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Despite an extension of the nomination period, the 2011 UMSU general election, which was held between March 9 and 11, went ahead without an aboriginal student representative on the ballot. According to the University...

Residence students will have a new home at the University of Manitoba, as the construction of new Pembina Hall residence, which is slated to replace Tache Hall, is nearing completion. The residence is being...

With UMSU about to experience a changeover of executives following the recent election, the current executives are busy drafting the budget for 2011-12. UMSU vice-president (internal) Aisyah Abdkahar explained that the UMSU budget for the...

A deal was announced this week that will see the management of Caretaking Services, a division of the Physical Plant department of the University of Manitoba, taken over by ARAMARK. John Danakas, director of...

To be frank, the files stored on your computer are not safe; your computer can break at any time. So what can you do to protect your files in case something happens? One of...

An interesting experiment was published by the School of Veterinary Sciences in Bristol, U.K.. The paper involves a common, misunderstood and oft-undervalued animal. The experiment asked the question: Do chickens feel? The lowly chicken is...

The search engine revolution of the mid-90s gave us the power to sift through pages and pages of information at unheard of speeds, but increasingly there is a need for more and better means...