Editorial
Front and Centre: an elaborate fiction
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The controversial fee hike motion recently passed by the University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) council omitted three key words that might have killed the proposal outright, had they been spoken back in November.
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Screaming back
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As a female musician, I often feel as though I have to work twice as hard to be taken half as seriously in the music scene.
Dealing with sexism onstage is a difficult situation to...
Signing the proverbial deal with the devil
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Much was made of Prime Minister Trudeau’s support, during the COP21 Paris accords, of setting a goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius rather than two degrees. At the time, there was...
Strengthening student media
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As of this past fall term, student fees paid to the Manitoban have gone up from $4 to $6 a semester.
A proposal was put forward by the Manitoban to the University of Manitoba Students’...
The grass can be greener on both sides
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As a result of the recent federal election, the topic of legal and regulated marijuana has gone from a far-flung possibility to a nearly immediate reality for Canadians.
Legalization became a hot issue for Canadians...
The times they are a-changin’
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The Manitoban was first published in Nov. 1914 and has been chugging along in some form or another for over 101 years. It’s one of the largest and oldest student papers in Western Canada.
Eminent...
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right
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It’s been a little over a year since the University of Manitoba announced that it would be trimming budgets by up to four per cent in order to square up a funding shortfall. This...







