Stand up for the right to ignore
One morning a few weeks back I woke up to note that the world was on fire. It seemed peculiar at the time, but I…
2011
Your summer dream (job)
Unless you’re a stone-cold academic, it’s about that time in the school year; you’ve been stuck inside for a month, midterms are either here or…
U of M gets in on Jets excitement
To mark the return of the Winnipeg Jets, the University of Manitoba is displaying a collection of vintage Winnipeg Jets programs. The collection has been…
Slutwalk comes to Winnipeg
When the first SlutWalk was held in Toronto on April 3, 2011, 3,000 women marched in response to a Toronto police officer’s comments that women…
UMSU Disability set to open new safe space
This October, the University of Manitoba Students’ Union will open the doors to a new safe space in Helen Glass for U of M students…
Students ‘not satisfied’ with completion of Pembina Hall
Several students living in the Pembina Hall residence have brought forward concerns with deficiencies in the new building at a meeting hosted by the Residence…
Practice makes perfect
In an effort to help relieve pre-job interview nerves, the Commerce Students’ Association (CSA) is set to hold their bi-annual mock interview series from Oct….
Two new speakers series hope to create discussion
Two speakers series recently launched at the University of Manitoba aim to fuel debate on some of the most prevalent issues affecting modern society. In…
Getting high on campus
Assuming all goes well in October 2012, the University of Manitoba will expand its facilities to include the lower reaches of Earth’s atmosphere. Both graduate…
A tragic situation
It was saddening to see that 26 Shiite pilgrims were brutally killed in southwest Pakistan. In what was another in a long line of killings,…