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Voter turnout drops

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Leif Larsen
In the 2010 University of Manitoba Student’s Union (UMSU) general election, 2,374 students chose to vote in this uncontested race — more than 10 per cent of the eligible voters at the University of...
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UMSU 2010 election results

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Samantha Lockhart
After a two week campaign period, three days of voting at polling stations set up across both campuses and over five hours of counting ballots, the University of Manitoba Students’ Union 2010 election results...
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U of M Aboriginal community outraged by racist classified ad

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Aboriginal students at the University of Manitoba are outraged over an online classified ad offering free “extraction” and “relocation” of Aboriginal youth from within city limits to reserves or areas of the city with...
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Animal rights and academic freedom

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Dana Medoro
I advocate for animal rights — mostly for pigs in pork production — because someone needs to speak for the millions of pigs around here from a position disentangled from financial incentives. It’s not...
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Why only monogamy?

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Corey King
The only legally recognized form of marriage in Canada is monogamy. This may not seem strange to most people, but have you every wondered why our society has not only wholly adopted this custom,...
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Critics of local food miss the point

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Tessa Vanderhart
A few months ago, you may remember, there was a big kerfuffle in the press: it seems organic (i.e. grown without synthetic pesticides) vegetables are not, in fact, better for you. Oprah fell off...
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Put the Beaver to bed

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Saul Magnusson
Halfway through the closing ceremonies of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, I became profoundly and intensely embarrassed for our country. Everything was fine until Neil Young finished his performance. The Olympic torch was extinguished and...

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