UMSU membership should be voluntary
Students are allowed to opt out of UMSU Health and Dental Coverage. Why can’t the majority of students opt out of UMSU Membership itself? Some…
2012
Logic and the art of not being offended
It was not too long ago that an acquaintance of mine said something incredibly absurd with the utmost sincerity. I don’t harbour any animosity over…
Occupied confusion
Large congregations of people have gathered in various cities across Canada and the United States. They live humbly in tents, play djembes and meditate communally….
Your children are you
The meaning behind the behaviour of children and youths is a topic discussed by people of all sorts in various forms of media, particularly when…
International News Briefs
North Korea vows to defend Kim Jong-un North Korea stated during the country’s annual New Year’s message on Jan. 1 that it would defend Kim…
A hero’s welcome
For most NHL regular season games, hockey fans are solely focused on cheering their team on to a win, securing the two points in the…
A Christmas Day buzzer beater
The “nuclear winter of basketball” has been averted. The owners and the players’ association ratified a new collective bargaining agreement in early December with the…
Five-minute major
This year marks the 35th anniversary of the release of probably the greatest hockey movie of all-time, Slap Shot. For the uninitiated, the film stars…
Occupy Winnipeg lives on
They may have lost their campsite, but Occupy Winnipeg is still protesting economic inequality and banking policies beyond Memorial Park. A small group of Occupy…
Move over Oblivion
There isn’t much I can add to the conversation of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim that hasn’t already been said. What I’m going to concentrate…