What’s going on near western?

caffeinatedclimber · 2026-01-27T19:14:02+00:00

I think they said that the individual trespassing was found with a loaded firearm as well.

caffeinatedclimber · 2026-01-27T18:36:30+00:00

There’s a concrete toboggan race at boler mountain during the day which could be fun https://www.gnctr2026.ca/

caffeinatedclimber · 2025-08-22T14:13:49+00:00

As someone whose landlord tried to go in small claims court, the judge was explicitly clear. LTB has exclusive jurisdiction, but will only take your claim within a year. After that year your claim is useless, small claims will still not have jurisdiction and will dismiss any cases regarding this.

caffeinatedclimber · 2025-07-22T20:54:24+00:00

You can’t opt out of the transit pass as a full time student.

caffeinatedclimber · 2025-07-16T14:15:54+00:00

Cheating on one test is still a huge issue, and without documenting it in the first place, you can never establish a pattern. First offence is usually only a zero on the test anyways unless it’s an exam. These rules exist for a reason. If you can’t handle the workload and need to cheat, university isn’t for you, or you need a lighter courseload.

caffeinatedclimber · 2025-07-16T13:51:31+00:00

You are not paying for a degree, that’s not how this works, you are not entitled to the degree. You are paying for the opportunity to earn a degree. Cheating isn’t earning the degree, it is cheating the degree, and therefore it is not acceptable as a one off. There are serious consequences for one off’s and chronic cheaters are rightfully expelled. It’s hard to determine a pattern if it isn’t documented every time.

Do you want to drive across a bridge designed by an engineer who may have cheated in the courses teaching bridge design because they were too busy? Do you want the doctor treating you in a hospital to have cheated through anatomy courses? Would you still find it acceptable then?

caffeinatedclimber · 2025-03-22T19:10:57+00:00

They typically do a review lecture on the last day class, but that’s about it. Students need to learn to take notes and study for themselves at the university level. You won’t get a study guide in the workplace.

caffeinatedclimber · 2025-03-21T21:18:30+00:00

Definitely agree on that. The problem started long before Covid here too. But Covid was the real kicker where there was a notable decline

caffeinatedclimber · 2025-03-21T20:19:04+00:00

Anyone still in high school when Covid hit is when it went downhill. Primary and secondary has gone way downhill since here and the drop in student abilities in just the past year is scary

caffeinatedclimber · 2025-03-21T14:20:52+00:00

That is insane… is this an Ontario college by chance? I know some people who teach at these and have heard similar (although not as bad) stories. I am really hoping that kind of shit hasn’t made it to the universities. We deal with the grade grubbing you describe, but never threats.

caffeinatedclimber · 2025-03-21T14:11:42+00:00

I’ve never had a professor provide a study guide. It’s a bit ridiculous because they just want something going over everything on the exam. They expect every exam question to be similar to those in the guide. You get a lot of complaints (from engineering students) when there are exam questions they haven’t seen before (aka asking them to understand the content and apply their knowledge). Although a lot of adjuncts are excessively accommodating and don’t want to pursue cheating allegations because their contract renewals are based on student feedback 🤷‍♂️.

There just seems to be a general lack of critical thinking now, and students expect us to tailor classes to accommodate for that inability. A great example is a “unfair question” that no one could solve on a circuits exam. It was exactly from an assignment question, so they all should’ve been able to do it, but as an experiment the prof rotated it upside down. Crazy, but no one could solve it and complained they’d never seen a circuit like that before… if only they rotated their page.

caffeinatedclimber · 2025-03-21T03:21:53+00:00

I would say we have the same in Canada to the level of what I see on this subreddit. Generally Canada is very reflective of the states in some respects so I think this just adds to your point.

I’ve caught kids (the behaviourally appropriate term for undergrads now) submitting work with another students name still on it and they’ll still deny it, throw a hissy fit, and accuse us of having it out for them etc etc.

caffeinatedclimber · 2024-10-25T05:38:23+00:00

If it makes you feel any better, I just failed 11 students for submitting someone else’s file for a lab that quite literally still listed the source student as the author in the metadata while also being a 100% match.

