‘Turning the crank’
Students and faculty gathered in the engineering building on Tuesday for an armchair session on Ethics and Engineering Education. The event, co-sponsored by the Faculty…
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UMSU council briefs
Finance report: Frosh Festival failed to break even Justin Paquin of Paquin Entertainment reported to UMSU council on Monday, Oct. 21 that the Frosh Music…
Calls for improved HIV/AIDS care in Manitoba and Canada
British Columbia’s influential HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment advocate Dr. Julio Montaner was in Winnipeg early this month to help lobby for improved disease prevention and…
U of M and faculty narrowly avoid strike
A potential faculty strike loomed over the University of Manitoba last week, and both sides were hesitant to share negotiation details. After the University of Manitoba…
U of M re-envisioning food systems on campus
The Campus Food Systems Project wants to change the approach to food consumption and food services on campus. The U of M was selected in…
John Greyson and Tarek Loubani: home at last
After seven weeks in an Egyptian prison, Tarek Loubani and John Greyson have returned home to Canada to find themselves once again under fire. Reporters…
UN special rapporteur highlights First Nations issues in eight-day Canadian tour
A UN special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples’s recent visit to Canada has thrust First Nations issues back into the national spotlight. Special…
Conservatives seek fresh start with Speech from the Throne
On Wednesday, Oct. 16, the Conservatives kicked off a new session of parliament with the Speech from the Throne. The speech came after an extra-long…
Left out in the cold
What does the thought of the changing seasons bring to mind? When hearing of winter, do you in your mind’s eye see visions of snowmen…
Time’s arrow: Antoine Lavoisier
In the late eighteenth century, Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier discovered fire.” This is how the futurist and artificial intelligence researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky described it, and he’s…