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New residence nears completion

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Chuthan Ponnampalam
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...
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Where do those student fees go?

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Chuthan Ponnampalam
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...
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ARAMARK taking over management of Caretaking Services

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Sarah Petz
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...
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Get in the clouds

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Andrei Pablo
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...
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What do chickens think?

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Martin Turczynowicz
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...
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Semantic coding

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Martin Turczynowicz
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...
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Forget exoplanets

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Leif Larsen
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...

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