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Flash forward

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Joey Perry
Purchasing a new laptop can be a challenge, and usually involves making more choices than the average consumer is comfortable with. Getting the best value for your dollar is a delicate balance of selecting...
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Clarifying Prism

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Tom Ingram
Last month’s revelations about the large-scale program of electronic surveillance by U.S. and U.K. spy agencies have caused some confusion. The details emerged gradually in several long articles chiefly published in the Guardian and...
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Look, listen, learn

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Mary Horodyski
Josée Boulanger, a graduate student in the interdisciplinary master’s program in disability studies, says “I went to university to become a social activist.”
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A better burger

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Sheldon Birnie
Just in time for grillin’ season, a University of Manitoba master’s student is preparing to defend her research into a functional food that may improve Canada’s favourite barbequed meat: the hamburger.
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Lululemon entrepreneur Chip Wilson honoured by Winnipeg business community

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Katy MacKinnonQuinn Richert
University of Manitoba commerce up-and-comers, as well as some of Winnipeg’s most recognizable executives, seized the chance to meet and talk business recently when Chip Wilson, founder and former CEO of famed yoga outfitters...
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Winnipeg experts, students join global debate over Woolwich murder

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Norbert Mibirung
Woolwich, a district of London, England, received international coverage on May 22 following the violent murder of 25-year-old Lee Rigby. Two Britons of Nigerian descent, Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, have been charged with...
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SAIA no longer?

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Bryce Hoye
UMSU council has voted to remove official student group status from Students Against Israeli Apartheid. This past April 11, Josh Morry, Commerce Students’ Association representative and member of the University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU)...