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Libyan students feel effects of revolution from miles away
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Though physically thousands of kilometres away, Libyan students and expats of the country have felt the emotional — and sometimes financial — effects of the unrest that has permeated their country over the past...
Abortion presentation sparks protest
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A presentation organized by Students for a Culture of Life that focused on abortion incited a protest from members of the U of M Womyn’s Centre last week.
During the event held on Oct. 4...
Professor protesting removal from thesis committee
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A professor in the faculty of education is protesting his removal from a master’s thesis committee last summer, alleging his removal violated the “appropriateness of past practices”.
Rodney Clifton, a professor in the department...
UMSU notes
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The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) met on Oct. 6 at the Bannatyne campus.
Heather Paterson, director of U of M’s Services for Students at Bannatyne Campus, made a presentation on the services...
Program gives refugee students chance to study on campus
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In many of the countries in the world, education is a right, however, in some nations, due factors such as war or political repression, students face hurdles not present in the Western world.
The...
Sound Off
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Sound Off is a continuing column in which we pose a different artist the same crucial questions.
Sheldon Birnie is the lead singer of the Winnipeg-based alt-country band Cheering for the Bad Guy. The band...
Gotta love October!
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Canadian poet Bliss Carman once wrote, “There is something in October sets the blood astir.”
There seems to be plenty going on this October that will set sports fans’ blood astir as well.
Out...
