Bomber blues
As a hardcore sports fan, I bleed my team’s colours. I’ve come to understand the darker side of sports fanaticism very well. Following a sports…
2010
Hockey herd split weekend opener
Friday night’s score of 5-2 in favour of the visiting University of Regina Cougars was the early-season wake-up call required to kick-start the work ethic…
MCHP researchers find the wealthier are healthier
Researchers from the University of Manitoba’s faculty of medicine released a new report last month, revealing that the poor continue to suffer from worse health…
Internet goes down on campus
Several students and staff experienced problems with the Internet at the University of Manitoba over the past week. This caused serious difficulties for students and…
Public forums address concerns about new Bomber stadium
The building of the new Blue Bombers stadium on campus has brought with it a circus of controversy surrounding traffic control and the availability of…
Katz, Wasylycia-Leis go head-to-head on downtown issues
Mayor Sam Katz and challenger Judy Wasylycia-Leis went head-to-head on a variety of hot button issues on Oct. 8 at a mayoral candidate forum on…
Wine is happier when it has a friend
Foodie snobs the world over have made the average Jane nervous about hosting dinner parties, or ordering wine in restaurants and subjecting themselves to the…
Lucky fuckin’ Lager
“Let’s get some Lucky Lager and howl at the moon!” – Brad Pitt as Early Grace in Kalifornia. Yeah they call me Lucky, what the…
Aspiring to intoxication
There is perhaps no better way to legally distort reality than with alcohol. For some — OK, for many — it is the social lubricant…
Love in the time of class war
In the winter of ’09 my life was a spectacular failure in every way imaginable. I was a law school dropout, a call centre dropout…