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A dark night for bats
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Given the scale and diversity of most animal populations, it is a rare thing to talk about extinction on the same time scale we might use for the life span of an automobile. However,...
Zoological Investigations
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Hello and welcome to January 2011. I was looking out the window earlier, enjoying the hoar frost, when it occurred to me that, really, Winnipeg isn’t so bad in winter. We give ourselves a...
Science briefs
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The ultimate hangover cure!
Science has provided us with the ultimate cure for hangovers. A hangover can occur when doses of ethanol (large or small) are converted into a chemical know as acetate in your...
It’s about to get crowded
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Do you think Winnipeg rush hour is bad, or you feel cramped in the university’s underground tunnels and in the stores of the mall? Well just imagine how the tight the squeeze commuters experience...
UMSU presents Celebration Week to liven up campus routine
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The University of Manitoba Students’ Union’s annual Celebration Week will see events happening across campus with hopes of creating a festive feel amid the winter chill.
Events were held last week at the Bannatyne...
U of M support staff vote 87% in favour of strike...
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The University of Manitoba could be faced with the second strike by support staff in a little over three years, after their contract expired in October 2010.
Currently there are about 450 support staff workers...
No more food for beer!
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Degrees’ is currently going through the process of applying for a cocktail lounge licence so students will be able to purchase liquor without food.
University of Manitoba Students’ Union president Heather Laube explained that the...
