UMSU election candidate interviews- vice-president (internal)
Working Together candidate: Justin Quigley Experience Serves as Student Architectural Society (SAS) rep on UMSU council Sits on UMSU environmental sustainability committee Why did you…
March 2011
UMSU election candidate interviews – Community Reps
Women’s representative candidate: Bilan Arte Experience Involved with U of M Womyn’s Centre, FemRev Collective, Fort Garry Women’s Resource Centre Why do you think the community reps…
On nostalgia in art
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a short series of essays about the role of nostalgia in art. It can be difficult to find…
Spring kind of sucks
Can you feel it? The last week of weather in Manitoba has offered us a glimpse into what we are in for. The temperature on…
A Guide for the Urban Voyageur
One of Manitoba’s proudest traditions is the Festival du Voyageur. Known for a while as the world’s largest kitchen party, the Festival du Voyageur was…
Nano nets
Nanonets are capturing a lot of attention in the science world lately, due to some of the curious properties that emerge from their two-dimensional structure….
Tiny computers!
Don’t be surprised if a few years from now tiny electronic devices start being a norm rather than an experiment. A major breakthrough has just…
Zoological Investigations
They say it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all, and in general, I agree. After all, Alzheimer’s…
Democracy in the Middle East
Over the past two months, the people in Tunisia and Egypt have managed to effect serious change in their governments, chasing out corrupt leaders and…
No Facebook friendship from UMSU elections
Though social media may be heavily integrated into students’ lives, University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) election candidates voted not to allow campaigning using sites…