Science opinions
I’m usually a fairly calm and rational person. Really, I am. But when I caught my boyfriend simultaneously hugging me and responding to an e-mail…
News
U of M introduces co-curricular record
They say that 80 per cent of academic breakthroughs occur outside the classroom, and it appears the University of Manitoba has been listening. Starting this…
U Manitoba launches student app
Need your grades, library books and bus schedules on the go? There’s an app for that. The University of Manitoba’s Web Services department has developed…
Evolution’s spiral
Numbers are pretty amazing things . . . I won’t pretend to know much about them, and I freely admit that I have a restraining…
UMSU announces new pub name
With the construction of the new campus pub at the University of Manitoba about to begin, UMSU has released the new name and logo of…
Manitoba entrepreneurs set for Banff
The success of last month’s Manitoba Venture Challenge helps continue the drive for venture capital funding for local businesses. The challenge, supported by the province…
Credit transfers simplified *UPDATED*
The provincial NDP announced on June 24 that, after much work, post secondary institutions in Manitoba have agreed to work toward making it easier to…
Kicking ass and taking names in 1947
Rockstar Games, the company responsible for Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption, have released their newest title, L.A. Noire, a game that puts you…
NASA schedules final shuttle mission
One of the things that define humanity as species is our fascination with the heavens. As children, how many of us gazed up at the…
A step forward for human rights
The University of Manitoba and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) signed a memorandum of understanding May 30, establishing a partnership in education and…