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Abortion presentation sparks protest

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Joanna Graham
A presentation organized by Students for a Culture of Life that focused on abortion incited a protest from members of the U of M Womyn’s Centre last week. During the event held on Oct. 4...
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Professor protesting removal from thesis committee

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Joanna Graham
A professor in the faculty of education is protesting his removal from a master’s thesis committee last summer, alleging his removal violated the “appropriateness of past practices”. Rodney Clifton, a professor in the department...
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UMSU notes

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Shuja Safavi
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) met on Oct. 6 at the Bannatyne campus. Heather Paterson, director of U of M’s Services for Students at Bannatyne Campus, made a presentation on the services...
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Program gives refugee students chance to study on campus

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Jeremy Gregoire
In many of the countries in the world, education is a right, however, in some nations, due factors such as war or political repression, students face hurdles not present in the Western world. The...
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Planes, trains and automobiles . . . oh, and spaceships

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Brendan Olynik
Depending on where you’d like to go, the cost of travel can range in price. It costs $2.40 to ride a bus around Winnipeg, or for a few hundred dollars you can fly across...
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U of M gets in on Jets excitement

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Jeremy Gregoire
To mark the return of the Winnipeg Jets, the University of Manitoba is displaying a collection of vintage Winnipeg Jets programs. The collection has been on display at the Elizabeth Dafoe Library since the end...
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Slutwalk comes to Winnipeg

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Joanna Graham
When the first SlutWalk was held in Toronto on April 3, 2011, 3,000 women marched in response to a Toronto police officer’s comments that women could avoid assault by not dressing like “sluts.” Women...

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