Five students will live outside for five days to address homelessness
Five students can be found sleeping just outside University Center for five consecutive days, from March 15-18 in support of Five Days for the Homeless,…
2011
UMSU tries to combat student voter apathy
Voter turnout for the University of Manitoba’s student elections has been averaging about 11 per cent over the past decade, meaning 11 per cent of…
Several other complaints crop up during 3-slate election
Several other complaints cropped during the past week of campaigning, including one indicating that volunteers for Clean Slate were campaigning in the hallways of 102…
UMSU election candidate impersonated in email account
On the afternoon of Wednesday, March 2, Jason van Rooy, the chief returning officer (CRO) for the 2011 UMSU election, posted an irregular ruling on…
UMSU election Get More slate loses vice-president external candidate
Disagreements in the Get More camp manifested in vice-presidential (external) candidate, Chantal Shivanna Ramraj leaving the slate to run independently. Ramraj stated that she decided…
Saving Lake Winnipeg
Lake Winnipeg is the 10th largest lake in world, but given its size, it is also one of the least studied lakes in the world….
International News Briefs
Basketball player kicked off team for having premarital sex A basketball player at the Mormon Brigham Young University was removed from his team after violating…
Athlete’s Angle
I am hilarious on Twitter. I know this because not one, but two of my tweets have been re-tweeted. You can find us @athletesangle. No…
Building an anti-apartheid activist
Like most people, I have a tough time caring about events and issues that don’t directly influence me or my immediate surroundings. I don’t think…
The red herring of apartheid
Language can be a strangely powerful tool. A single word may reference a whole range of cultural phenomena and inspire happiness, shock, anger and everything…