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Business booming for Degrees and the Hub

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Caleigh MacDonald
Business is flourishing at the University of Manitoba campus restaurants. According to recent financial reports, the monthly profits of Degrees and the Hub are higher now than at any other time in U of M...
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Smells like tree spirit

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Ian T. D. Thomson
An international team of researchers recently found a missing link in one of the mysteries surrounding climate change. Published in the journal Nature, the study is able to fully explain why chemical compounds such...
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Native studies winter colloquium: Christy Anderson

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Jennifer Keith
Last Wednesday, the native studies’ 2014 winter colloquium featured Christy Anderson,  a master’s student researching the marginalization of Aboriginal women in Canadian society. Her presentation was timely given the recent murder of Loretta Saunders that...
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One step closer in the fight against chronic pain

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Elizabeth Drewnik
New research sheds light on chronic pain, a major concern in public health. About 20 per cent of the worldwide population is affected by acute and chronic pain. Chronic pain depends on many different factors...
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Dream Big

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Tom Ingram
Campus will be bustling this week with lectures, demonstrations, and exhibitions for Dream Big, a series of events that brings together major figures in space and space exploration as well as local experts from...
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UMSU general elections 2014 preliminary results

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Quinn Richert
UMSU general election preliminary results are in. From the official website of the chief returning officer: President Al Turnbull – 3375 Charly Wreggit – 1486 Kyra Wilson – 293 Vice-President Advocacy  Rebecca Kunzman – 3579 Monica Igweagu – 1595 Vice-President Internal  Jeremiah Kopp...
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What’s one vote worth?

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Fraser Nelund
What is your vote worth in the UMSU election? Is it worth voting at all? The answer to the former is crucial to addressing the latter. After all, as every student knows, time is precious...