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Marching together for safer streets
By
Spencer Fernando
On Sept. 19, I had the opportunity to attend the 35th annual Take Back the Night rally.
This was the first time I had attended the march—which started at the North End Bell...
A great consolation
By
Caleigh MacDonald, staff
I do not know what it’s like to be dying, but I know better than most what it feels like to lose control of your own body.
I have epilepsy, a condition...
Nothing looms larger
By
Kristy Hourd
In every course syllabus, there is a paragraph stating that students are required to adhere to the University’s policy on academic integrity. Almost every student I know, including myself, basically sums up this...
Student loans: the less you have, the more you have to...
By
Bilan Arte
Canada currently uses provincial and federal student loans as a way to increase the accessibility of our post-secondary education system. The idea is simple: lump sums of money are provided to students from...
Winnipeg Zombie Walk cancellation indicates unattainable regulations
By
Foster Lyle, staff
A few short weeks ago it was announced that Winnipeg’s annual Zombie Walk would not occur this year. The event, which attracts thousands of Winnipeg residents to dress as the “undead” and...
Mental health and poverty
By
Bruce Tefft
It is a well-established fact that rates of mental disorders (e.g., anxiety, depression, schizophrenia) within the general population are strongly correlated with income. In other words, as individual incomes decrease, rates of mental...
PST’d off
By
Caleigh MacDonald
Entrepreneur Robert Half once said, “People try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that can’t live within its income.” This is a sentiment personified...


