UMSU notes, Feb. 25
On Feb. 25, UMSU held its bi-weekly meeting in the UMSU Chambers located in 176 Helen Glass. The Chief Returning Officer, Jason van Rooy, gave…
March 2010
Transit users can now text for ‘real-time’ bus schedules
Winnipeg Transit has launched a new system that allows transit users to text for “real-time” bus schedules. Introduced on Feb. 10, the new system, called…
Graduate students elect new GSA executive
Meaghan Labine has been elected the new Graduate Students’ Association (GSA) president for the 2010-11 year. The other GSA executive include: vice president external, Liz…
UMSU council representative interviews
Two candidates: LGBTT* students’ rep LGBTT* students’ representative candidate: Neal Pineda The Manitoban: Why did you choose to run for this position? Neal Pineda: Originally…
Candidates for UMSU executive positions running uncontested in 2010 election
For the first time in three years, there is only one slate running in the UMSU elections. Heather Laube, current vice-president student services, is running…
Refusing to be a grown up
At the beginning of February, Carson Jerema, former Editor-in-Chief of the Manitoban, wrote an article for the Winnipeg Free Press criticizing students who choose to…
Government’s role in higher learning
Government must recognize that higher learning is crucial to a country’s success. As chair of the Government Post-Secondary Education Caucus, I have met with many…
Proposals for advancing higher education
Though post-secondary education is a provincial jurisdiction, the federal government has an important role to play. I don’t need to spew out any rhetoric on…
Thoughts on the future of you, me and humanity
Think of a world where anything is possible. Ahhhhhh, bliss. The colours. The smells. The joy. This world is like a never-ending lucid dream, where…
umWHAT, dedicated to bring change worldwide
Nowadays, a vicious cycle exists in the world of poverty — approximately 25,000 children around the world die every day due to the effects of…