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Israeli Apartheid Week still highly contentious at U of M

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Kevin Linklater
Next week is Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) in Winnipeg, with numerous events being held throughout the week, including a few scheduled to take place at the University of Manitoba. Thao Lam, UMSU vice-president of student...
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Refresh slate wins UMSU General Election in landslide

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Kevin Linklater
Preliminary results from the 2014 UMSU General Election indicate a decisive victory for the Refresh slate. The vote counts were released by chief returning officer Jacqueline Keena on Saturday morning, and show all five UMSU...
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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...