Re: A tale of two parties
Lucas Johnston argues that the Liberal party is the one facing problems as the Conservatives formalize their acceptance of same-sex couples.
Letters
Putting education front and centre
Michael Barkman, Chairperson of the Canadian Federation of Students – MB, weighs in on U of M budget cuts.
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…
An open letter to undergraduate students of the University of Manitoba
Throughout my six years at the University of Manitoba, these are the most important words I have written.
What is the purpose of our student union?
RE: Strengthening student media
Kudos to Craig Adolphe for so frankly and compellingly making the case for the value of a sustainable and independent student media outlet (Strengthening student…
Re: The grass can be greener on both sides
As Colorado has proven, re-legalizing cannabis makes money for government (The grass can be greener on both sides, Jan. 20, 2016), however, at the expense…
Re: Military recruiters should be welcomed, not scorned on campus
Ethan Cabel’s Dec. 2 article in the Manitoban about events surrounding military recruitment on the U of W campus is wildly inaccurate and serves only to fan the flames of anger and hysteria with misinformation. His article has invaded the U of W; it’s time for our defence.
To make things immediately clear, people are saying the University of Winnipeg Students’ Association (UWSA) did a lot of things they didn’t. No, no one is banning the military. No, no one hates your cousin who’s in the army. Let’s talk about what really happened.
Re: Closing the STEM gender gap
I would like to respond to the article “Closing the STEM gender gap” by Chantelle Dubois, published in the Nov. 4 issue of the Manitoban. Dubois provides her opinion on the broadly studied STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) gender gap, and closes her article with the incredible sentence “The gender gap will fix itself with time.”
RE: Give us a break
In his response to Tom Ingram’s Oct. 8 article “Give us a break,” Mike Still apologized for “trying to put the bulk of the blame on students for not showing up” to Bisons Sports events. While I think Still’s Sept. 30 article was taken out of context by Ingram, Still’s editorial from last March was more critical, arguing that despite incentives encouraging students to attend, “home game attendance is still abysmal.”