Still swing dancing on campus
Swing dancing began with the Charleston in the 1920s in Afro-American communities. It was a venue to free your mind from the troubles of the…
Articles by editor
Bison briefs
Track and field The Bison track and field team parted ways this past weekend as some athletes traveled to Minneapolis to compete in the Jack…
Will it be the traditional big four in the English Premier League again?
It’s time to make some changes in the English Premier League (EPL) soccer this season. The traditional big four, Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool…
Undermining the real lessons
Right now, most U of M students aren’t too concerned with exams. Having just returned from winter break, for most of us the next major…
The planet is the source of all prosperity
Spencer Fernando’s recent article, “A Conservative’s View on Climate Change” (Jan. 13, 2010) requires a serious response from a green perspective. First, it must be…
The movies aint making what they used to
Watching box office records being broken these days is like watching the Olympics, if performance-enhancing drugs were permitted. With year after year of record breakers,…
Protecting our prosperity without jeopardizing our environment
In response to Spencer Fernando’s “Protecting our environment and our prosperity” (the Manitoban Vol. 97 No. 18, Jan. 13, 2009), it seems that Mr. Fernando…
Decade of Death
In November 2009 Time declared the 2000s “the decade from hell,” in the article “The ’00s: Goodbye (at Last) to the Decade from Hell,” by…
Letters to the Editor
RE: “STRANGLING DEMOCRACY BY THE THRESHOLD” (Jan. 13, 2010) Essentially, adopting what has infamously within the Canadian student movement became known as “Motion Six” is…
Beggars can’t be choosers
One week after a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean island nation of Haiti, foreign aid began to pour into the country. American Red…