Science opinions
If you had almost two hours to kill last week—like I did—you may have sat down in front of your computer with a coffee and…
2010
Love + delusion
“Humans will start falling in love with [and marrying] robots, probably in about 30 or 40 years.” –David Levy (2007) On Nov. 22, 2009 guests…
Science Briefs
Solar storms pose risk to planet Earth, NASA warns Richard Fisher, director of NASA’s heliophysics division, warns that wide spread blackouts and a loss of…
Letters to the Editor – June 23, 2010
Dear Samantha Lockhart, I am an international PhD student at the University of Manitoba. Recently I have had a chance to go through your article entitled…
The proper route to becoming a journalist
Some people say that in order to become a good journalist you need to go to journalism school. That journalism is an old-boys network where…
Wild Winnipeg
The snow is off the ground in Winnipeg and that can only mean one thing, mosquitos are terrorizing people everywhere — especially in my back…
Bullet holes and noise rock
Freud’s Bathhouse and Diner is demonstrably not a bathhouse, diner or in any way associated with anyone named Freud. Instead, it is a gallery run…
Summer festival, super fun!
Around August last year, I spent a day walking about the University of Manitoba campus asking idle students which summer events or activities they attended,…
Comic review: Los luchadores mysteriosos
When Los Luchadores Mysteriosos crossed the Arts desk, I pounced. I’m usually more of a Fables or The Walking Dead fan, but come on! Flying…
Five questions
Five Questions is a continuing column in which we pose a different artist the same five crucial questions. One: The Manitoban: What substance or activity…