European breakdown
We are at the halfway mark of most of the seasons in European soccer and there are some interesting storylines developing. The Manitoban highlights some of the biggest stories.
January 2016
Culture for Kindness
While the group was started in August, its origin can be traced back to mid-July, when Guy came up with the idea for a “week of kindness,”
Questions and Anders
The University of Manitoba Bisons men’s basketball team is riding high heading into the second half of the year. Fresh off their first Wesmen Classic holiday tournament win since 1991 and riding a four-game win streak from before the break, there’s plenty to get excited about.
Rocket size competition
A decade ago, it would have been hard to believe that two eccentric billionaires would be making passive-aggressive remarks via social media on each other’s rocket…
Ocean-cleaning barrier set to launch
The world’s first ocean-cleaning system to collect plastic pollution is expected to launch in 2016. The system was conceptualized by 21-year-old Boyan Slat, Dutch inventor…
Genetic modification is now
Early in 2015, the Manitoban’s science and technology editor Chantelle Dubois wrote a piece on the future of creating designer babies – children born with…
Talking the talk
Irina Volchok is a University of Manitoba graduate student studying linguistics.
Science in 2016
We have now entered the year 2016. While hoverboards are still not ubiquitous (real hoverboards, that is) and we’re not quite sporting the fashion predicted…
Lytics light up the Hub
On Friday, Jan. 8, University of Manitoba students can ring in the winter term at the Hub with local hip-hop outfit the Lytics. Students at…
International tuition still a sore point
The University of Manitoba is looking to uphold their promise of funnelling a significant portion of the extra money generated from international student fee hikes into academic and university community supports for international students.