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Administration cuts back on discretionary spending
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In light of the current financial crisis, all faculties, schools and administrative units at the University of Manitoba have been asked to curb discretionary spending.
“The university is facing significant challenges with its budget...
Do actions speak louder than words?
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Albert Mehrabian, a former professor at the University of California, Los Angels (UCLA), was a pioneer in the research of body language. Among other advances in the subject, he combined research from two books...
Destroying our social fabric for decades
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Oct. 29 marked the 40th anniversary of a half-sent message and a computer crash, which marked the birth of the Internet.
According to an interview with Leonard Kleinrock, which aired on CBC on Oct....
Those hot-blooded bastards
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Pop quiz, hotshot: you’re walking through the woods. It’s a chilly day autumn day. Birds are chirping and a light breeze licks the treetops. You hear a rustling ahead to the right, but before...
Zoological investigations VI
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It is written (at least it is now): “As you sow procrastination, so shall you reap procrastination.”
You should be glad to know — if you haven’t guessed already — that I am procrastinating....
IQ isn’t everything
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What do holocaust-denier James von Brunn, pornstar Asia Carrera and wrestler Scott Levy (“The Raven”) have in common — other than a tendency toward socially deviant behaviour?
Worry not, dear readers, I shall keep you...
