Election hopefuls talk education policies
As the provincial election draws nearer, all three major parties have released their education policies to be put in place if elected. The Manitoban sat…
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A Winnipegger is using Simpsons images to poke fun at the provincial election
The Tumblr page A Perfectly Cromulent Election has been making the rounds on social media recently, using still images from the popular cartoon show The…
UMSU no longer functions the way a union should
Late last year and early this year, the University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) vice-president advocacy Rebecca Kunzman was frantically seeking to quash a proposed…
PCs have it wrong on PST referendums
With a provincial election looming, the opposition Progressive Conservatives are riding high. If polls are to believed the PCs are the clear frontrunners to form…
Calling it ‘Islamic terrorism’ paints all Muslims as terrorists
Over the last decade and a half, there has been increasing violence at the hands of terrorist organizations, one of the most recent being the…
The future of anti-austerity mobilization at the University of Manitoba
In the past two years, both the University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) and the U of M administration have combined efforts in normalizing austerity…
Re: UMSU president responds to allegations (Sivananthan)
University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) president Jeremiah Kopp states that a lot of his meetings with students occur over lunch and “there’s good reason for…
Re: UMSU president responds to allegations (Dowd)
As executive director of UMSU for over five years (2008-2013), I would like to refute the current UMSU president’s claims that it was “standard practice” at…
A bachelor’s degree is no longer enough
As someone who has completed two degrees and spent what some people would call a ridiculous amount of time in post-secondary school, I have met…
Shoot your shot
With the 2015-16 publication year and my time at the Manitoban both coming to a close, now seems as good a time as any to…