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Petition circulated to beef up math skills Close to 200 people, most of them professors, have signed a petition to toughen up admission standards to…
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NDP promise to cap tuition with inflation, expand student aid
The Manitoba NDP have pledged to cap tuition increases at the rate of inflation and expand student aid eligibility if reelected this fall. Greg Selinger…
Racialized rep deffered for now
A proposal to create a racialized student representative (RSR) on UMSU council has been deferred for the time being. The deferral was the result of…
Interview with Greg Selinger
During his visit to the University of Manitoba, Greg Selinger, leader of the provincial NDP, sat down with Manitoban editor-in-chief Leif Larsen and news editor…
Splitting every vote
We’re splitting every vote,” said Caitlin McIntyre, Green party candidate for Fort Richmond, referring to the rhetoric that the Greens are splitting the left vote…
Manitoba Greens petition to get in debates
The Green Party of Manitoba is taking action to ensure that its leader, James Beddome, is included in the upcoming televised debates. “In the interests…
Local News Briefs
Funds announced for U of M ag research Over $700,000 in funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CsomethingFI) will be allocated to three researchers…
PhD legal battle comes to a close
A case that saw the University of Manitoba embroiled in a highly publicized legal battle with one of its professors for close to a year…
Lukacs vs. the U of M
Sept. 2010: Gabor Lukacs, a University of Manitoba math professor, files an application for judicial review of John (Jay) Doering’s, dean of graduate studies, decision…
TEDx makes its Winnipeg debut
Ideas worth spreading” make their way to Winnipeg as the first TEDx Winnipeg event is set to take place at the Winnipeg Art Gallery on…