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Protesters challenge budget cuts, fee hikes

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Dana Hatherly
A crowd of University of Manitoba community members demonstrated their dissatisfaction over the school’s budgetary process at a rally held last Tuesday afternoon. Participants protested budget cuts to faculties and departments and an increase in...
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Winnipeg students to take over CFS leadership

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Osho Samuel Adetunji
Two Winnipeggers have been elected to the leadership team that will steer the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) through the next year at the association’s annual national general meeting in Gatineau, Que. last week. Incumbent...
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Outstanding CFS fees remain unpaid by UMSU

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Ethan Cabel
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) is still in the process of determining how much they owe to the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) in outstanding fees after a protracted dispute prompted the...
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Vote to censure U of M over economics dispute delayed six...

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Garett Williams
The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) has given the University of Manitoba a six-month reprieve on a vote to censure the school surrounding a deep-seated dispute within the economics department. At its regular council...
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U of M professor appointed to Order of Canada

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Osho Samuel Adetunji
A new feather was added to the cap of University of Manitoba professor and international palliative care leader Harvey Max Chochinov after he was named an Officer of the Order of Canada last month. Chochinov,...
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UMSU approves strategic plan, $64 fee increase

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Craig Adolphe
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) has approved an omnibus motion which includes plans for several new projects, a restructuring of fees, as well as an increase to student fees of $32 per...
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Understanding the web: HTML and CSS

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Tom Ingram
I have no particular qualifications or expertise in the field of web programming and design. I learned to do it the old-fashioned – and still the best – way: at 11 years of age,...