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Celebrating a century of service
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The Manitoban celebrates its centenary Wednesday, Nov. 5 – 100 years and counting covering issues that affect University of Manitoba students most.
To mark the special day, members of the Manitoban’s design team have selected...
Let’s chalk about ‘No Means No’
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Last Thursday, Oct. 30 University of Manitoba students used chalk to write messages about consent and rape culture in front of University Centre as part of the No Means No campaign.
The campaign—which is being...
U-Pass passed in Winnipeg
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The final results of the referendum officially confirmed that Winnipeg students approve the universal transit pass (U-Pass) program.
The majority vote by the University of Manitoba Students' Union (UMSU), the University of Winnipeg Students’ Association...
U of M students come up short in races for school...
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Two University of Manitoba students who ran for school trustee have lost their respective races in Winnipeg’s municipal election.
When the polls closed on Oct. 22, Tanjit Nagra and Luigi Imbrogno were both defeated.
In Louis...
Justice Murray Sinclair visits the University of Manitoba
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The Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair, chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, spoke at the University of Manitoba’s Engineering atrium on Thursday, Oct. 30. His speech—titled “If you thought the Truth was...
Exploding spacecraft can’t dissuade us
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In the same week the world witnessed two space mission failures, both of which had commercial origins: the Space Orbital Corporation’s Antares rocket failure and Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo crash. Space missions have always included...
Science Fiction: Gluten
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Welcome to the first ever installment of the Science Fiction column. In this column we will address popular misconceptions about science and consult on-campus experts to debunk them for good!
Spouting scientific facts is always...