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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...

UMSU presidential candidate: Heather Laube The Manitoban: Why did you choose to run for the position? Heather Laube: With my current position of vice president (student services), it was kind of the natural progression...

With various preparations and responsibilities to be performed, the University of Manitoba’s Students’ Union (UMSU) elections create a number of job opportunities for students on campus. The Chief Returning Officer (CRO), who is selected by...