mr. D, but in real life Dee has left the class clowns behind and taken to the comedy circuit himself. - UWindsor Lance: Cinema Obscure
With indie movie theatres dropping out to cinema giants, what’s to become of dinner and a movie? - UWindsor Lance: a Geography Lesson with Rob Ford
Did you hear that one about Rob Ford and a bunch of pissed off Windsorites? Toronto’s mayor demonstrates he doesn’t know where Windsor is. - UWindsor Lance: To Orr is Human
UWSA president Kim Orr was accused of pocketing funds at a musical event, but the facts are murky. Where does the truth lie? - UWindsor Lance: Body Mods
Exploring the lengths we go through to express ourselves through our bodies - UWindsor Lance: Banned from City Hall
It’s been revealed that 64 residents are currently barred from entering both city hall and the adjacent 400 building. Based on media reports, it seems administration view these individuals as either a nuisance or serious threat. The truth probably lies somewhere in the middle. - UWindsor Lance: Waving the Flags of Special Interest Groups
If the city allows one group to fly a flag at City Hall should they allow another? Are all flags allowed, or is there a line? Who makes these decisions? It’s easier to just stick with official flags of government. - UWindsor Lance: Nuclear and present danger?
You may or may not be aware of it, but there is a nuclear power plant located roughly 50 kilometres from the University of Windsor, and don’t worry, we have emergency preparedness plans for a meltdown… - UWindsor Lance: Pride, not prejudice
Windsor Pride moves to include all on its 20th anniversary - UWindsor Lance: What the Hell is going on at the Olympics?
Nationalism has played key role in controversy surrounding the 2012 London Olympics and Jon Liedtke opines on why. - UWindsor Lance: marketing alcoholism; will eight be enough?
What is controversial about the Beer Store bringing back the carry cases (aside from the fact they are not environmentally friendly and Increase waste), is that it is advertised on the main panel, “Will 8 Be Enough?” - UWindsor Lance: Electric Avenue
Living outside of the law may be over for e-bikers - UWindsor Lance: National Pride- Celebrating Canada Day at Toronto Pride
Celebrating LGBTQ Canadians is an integral part of Canada Day - UWindsor Lance: Is this the end of the Catholic School Board?
One of the greatest inequities perpetuated by the Ontario government is the public funding of the Catholic school system, argues Jon Liedtke. - UWindsor Lance: Canadian Club love
The Lance was invited to tour the Canadian Club Brand Centre and learn about Hiram Walker, his family, distillery, and the neighbourhood his whiskey built. - UWindsor Lance: Everyday is Like (Bacon) Sundae?
The Burger King Bacon Sundae is launching in the United States only and Jon Liedtke opines on why Canadians deserve access to the new dessert. - UWindsor Lance: Tornado Valley- not just in Kansas anymore
Is Tornado Alley shifting north towards Windsor? Some climate experts think so and that climate change is to blame. - UWindsor Lance: Pack in the Cigarette Pack Warnings
OPINION: Cigarette package warning labels aren’t effective at lowering smoking rates and the government should let private businesses determine their own packaging. - UWindsor Lance: Anti-protest legislation: Just when is enough, enough?
The right to protest is enshrined in the Charter, but what happens when government decides that continued dissent is no longer acceptable? - UWindsor Lance: Macro News for Microbrews
With a re-launched brewery and a new microbrewery, Windsor’s brew offerings have doubled from zero for residents to wet their whistles. - UWindsor Lance: Was Maghnieh a good man who made a terrible mistake?
Ward 10 city councillor Al Maghnieh is not resigning after improperly using his Windsor Public Library credit card for personal expenses. Jon Liedtke asks if he was a good man who made a terrible mistake. - UWindsor Lance: Sink Your Teeth into Sandwich Town
Jon Liedtke dives into the history of Sandwich Town for the UWindsor Lance. - UWindsor Lance: The Evolution of a Political ScandalWindsor City Councillor Al Maghneigh has found himself in a political scandal after using a Windsor Public Library credit card for personal expenses.
- UWindsor Lance: What is the heart of Windsor?
Jon Liedtke asks, and answers, what the heart of Windsor is. - Canadians left scratching heads post G20
Explore the controversial 2010 Toronto G20 summit, where $1 billion in security costs and the temporary suspension of civil liberties sparked national outrage. From Black Bloc tactics to allegations of police provocation and overreaching legislative powers, this report examines the thin line between global diplomacy and the erosion of Canadian constitutional rights.
Jon Liedtke was the Features and Opinions Editor, Advertising Manager and Deficit Consultant at the UWindsor Lance.
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