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No Facebook friendship from UMSU elections
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Though social media may be heavily integrated into students’ lives, University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) election candidates voted not to allow campaigning using sites such as Facebook in this year’s election.
The decision...
First complaint filed in UMSU election
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The first official complaint — alleging Clean Slate candidates of pre-campaigning — has been filed in the UMSU 2011 elections. According to chief returning officer (CRO) Jason van Rooy, there was insufficient evidence...
U of M avoids strike
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The University of Manitoba recently dodged a strike, but now workers for the City of Winnipeg face a similar battle.
The University of Manitoba and CAW Local 3007 recently wrapped up their negotiations, resulting in...
Merging theory and action for International Women’s Day
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The University of Manitoba Feminist Collective consists of eight members. Dana Austman, Nadine Boulay, Kira Dickson, Irene Fubara, Tara Lambert, Chantel Paul, Jennifer Portillo and Bre Woligroski are all students in Feminist Community Organizing:...
Five Questions
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Five Questions is a continuing column in which we pose
a different artist the same five crucial questions.
One:
The Manitoban: What substance or activity do you find
to be creativity-producing?
Emma Cloney: I find being near...
The Weakerthans’ cabin collaboration
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Ottawa singer-songwriter Jim Bryson’s latest album, The Falcon Lake Incident, features Winnipeg’s own Weakerthans. According to Weakerthans guitarist Stephen Carroll, the collaboration was a natural one, partly because of the artists’ similarities. “I think...
The only car I ever loved
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Teal in color, light on gas and as threatening as a fly — a Honda Civic is the only car I ever grew to love.
Dubbed the “Hot-mobile” by my girlfriend and equipped with a...
