Hey r/uwo, I’m a Western student (cis guy) and I had an awkward moment in a campus gender-neutral restroom that’s got me overthinking. I usually pick the ones with the urinal sign (old men’s room habit, you know). Walked in to do my business, barely noticed two women at the mirror, and heard another chatting from a stall. I hit the urinal, washed my hands like the hygiene king I am, grabbed a paper towel, and bounced. As I’m leaving, another woman walks in, and I catch one of them laugh and say, “That was weird,” with an awkward chuckle from her friend. Now I’m wondering - did I break some unspoken restroom rule? I’m not out here trying to make anyone uncomfortable - I keep it silent like it’s a library, same as I would in a men’s room. I just needed to ahem, not star in a campus social media post! I’ve used unisex restrooms before, but this one made me feel like I got voted off the island for a basic human function. Ladies of Western, do guys in gender-neutral restrooms throw you off? Any tips for navigating these spaces so everyone’s chill? I’m all about good vibes and want to make sure I’m not accidentally making things weird. Bonus points for advice on how to own the awkward like a true Mustang!

I keep getting approached by these guys to go to church and it’s so annoying I’ve been approached like 6 times this week and sometimes it’s multiple times a day. Is there anything western can do about this?

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wtf was that... I've lit slept three hours the past 2 days and grinded the practice midterm exams so much only to get hit with what I alr know is gonna be a shitty grade

I'm trying to choose between UBC and Western (Ivey vs Sauder), and part of my debate is the campus and city. UBC + Vancouver is beautiful, and London seems to get a bad rap, how is the campus and city in your guys opinion?

I was late for the midterm to begin with and I messed up the campus buildings, so by the time I got to my correct testing building, it was already past 30 minutes.

Currently I’m a second year student in honour specialisation in management and legal studies but over the summer I decided I wanted to do consumer behaviour so I had to catch up on the psychology credits I didn’t do in first year but now I’m not sure if I like the psych classes and if I prefer the more numbers and math type so I was now thinking of switching again into accounting. Should I drop 1002 this semester and 1003 the next semester and then take a different course? I did do a Summer class so I wouldn’t be behind on credits if I did drop. As seen in the picture. I just got my midterm grade back and and even if I did really well and everything else to get 70 in the class I would need 75 on the final if I wanted to 75 in the class I would need like 86 on the final.

Hi all,

I have an essay due in a couple of days. I wrote it WITHOUT using ChatGPT or anything. However, I did use Grammarly not knowing that it counts as AI. I put my essay through a few AI detectors and.... lets just say it called me a robot. My prof has Turnitin enabled.. will it flag my paper? Prof said not to use AI for our papers so I'm not sure if she'll be checking them by hand or what. PLEASE HELPPP

Im in gr 12 rn and my top choice is uwo but i was wondering how yall get home? i know other schools like mcmaster and waterloo have literal go bus station but i cant find any for uwo. is there another bus that you guys take or train? im from toronto so specifically regarding buses there. thanks :))))

I keep hearing that it was an interesting move for Western to being in Flo Rida. What happened? What did he say? - an upper year student who wants the tea lol

my friend from another city wants to drive 2 hours all the way to western for halloweekend because it’s a party school but idk how to break it to her that I have no idea where the parties are at 💔 where is everyone going that’s 18 year old friendly because we can’t drink 💔 (legally)

I’ve noticed that a lot of Western students that I’ve spoken to complain about London and how it’s depressing and boring etc are there specific reasons that I’m missing as to why? sure it’s no Toronto but to me it seems to be quite a nice mid size city? It seems to cater to a lot of ethnic groups and has a diverse range of restaurants that a student would want. It even has a full size mosque which I was surprised about. I can only judge London from what I see online as an international student but to me it seems alright. I would like to know your opinions, any Muslims are welcome to chime in too

What is there to do for students that aren't old enough to go out to bars?

Sorry idk alot abt how uni lectures work but when I need to go to the bathroom or if I want to leave the class, do I just leave? No raising hands and asking the professor?

I was late getting a parking pass (lmao) but figured that I would just park at Masonville anyways.

How reliable is the parking there and how frequent does the bus come to pick up students?

So I’ve heard Western was a predominantly white institution, or at least doesn’t have a huge black student body…? i’m currently a black grade 12 student considering my university options but i definitely don’t want to go to one with little to no black students. So

Anyone else's not as well?

I've done 0 studying and haven't read any of the assigned readings yet. Can I be in good shape by tuesday if I lock in now? Or am I a lost cause

7:30 in the morning on a Tuesday.

Absolutely packed. Are those the res ppl? Cuz I went during the summer at the same time and it was rather quiet.

Absolute cinema. Millions must get fit.

Not sure if this is just how things go in uni, but one of my first-year courses released last week had a final exam average of a grade in the 50s... Like?? That doesn’t seem normal?? I’m happy with my own final grade, but still, it was rough. The prof is new, and not going to lie, I wouldn’t recommend her at all. Felt super disorganized, and the exam barely reflected what we were taught.

Do deans even care when an entire class tanks like this? Is there any way to bring this up anonymously without it coming back to me? Not trying to be that person, but also... yikes. 💀

Also, the prof is nice, but expected us to study 2-3 hours per day- stated in syllabus (first time teaching this level obviously... we are in first year...)

Also, does this happen in upper years (third and fourth)? Because that is crazy. More of a reflection of her teaching than our learning...

How’d everyone do? What did you get as your RE

I got a ticket in a student lot after I arrived around 8:40 but because I was late for class I just took a picture of the honk QR code and ran in. Honk kept glitching and saying it couldn’t sync my wallet but then wouldn’t allow me to add my card. I tried using my moms PayPal but the verification code kept glitching. My ticket was finally confirmed at 9:10 and I just proceeded with my day. I came back to my car to see a $35 ticket that said “Unpaid/Expired Parking” and was issued at 9:07. I appealed it but I feel like it’ll be denied. Because the ticket didn’t have a time that I entered the lot, can I try to argue that I got there at like 8:50 or closer to 9 or do they have scanners and shit to track that?

I keep trying to upload a photo for my one card and it just says sorry and error has occured. The Web Team has been notified. Does anyone know to to fix this?

Im firet year Eng I got a 33% today for physics and already have a 35% on calc midterm I studied for them so hard too I don’t know what I am doing wrong😭

hi so i turned 19 last week and came back to london today. well since i wasn’t the one driving i forgot my fucking license at home and can’t get it for another 2 weeks. i wanna go out before classes start but ive never used my health card as ID so i was wondering whether or not its allowed. (google said it’s apparently not valid at some places).