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New residence nears completion
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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...
Where do those student fees go?
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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...
ARAMARK taking over management of Caretaking Services
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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...
Get in the clouds
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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...
What do chickens think?
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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...
Semantic coding
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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...
Forget exoplanets
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School-aged children the world over collectively tweeted “WTF” in November 2010, when two astronomers announced that they think there could be a previously undiscovered planet orbiting out in the distant reaches of the solar...
