Hey folks,
I'm looking for someone who can write Horoscopes consistently, either every week or every two weeks. They can be serious, or humourous, or whatever! Let me know.
Thanks

Hey folks,
I'm looking for wacky definitions, but here's the deal: they have to be made up. I'm looking for unusual social situations or funny happenings that there are no words for. See the Culture page on the website for examples or check out Douglas Adams' The Meaning of Liff, which I am ripping off. Try to keep them at 300 words or less. Thanks!

Never have economics and sports been so entwined. As arguably the most popular form of entertainment - the singular and unparalleled popularity of the NHL in Canada, the Super Bowl in North America, and the World Cup and Olympics across the globe strongly suggest this - sports is big business.

Is this a good thing?

Like a "bourgeoisie elevator" it allows young, often colored, athletes to rise from poverty to fame and fortune. It also allows troubled, impoverished cities to come together in spirit and commerce, like New Orleans when the Saints played their first football game after Hurricane Katrina.

Is this a bad thing?

The average sports fan has been priced out of sporting events due to rising tickets costs and PSLs. Cities lose their beloved sports franchises (the Jets, anyone?) because they refuse the foot the bill for (four, five, six) hundred million dollar stadiums and arenas.

What do you think?

If you have an opinion and want to voice it, let us know.

E-mail: sports@themanitoban.com
Phone: 474-6770

Want to write for Faculty Wars? Here are some ideas:

Asper vs. Arts
College Cliques: Who has the clique-iest faculty?
Horrible professors — and where to find them (i.e. ratemyprofessors.com)
Underfunded departments vs. well-funded departments — where does the money come from?
Departments with bad reputations (cliquey film students,
Standing up for your faculty (Aggies, Human Ecology,
Why Bannatyne campus is more important than what goes on at Fort Garry
Which faculties have the most sex? (Hint: it’s medical students)
Which faculties drink most? (Is it really the engineers?)
Programs the U of M is missing that other universities have
Your amazing program that only the U of M has
The unpassable course(s) —
How important are extracurriculars?
Which faculties have the best job prospects?
Which faculties have awesome summer jobs and co-op programs?
How hard do you have to try to attract someone based on your faculty? (Engineers and nurses, take note)

Hey there again!

So I've recently heard about a new genre of music called Opera Metal and I thought it would be interesting to cover.

The article should include interviews with Opera Metal musicians to discuss the rise of the new genre, where it's come from, and where it's going.

Should be interesting.

Please email me if you want to contribute!

Have a prof you like/admire? Interview them! If you're able, in a hilarious Colbert-esque style. Scientists are cool, they'll roll with it.

Profiles of famous scientists outside of the university are desirable as well. If you're able to get an interview with one, then even better.

Please email me if you want to contribute!

The main thing that Mac users horde over PC users is the elegant operating systems -- yet, projects like the Hackintosh ( more) enable you to install OS X on a PC. Is this easy? Can a normal dude/dudette do it?

Hey eager beavers! The Manitoban will be facing off against UMSU in a nighttime campus edition of Capture the Flag on Sept. 27. They're bringing their best volunteers, and, dagnabit, so are we! Contact editor@themanitoban.com (that's me) to sign up today and whoop some students' union butt!

Please email me if you want to contribute!

Scientists nowadays tend to stick to scientific topics, but back in 'the day' they provided social commentary and were real celebrities. Which means they had crazy celebrity drama.

Observe Nikola Tesla's comment on Thomas Edison:

"He had no hobby, cared for no sort of amusement of any kind and lived in utter disregard of the most elementary rules of hygiene ... His method was inefficient in the extreme, for an immense ground had to be covered to get anything at all unless blind chance intervened and, at first, I was almost a sorry witness of his doings, knowing that just a little theory and calculation would have saved him 90 per cent of the labor. But he had a veritable contempt for book learning and mathematical knowledge, trusting himself entirely to his inventor's instinct and practical American sense."

Nice.

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