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A Senate meeting was held on Nov. 3 in the Senate Chambers. The University of Manitoba Graduates Report was handed out to the Senate. There will be 774 graduates for the February 2011 graduation. There...

The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) met on Feb. 3, 2010. U of M president David Barnard and Debbie McCallum, vice-president (administration), made a presentation on the plans for the new Active Living...

Frat house shooting ends with one dead, 11 injured A shooting at a Youngstown State University fraternity ended with one student dead and 11 injured, reported the Wall Street Journal. Two men, who were not...

Man survives three days alone in Manitoba wilderness A Manitoba woodcutter survived three days after being hit by a falling tree, just north of Winnipeg, reported the Canadian Press. The 51-year-old man was struck...

While more university students are coming into campus health centres with greater mental health challenges than in the past, it may not necessarily be a negative sign. Don Stewart, director of the University of Manitoba...

U of M professors lead series to address civic disengagement Two political scientists at the University of Manitoba have teamed up with the Manitoba Institute for Policy Research (MIPR) to lead a series about the...

UMSU has been looking into online voting as a way to improve turnout and cut costs for years, Chief Returing Officer Jason van Rooy says. “As a CRO, I think that online voting would...