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Close down to Hoe Down week

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Craig Adolphe
The University of Manitoba Faculty of Agriculture Students’ Organization (FASO) hosted their annual Eat Y’er Hat Social on Friday, Jan. 9 as the wrap-up to their Hoe Down week, which they host to welcome...
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Manitoba’s Council on Post-Secondary Education dissolved

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Dana Hatherly
The province has created an arm of government responsible for directing the long-term vision of Manitoba’s post-secondary education system. After dissolving the Council on Post-Secondary Education (COPSE) last year and replacing it with the...
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UMSU council reacts to withheld CFS fees

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Craig Adolphe
Some councillors of the University of Manitoba Students’ Union raised questions about the news of fees being withheld from the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) by UMSU at the council's biweekly meeting on Jan....
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Resignation rescinded, minutes mishandled?

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Ethan Cabel
The vice-president external of the UMGSA resigned earlier this month, partly in protest over a donation made by UMGSA to the Stop the Cuts coalition – a campaign established by the Canadian Federation of...
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Safety on the International Space Station

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Chantelle Dubois
Six astronauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS) have returned to normal operations after a glitch on Jan. 14 indicated ammonia was leaking into the American module of the orbital research centre. It is...
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Stopping Skynet

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Chantelle Dubois
The development of artificial intelligence technology has come into the spotlight in popular science as the result of a letter recently drafted by the Future of Life Institute (FLI), a volunteer organization that aims...
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Science Briefs

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Jeremiah Yarmie
Baby talk Researchers from Ireland have found that reading to your newborn may not be the only way to stimulate their brain. The study looked at how reading, along with other interactions like showing them...
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