ASBC elections experience CRO switch and alleged vandalism
The Arts Student Body Council (ASBC) elections campaign period has been plagued by hostility and a mid-campaign chief returning officer (CRO) change. Voting for the…
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Tensions mount at town hall
Tensions mounted at the University of Manitoba president’s town hall meeting last Thursday, where president David Barnard responded to some tough questions from U of…
How was the service?
It’s officially spring! The sun is shining and we no longer have to put up with sub-zero temperatures. Spring time also means that it is…
Joke Issue
Copies available at over 90 locations on the University of Manitoba campus and more than 50 other locations across Winnipeg!
Space robots!
Androids have long been the holy grail of sci-fi, and it seems like we’re one step closer to achieving our space race era dreams. NASA…
American protectionism vS. European common sense
I too spent my Sunday afternoon watching videos of a young girl drawing infinite numbers of smaller shapes within other shapes across an 8.5×11 page…
BoG notes
The University of Manitoba Board of Governors met on March 15. Peter George, president and chief operating officer of McKim Cringan George, a full service…
Pesticide use to begin on campus
A public notice was issued regarding upcoming potential pesticide use on campus on March 1, with the program expected to run until Dec. 31, 2011….
No aboriginal rep on 2011 UMSU election ballot
Despite an extension of the nomination period, the 2011 UMSU general election, which was held between March 9 and 11, went ahead without an aboriginal…
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City of Winnipeg workers vote on new contract A Winnipeg branch of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) is prepared to cast their vote on…