Decade of Death
In November 2009 Time declared the 2000s “the decade from hell,” in the article “The ’00s: Goodbye (at Last) to the Decade from Hell,” by…
January 2010
Letters to the Editor
RE: “STRANGLING DEMOCRACY BY THE THRESHOLD” (Jan. 13, 2010) Essentially, adopting what has infamously within the Canadian student movement became known as “Motion Six” is…
Beggars can’t be choosers
One week after a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean island nation of Haiti, foreign aid began to pour into the country. American Red…
Celebration Week celebrates its 40th anniversary
Celebrating its 40th anniversary, UMSU Celebration Week will run from Jan.25-29 at the Fort Garry campus and from Jan.20-22 at Bannatyne. As with previous years,…
Bannatyne shuttle bus continues to be missed by students and faculty
“Sometimes you only realize how valuable something is after it’s taken away. I think the shuttle bus to Bannatyne was one of those things,” said…
University Centre flood damage ‘minimal’: U of M public affairs
Brian Rivers, the physical plant director at the university, explained that the flood was caused by the shutdown of the main air handlers during the…
Students feel more should have been done to alert them of transit changes
Despite efforts to inform students of the change, a number of students have been saying that they’ve been waiting for buses at the wrong location…
Online banking preferred method of tuition payment at U of M
Over half of students at the University of Manitoba now use online banking to pay their tuition. Sam Vagianos, assistant manager of the revenue, general…
A critical analysis of facilitated communication
Locked-in syndrome is a terrifying condition where an individual’s senses, such as sight, hearing and touch, are intact, but they are physically paralyzed — they…
Zoological investigations VII
That’s right, I said “oxpecker,” and no, I am not just gearing you up for Valentine’s Day. Folks, I am talking about birds — vampiristic…