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A hamper for a better holiday

The University of Manitoba Students’ Union is boosting the holiday spirit on campus through the annual Holiday Hamper program. The program, coordinated by UMSU since…



Alternative Reading Week to focus on Winnipeg

Hoping to highlight societal issues currently facing Winnipeg, Alternative Reading Week Winnipeg will take place from February 21-24, 2012. Previously, the University of Manitoba Students’…


The challenge of separation

Through his research, Peter Karari, a PhD student at the Arthur Mauro Centre for Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies, is hoping to raise awareness of…


Reappointment and retirement

The University of Manitoba is set for a slight shift in administration, as David Barnard gears up for a second term as the university president…


Transit fares to increase

Transit users could be paying for the second leg of the city’s rapid transit corridor with a new bus fare increase of 25 cents. Cash…


Up to speed

The team of European scientists who reported evidence of neutrinos moving faster than light in September have tentatively confirmed the result in another experiment. The…


Battle of wits

What will the wars of the future look like? That’s the question posed by a recent issue of the journal Synesis, centred on the theme…



Youth wasted on the fruit flies

Death. It is the single most poignant similarity between us all. Regardless of how one lives their life, safe and secure, reckless and adventurous, we…