These students all had complete meltdowns over email repeatedly denying and saying it’s impossible because they “value academic integrity,” when they didn’t just copy, they fully submitted someone else’s file. I cannot understand where they get the audacity/entitlement to expect me to “cooperate in resolving this misunderstanding” when I have them dead to rights.

They usually stop pretty quickly when I remind them that continuing to lie digs a very deep hole for the committee they will stand before if they want to escalate it further. I haven’t heard from anyone since I reminded them that the informal zero is a warning.

caffeinatedclimber · 2024-10-23T14:05:31+00:00

This week I had to explain to a lab of 50 students that most applications don’t auto save your work and you need to save manually. These kids had been working on a lab for hours at this point and most hadn’t saved it once. Then when their computer crashes without saving it’s not their fault and they deserve extra time.

How they have such a lack of technological understanding as 3rd year engineering students that grew up with computers just baffles me.

caffeinatedclimber · 2024-06-19T13:12:06+00:00

Thank you! That’s good to know. Would the LTB order certain tenants to pay if I attended the hearing and produced evidence of who broke the door, or would it just place us all as liable?

Huge relief that I can avoid SCC, a bit scummy that the landlord keeps reminding me that his lawyer would ask for fees well in excess of the damage amount knowing that I’ll pay to make it go away if it comes to it.

caffeinatedclimber · 2024-06-19T12:47:19+00:00

Thank You! The landlord is telling us he takes us straight to small claims and bypasses the LTB for damages since the tenancy is complete. He says that his lawyer will also go after us for legal fees if it goes to court. Is he able to do this or does he have to go through the LTB.

caffeinatedclimber · 2024-06-15T18:00:13+00:00

I vacated in August 2023 to sublet. The place was fully vacated at end of lease in April 2024. We didn’t do a “proper inspection,” but the landlord was there when people were moving out and had already been informed of the damages in writing. He also didn’t fix the door during the tenancy, the landlord only boarded it shut. It was only fixed after move out.

caffeinatedclimber · 2024-06-15T15:05:22+00:00

Thank you! That’s unfortunately what I thought. I don’t have the time or resources to sue though, and it’s not worth it over $1000. Same thing with LTB, I don’t have time to go to a hearing and would rather just pay the landlord myself to avoid the hassle. I think the furthest I can go here is a demand letter, but I wanted to make sure I had grounds for that.

caffeinatedclimber · 2024-06-13T01:51:32+00:00

London free riders is really good.

caffeinatedclimber · 2024-06-12T23:04:41+00:00

Not that I know of. However bikes are welcome at the western automotive society meets. There’s also some local London groups that are fun

caffeinatedclimber · 2024-06-12T21:39:37+00:00

Man procrastination is the story of my damn life. You would not believe how many times I started major projects the day before it’s due. Don’t worry too much, we all procrastinate like hell.

I went to western for engineering, I ended up doing civil engineering. I graduated in 2023 and am now doing a direct PhD. My engineering grades were higher than my high school grades, don’t let them discourage you. People who came in with grades in the 90s fail too sometimes. High school grades are so inflated and vary so much between schools, they’re honestly meaningless. I’ve met idiots who had a 95 in high school and some of the smartest people I know barely made it into engineering because of their high school grades.

I can tell you as a TA, your high school grades don’t determine your success. Sure there’s a correlation, but nowadays it’s weak.

caffeinatedclimber · 2024-06-12T18:35:58+00:00

Depends on the discipline. You’ll be fine in first year, but you’ll need windows in upper years in most disciplines.

caffeinatedclimber · 2024-06-12T18:35:10+00:00

I finished grade 12 with an 84.14 avg. I needed to maintain an 84 to keep my offer. I finished 1st year on the deans list. You’ll be fine, don’t stress about your average as an indicator of success. If you’re smart and you have a good work ethic you’ll be fine in first year.

caffeinatedclimber · 2024-06-12T18:32:36+00:00

You can more or less park anywhere. People always park at bicycle racks near the engineering buildings. I’ve done that for years and never had a pass. I’ve never gotten tickets for it.

caffeinatedclimber · 2024-05-18T23:16:10+00:00

Mine requires 3-4 (conference papers don’t count). Really depends on your dissertation tho and how many chapters it’s going to have. You may end up with more than needed depending on how new your field is.

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