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Fighting dirty

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Attack ads are a part of politics. Every campaign has featured negativity and this election is no exception. Every party wants to convince voters that their opponents are unacceptable choices and one way to...
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This campus is a sty

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Leif Larsen
U of M Engineering student David McGinn saw something weird on campus Friday, April 8: pigs running loose. The student spotted the animals outside of the Animal Sciences building on the Fort Garry campus....
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CASA online campaign aims to engage students in federal election

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Sarah Petz
WINNIPEG (CUP) — With the federal election well underway, one student organization has taken it upon themselves to get education issues on the table. The Canadian Alliance of Students Associations launched their online campaign last...
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Laser robots!

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Martin Turczynowicz
When you think of wireless power, your thoughts probably drift to giant Soviet-era towers — maybe the name Tesla comes up. Wirelessly transmitted power has long been the domain of quack science, but recent...
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You’re an omnivore, I am an omnivore

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Miguel Yetman
Your body is an organism requiring a source of protein (normally meat), but what if you could eat meat without killing animals? Vegans and vegetarians consume things like nuts for their protein, since they have...
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A new domain?

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Martin Turczynowicz
The tree of life, the ingenious device used to visualize the evolution of the various taxa, is constantly undergoing changes and revisions. With new improvements in gene sequencing, coupled with the discovery of new...
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Living on 10 litres a day

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Ashley Gaboury
Early this year I watched a four-part special investigation conducted by the Winnipeg Free Press titled “No Running Water.” The footage, available on their website, documents the lack of clean drinking water that many...

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