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The University of Manitoba Students’ Union’s (UMSU) general elections are being held from March 3-5 this year, but students won’t have to choose between candidates. Students will have to vote “yes” or “no,” because...

Despite the fact that not all University 1 (U1) students claim to know much about the University of Manitoba’s Students’ Union (UMSU), they comprise the highest percentile group for UMSU election voter turnout. Heather Kuppe,...

GSA presidential candidate: Dewa Mangal The Manitoban: Why are you running for this position and what experience do you bring? Dewa Mangal: I have some leadership skills and work experience in the field and I also...

Arabic numerals, which are what we here in Canada and the scientific community at large use to represent numbers, were a huge advancement over the roman numerals they replaced. Need proof? Try doing long...

Upon meeting Will Gibson (Doctor Octagon) the creator of the Manitoban’s sudoku puzzles, two things are abundantly clear: this man knows his computers and he knows his sudoku. For those not familiar with the...

Back when I was a kid, there were only two kinds of peanut butter on the shelf — chunky and smooth — a handful of ice cream flavors and fewer television channels than I...

Whoa, you just died. Nice one. Only a moment ago, there you were — alive, lying in bed, in a clean, white room. Your family was standing all around you, vaguely bored. It looked...