Editorial
Sitting inches away from Dr. Norman Finkelstein
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On Oct. 17, Dr. Norman G. Finkelstein, an advocate for human rights and peace in the Middle East, spoke at the Canadian Mennonite University. Finkelstein received his doctorate from Princeton University in 1988 and...
The Ultimate Downer
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On the morning of April 5, 1994, Jarrod woke up wide-eyed. Believing that he could fly, the teenager convinced his father to drive him and a hang glider to a barren country road. There,...
What would Gretzky do?
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I recently drove to Minneapolis to hear Kevin Smith, of Clerks fame, give a three-hour talk on whatever was on his mind. The topic of conversation drifted naturally — amazingly enough — from Hollywood...
Why are you here?
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“If you don’t love it, leave it.” — Merle Haggard
I was riding the 60 to the university the other day, and I had the misfortune of being stuck within earshot of two stylishly appareled...
Form or function
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This goes out to everybody who will ever buy any car, and particularly to those students who will soon buy their first cars, and to that large proportion of students who drive to school...
Owner’s manual
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As promised, with every new purchase of the Manitoban, we include this handy-dandy “User Guide” to help you along on the road forward. Once you’ve mastered the tricky business of the opening and the...
The softer, fuzzier side of campus media
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Here we are, right on the edge of the last winter and you can already sense there’s a new one creeping up ahead. It felt like summer was late to start this year anyway....
