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This article has been updated with new information as of 12:50 p.m. on Wednesday, March 3. Poster vandalism leads to physical confrontation. As CRO Jason Van Rooy reported at the UMSU council meeting Feb. 25,...

Health Canada has approved the use of the HPV vaccine Gardasil for men. Merck Frosst was granted authorization by the federal government on Feb. 22 to market Gardasil for boys and men from ages nine...

On Feb. 25, UMSU held its bi-weekly meeting in the UMSU Chambers located in 176 Helen Glass. The Chief Returning Officer, Jason van Rooy, gave his monthly report to council at the meeting. He reported...

Winnipeg Transit has launched a new system that allows transit users to text for “real-time” bus schedules. Introduced on Feb. 10, the new system, called BUStxt, allows riders to text 287898, or “bustxt,” to...

Meaghan Labine has been elected the new Graduate Students’ Association (GSA) president for the 2010-11 year. The other GSA executive include: vice president external, Liz Gonsalves; vice president academic, Peter Nawrot; vice president internal,...

Two candidates: LGBTT* students’ rep LGBTT* students’ representative candidate: Neal Pineda The Manitoban: Why did you choose to run for this position? Neal Pineda: Originally no one else was running for this position, and the LGBTT* community...

For the first time in three years, there is only one slate running in the UMSU elections. Heather Laube, current vice-president student services, is running for UMSU president uncontested. It is unclear why no other...