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Avoiding politics is impossible
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I remember sitting in my first Model United Nations conference in 2018. It was the Honduran national competition with only 10 committees, yet each analyzed every aspect of one’s life. From balancing religious liberty...
UMSU board got itself into this mess
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At the end of August, the Canadian Federation of Students filed a lawsuit against the University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU), alleging that UMSU has withheld over $1 million in membership dues since 2018.
This...
It is irresponsible to romanticize university
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The weekend before the beginning of school, I was talking with my sister and her boyfriend about how
disappointing my university experience has been thus far. The majority of my three years enrolled as
a student...
Chasing unattainable goals sets self up for failure
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A couple of days back, I was making my way to campus when one of my favourite songs started
playing on my headset, “The Chase” by Tinashe. The song narrates the sentiment of moving past...
Rebranding Frosh a start, but not enough
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The culture of disrespect and rejection within the U of M student body is still vibrant. There are
moments that make me second guess whether the progress we take pride in as an academic and
social...
The easy way out of caring for people
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In the first episode of Futurama, our hapless hero Philip J. Fry arrives in the year 2999 and stumbles upon one of the future’s popular suicide booths, where for only 25 cents you can...
Allyship should not end at the legislature’s doors
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“Life gets easier once you are out.”
That is what is often heard from close family and friends once one decides to come out and start being unapologetically themselves. Though there is no accurate way...
