Beats without borders
Hip hop has long been a platform for political messages. Starting out in the Bronx in New York City, MCs would use powerful rhythmic vocals…
2009
Letters to the Editor – September 30, 2009
RE: Ask a health and fitness specialist, Sept. 14, 2009 Ben Hodges’s weight loss advice is based on the failed conventional wisdom that weight loss…
Flirting with equality
Every now and then I feel as if Prime Minister Stephen Harper is justified in allegedly maintaining a gag order or a tight leash on…
Could winter bring a tuition freeze?
For only the fourth time in the 40-year history of the New Democratic Party of Manitoba, members from across the province are actively engaged in…
Education(al) matters
As a teacher-candidate who is seven months from graduating and entering what is currently a crowded profession, I spend much of my time resume-building, taking…
Manitoba and Saskatchewan look to ban texting while driving
Increasing evidence regarding the dangers of distracted driving has a number of provinces considering legislation to ban texting and talking on held-held devices while driving….
A new noise
Crowds. Lights. A new noise. I stumble into the Toad on Osborne. The vast hum of the outside world recedes behind me, overcome by the…
A rainbow of chaos
Amongst the clutter of the forty paintings that compromise Milos Milidrag’s A Global Inuit (Sex, Jokes and Polar Bears), I was immediately drawn to a…
TV in the cinema
TV is often hailed as the greatest mass communications advance of the 20th-century, but viewers worldwide are being challenged to do away with it this…
UMFM Show Spotlight : The Scene
The UMFM Show Spotlight is monthly column showcasing various programming on the University of Manitoba’s campus and community radio station. To recommend a show for…