Slough
pulled from the depths of mire by contractions and gloved hands we emerge to brightness and uncertainty a disruption of the stagnancy that…
Articles by me
Letter to the editor: UMSU on cuts
University of Manitoba students, The University of Manitoba administration has recently announced that cuts will be made in the upcoming budget. We would like to…
A century now online
A few years ago the digital archivization of the Manitoban was undertaken. Shelley Sweeney, head of archives and special collections at the University of Manitoba,…
Celebrating a century of service
The Manitoban celebrates its centenary Wednesday, Nov. 5 – 100 years and counting covering issues that affect University of Manitoba students most. To mark the…
True North deserves a shout out, but not during the anthem
Canada’s national anthem can be heard at every game the Winnipeg Jets play. At home, and sometimes away, crowds full of enthusiastic fans shout “True…
Introduction to the October 8 mental illness awareness feature
It is Mental Illness Awareness Week. It is likely that you have been touched by mental illness, be it directly or through the suffering of…
Anxiety study
The ongoing mental battle with depression
Background Mental illness has commonly been referred to as an invisible disease, since symptoms are not immediately noticeable to the public eye. One of the…
End the romanticization of mental illness
Mental illnesses cannot be characterized by one unwavering, constant mood or symptom, and people do not need to be in crisis on a regular basis…
My anticlimactic trip to the shrink
I’ve never been what you might call a cheery person. I was seven when it first occurred to me that one day I will die…