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Grain of truth

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Brian Hauri
Meet Maryam Shamloo, a third-year PhD student at the University of Manitoba (U of M) and winner of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Scholarship for Food Advancement through Science Training.
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Colour vision deficiency

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Jeremiah Yarmie
EnChroma—a company based out of Berkeley, California—is developing glass lenses with the intent of assisting individuals with colour blindness. Not so fast, the EnChroma Cx Lenses aren’t a treatment for the condition; colour blindness cannot...
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Targeting racial oppression on campus

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Carolyne Kroeker
Following Nancy Macdonald’s Jan. 22, 2015 Maclean’s article denouncing Winnipeg as “where Canada’s racism problem is at its worst,” there was much uproar around the city. Winnipeggers began sharing and responding to Macdonald’s article,...
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UMSU officially endorses fossil fuel divestment

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Dana Hatherly
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union approved a motion this week to seek divestment from fossil fuel companies. An overwhelming majority of councillors at the council meeting on April 6 voted in favour of a...
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Vitamin C as intestinal inflammation therapy

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Leila Mostaco-Guidolin
Ala’a Eideh is pursuing her PhD in the Human Nutritional Sciences Department at the University of Manitoba.
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Campus bar cannot make ends meet

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Seamus Hamilton-Pattison
The Hub, the campus bar run by the University of Manitoba Students’ Union, will be closed over the summer months this year after failing to break even. The fiscal woes of the campus pub come...
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One Voice sweeps up seats in UWSA executive election

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Seamus Hamilton-Pattison
The final results of the University of Winnipeg Students' Association 2015 general election are in after a count was completed late Wednesday night. All of the One Voice slate’s candidates were elected to their...