Arts & Culture

Comic review: Los luchadores mysteriosos

By
Laura Blakley
When Los Luchadores Mysteriosos crossed the Arts desk, I pounced. I’m usually more of a Fables or The Walking Dead fan, but come on! Flying saucers? Vampires? Zombies? Wrestlers? Cigars? I’m in! If you...
Arts & Culture

Meteor Storm, by Wayne Tefs

By
Laura Blakley
A man stands by the side of the road, squinting into the parched distance. His shoes are encrusted with the dust from the road ahead, the same road that carried his father’s truck to...
Sports

Mastering the Bosu ball

By
Laura Blakley
“See that circle right in the middle? That’s what we call the ‘sweet spot.’” Brenda is the instructor of a Bosu class I’ve started taking at Joe Doupe, the Bannatyne campus’ gym, and she’s...
Sports

Just Doupe it

By
Laura Blakley
In January, this month of new goals and resolutions to get healthier in the winter months, some of you may be contemplating your gym passes. Whether you’ve already bought yours, or are still debating...
Arts & Culture

Concubines and conquerors

By
Laura Blakley
Winnipeg author Margaret Sweatman’s book, The Players, is not something I would recommend for my mom to read. That having been said, I loved reading this book. Half-prose, half-I-don’t-know-what, Sweatman’s writing style is absorbing,...
News

Flanagan speaks

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Laura Blakley
Dr. Tom Flanagan, a political scientist, best-known as one of Stephen Harper’s top campaign advisors, gave two lectures at the U of M that were met with protest from the Aboriginal community. Flanagan’s visit was...
News

Green Party leader speaks to U of M law students

By
Laura Blakley
Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party of Canada, came to the University of Manitoba last Friday to speak as part of the faculty of Law’s Distinguished Visitor Lecture Series. While addressing students, faculty...
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