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No aboriginal rep on 2011 UMSU election ballot

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Leif Larsen
Despite an extension of the nomination period, the 2011 UMSU general election, which was held between March 9 and 11, went ahead without an aboriginal student representative on the ballot. According to the University...
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News Briefs

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David Opeymi
City of Winnipeg workers vote on new contract A Winnipeg branch of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) is prepared to cast their vote on a contract offered to it members. The exercise will begin...
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International News Briefs

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Joanna Graham
Students call for elected administrators Students at Cairo University held a demonstration outside the office of its president to demand that elected administrators replace the current faculty deans, reported UniversityWorldNews.com. Students were upset to find...
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Campus Beat

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Sarah Petz
RPM celebrates LGBTT* Awareness Week The Rainbow Pride Mosaic (RPM) at the University of Manitoba is hosting LGBTT* Awareness Week between March 21 and 25 on campus. RPM is the University of Manitoba’s gay, lesbian, bisexual,...
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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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Two former U of M students wanted on terrorism charges

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Sarah Petz
Two former U of M students are wanted for charges related to terrorism, the Manitoba RCMP announced at a press conference this morning. Warrants has been issued for Ferid Ahmed Imam, for charges of...
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Rats & lizards

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Martin Turczynowicz
I spent the Sunday previous, as I’m sure many of you did, watching videos on fractal shapes, the creation of non-Euclidean planes from both beads and balloons as well as the mathematical process of...