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Construction underway on various projects throughout the U of M

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Miguel Yetman
The University of Manitoba continues to be booming with construction on several projects that are expected to rejuvenate the Fort Garry campus. The $150 million plan, called Project Domino, is one of the most...
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Students living on campus faced with increased fees

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Talia Joundi
The University of Manitoba Board of Governors recently passed a five per cent increase to student residence fees on top of tuition fee increases that are yet to be finalized. The cost of a...
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Where did we come from?

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Leif Larsen
If you ask a room full of biologists how life arose on our planet, you could start a fistfight. Current theories clash on details such as which came first: genes or protein, where life...
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Practice makes perfect

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Brian Hauri
In the 1960s, research by Endel Tulving demonstrated that, as with studying, being tested on material is not a neutral process but rather a beneficial process that helps individuals retain the information. Known as...
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Multiple choice exams:

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Brian Hauri
The majority of teachers and students — myself included before researching this article — are under the impression that they should stick with their first instincts during a multiple choice test and not change...
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Growing pains

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Leif Larsen
To say that the Internet can be controversial is a supreme understatement. With but a few keystrokes, sites containing literally anything can be happened upon by almost anyone; and therein lies the problem. This...
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Dr. Know

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Dr. Know
Greetings to you mammalia! Hah! Hoo-hah! I’ve created a word! Ah, linguistics. Quite a feeble study, is it not? It is. Does it count as science to invent an abstraction layer for thoughts and then...

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