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U2011 wants you to vote
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U of M political science professors Jared Wesley and Andrea Rounce, along with a group of student volunteers, are taking action to promote knowledge and awareness of provincial politics through a series of public...
August local briefs
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Proactive anti-gang strategy announced
On Aug. 3 federal Public Safety Minister, Vic Towes, announced $928,000 in federal funds, which will go toward helping keep at-risk youth in Winnipeg from joining gangs.
According to the press release,...
Professor recognized for LGBT activison
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University of Manitoba law professor, Karen Busby, was inducted into the Canadian LGBT Human Rights Hall of Fame (Q Hall of Fame) in Vancouver last month in honour of the work she has done...
Zoological investigations
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Ah, summer in Winnipeg: muggy heat we can’t stand after eight months of zero humidity and freakishly cold winter, freak storms, flooding, mosquitoes, canker worms, E. coli-infested eutrophic lakes — we love it all...
Summer battery blowout
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There’s been an incredible amount of progress in electrical charge storage over the summer with two huge innovations on a nano-sized scale. Both findings are set to revolutionize the battery market and may even...
Science opinions
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I’m usually a fairly calm and rational person. Really, I am. But when I caught my boyfriend simultaneously hugging me and responding to an e-mail on his smartphone last week, I’ll admit that I...
U of M introduces co-curricular record
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They say that 80 per cent of academic breakthroughs occur outside the classroom, and it appears the University of Manitoba has been listening. Starting this fall, students who participate in co-curricular activities will have...
