Genre-hopping
One of the defining aspects of today’s popular culture is its fragmentation. Popular music is divided into such infinitesimally small sub-genres that some bands move…
January 2011
Essentially A Playlist
Well I was all set to write about resolutions and promises for this playlist, in keeping with the ones we all seem to make at…
Awaiting a Curve ball
A swing and a miss. It was a valiant effort, but in its two-year life span Winnipeg radio listeners remained unreceptive to the pop alternative…
Blinded by City Lights
Much like Charlie Chaplin’s The Circus, City Lights is a film that exists for its ending alone, a “comedy romance in pantomime” as the opening…
Science Briefs
Underwater cloak renders objects invisible to sonar “We are not talking about science fiction. We are talking about controlling sound waves by bending and twisting…
Tobacco’s renaissance
Although the sphere of political debate is usually filled with passionate disagreement, there are a few subjects most politicians seem to agree on. You know…
Finally, a research article even an 8-year-old can undersand
Last year was a fantastic one for the science world, thanks largely to the efforts out of England. First, the journal The Lancet retracted Andrew…
Transmit to transcend
Do the tools we use change us as a species? Can technology redefine our place in the universe? The questions may seem laden with clichés…
UMREG and Physical Plant to collaborate on university recycling program
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union’s recycling and environmental group, UMREG, will be transferring some of its current duties over to Physical Plant this term,…
It’s a long way to the top
Life at the top is something that is difficult to fathom from the bottom. While average Canadians are still struggling with the effects of the…