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University Players Seizes Operation: UWindsor Budget Cuts Affect Student’s Experiential Learning
University of Windsor Dramatic Art students were blindsided by the announcement that the university would cease operations of University Players (UP), an arm of the Dramatic Arts department. UWindsor President Robert Gordan sent an email on June 18 to the campus community, attributing the cuts to the university’s budget realignment plans. “The University of Windsor is restructuring two campus service areas as part of a multi-year strategy to balance its base budget.” The University Players was one of two service areas cut, along with the EPICentre; 10 positions were cut. Rachel Pitre, an undergraduate student in the Drama and