Recital probe
Classical musicians from the University of Manitoba’s faculty of music are trying to change the way we consume music by performing outside of organized orchestral…
Arts & Culture
Five Questions
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…
Dude, bro
The first major comedic release of 2011 is Ron Howard’s The Dilemma. Despite being marketed as a buddy film in the same vein as 2009’s…
Thick smoke and pineapple juice
I sit there, in the dimly lit dive bar that foreigners, such as myself, have come to known as a sort of English speaking safe…
To beard or not to beard?
Oh Bearduary, what can I say? The shavings of Movember have barely hit the sink and now the two month event of Bearduary has begun;…
Let’s talk about sex
Many Canadians of a variety of ages can associate late night sex-related programming with none other than the world-renowned sex educator Sue Johanson, host of…
U of M Bookstore puts other stores to shame
Located at 140 University Crescent is the biggest and baddest store on campus. If you are not careful, the University of Manitoba Bookstore may just…
Symbol of summer
In the last months of summer I moved from my townhouse on the edge of the suburbs to a small apartment in St. Boniface, right…
The ice? No dice
There is now an ice rink in the middle of campus that many students might miss. I was not one of them, however. A few…
The threatening nature of a butterfly knife
Even though the butterfly knife is an illegal weapon in Manitoba, the idea of it alone is a stimulating thought. In real life, the butterfly…