India’s rockstar prime minister
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Ottawa on April 14 to a large number of fans waiting and chanting his name. The visit was…
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Refuting the ‘silent majority’
The true absurdity worthy of note in Ethan Cabel’s article “U of M budget woes a function of weak provincial leadership,” published in the Apr….
Tuition increases asymmetrical burden on international students
There is nothing but shock, resentment, and grave disappointment from international students regarding the budget released by the University of Manitoba administration in May. Depending…
Letter to the students
The Manitoban received this letter from outgoing University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) president Al Turnbull at the end of his term on April 30….
Thanks
I did not want to write this. The first draft was a rant, an unmitigated calling out of the administrators of various organizations in the…
Re: Canadian Association of University Teachers report on economics department
Letters published in the Manitoban are edited for spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Views expressed in the letters are those of the authors and do not…
Re: Problems in the economics department
Letters published in the Manitoban are edited for spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Views expressed in the letters are those of the authors and do not…
The politics of fear
Every human action is rooted in either love or fear. It’s not a new or a particularly complicated analysis of the human condition, but it…
UMSU needs a strategic plan
What will the University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) look like in 10 years? Five years? Next year? We don’t know because UMSU has no…
U of M budget woes a function of weak provincial leadership
The modern student movement, namely the Canadian Federation of Students and their ilk, has accomplished something that is at once absurd and increasingly detrimental: they…