With cold weather, residence students are going stir crazy
On university and college campuses across the world, the word “residence” has become synonymous with two things: living quarters and partying. The majority of college…
February 2011
What my hair meant to me in high school
Since I was in high school I’ve always sported something that resembles a shag: hair that is not long enough to be considered truly long,…
Transit Waltz
I dance with the bus Each turn, each curve Each jolt, each thrust I dance with the bus I dance with the bus On way…
Life: all tangled up
How is it that birds, those tiny feathery creatures, were precisely navigating the globe while hominids had not yet managed to efficiently communicate directional information?…
Tiny medical advances
It’s no exaggeration to say that semiconductors have revolutionized every facet of life in industrialized nations. One of the latest results of the silicon transformation…
Will you pass the cancer sniff test?
Cancer is a devastating disease that will most likely touch your family in one way or another. It is also somewhat preventable according to the…
Science briefs
New semiconductor It may not be graphene that revolutionizes transistors after all, according to an article in the Nature Nanotechnology journal, reports physorg.com. Molybdenite, a…
Stay sharp
As the body ages, cells are gradually replaced less and less frequently, and organs, such as the brain, actually begin to shrink. But did you…
The God Particle
Remember when the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) was going to mark the end of the world? Doomsayers claimed it would be so powerful that it…
Senate highlights
A Senate meeting was held on Nov. 3 in the Senate Chambers. The University of Manitoba Graduates Report was handed out to the Senate. There…