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Homo Hop returns after five-year hiatus

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Colton McKillop
The University of Winnipeg Students’ Association’s (UWSA) 2SLGBTQIA+ themed dance, the Homo Hop, returned for Valentine’s Day after a five year hiatus initially triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. The dance, titled “Star-Crossed Queers: The Return...
Ebunoluwa Akinbo
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UM hosts panel of experts discusses generative AI

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Colton McKillop
A UM Knowledge Exchange panel discussion last Wednesday brought together experts from a variety of backgrounds to explore the challenges generative artificial intelligence (AI) poses to artists, legal professionals and others. Entitled “Next Steps with...
Ebunoluwa Akinbo
Editorial

Political discourse is deafening and talk is cheap

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Colton McKillop
From my first introduction to political satire as a child in Mad Magazine and This Hour has 22 Minutes, political and social commentary have always been among my main interests. I steer conversation toward...
Teegan Gillich
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Federal government to cap international student permits

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Colton McKillop
The federal government is capping permits for international students for two years as part of an effort to combat “bad actors” in the post-secondary sector, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Marc Miller announced...
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UMSU to adopt ranked ballots in general elections

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Colton McKillop
The UMSU board of directors voted at its Jan. 11 board meeting to move toward the implementation of a ranked ballot voting system for general elections. Motion 0588, which proposed adopting a ranked ballot voting...
Teegan Gillich
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U of M seeks police investigation into former law dean

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Colton McKillop
The University of Manitoba has requested police open an investigation into former law school dean Jonathan Black-Branch. The decision follows a Law Society of Manitoba disciplinary hearing that found the former dean misused over...
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Suspended nursing student seeks appeal

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Colton McKillop
University of Manitoba Nursing Students’ Association president Arij Al Khafagi is currently appealing her suspension.  Al Khafagi was suspended after university officials deemed social media posts she made criticizing the Israeli military’s actions in Gaza...
Ebunoluwa Akinbo
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