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NDP leadership candidate Greg Selinger want students sooner access to the...
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NDP leadership candidate Greg Selinger will look to provide students with access to the existing 60 per cent tuition rebate while they are still in school. His feeling is that earlier access to the...
University of brandon to join Project Hero
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Brandon University is the latest to join Project Hero, a scholarship program that will provide full tuition for full or part-time students whose parents have died in Afghanistan while a member of the Canadian...
Students’ Union to rent out textbooks
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The University of Manitoba’s Students’ Union (UMSU) has officially started renting out first-year mathematics textbooks to students, a service that Sid Rashid says will eliminate one of the many barriers for students at the...
Local Briefs
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Winnipeg looks to expand, first since 1972
The Winnipeg Free Press has reported that for the first time since 1972, there are plans to expand the city, a plan that has been met resistance from...
Derby paves the way to improved fuel economy
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On September 23, teams of two participated in the ecoDriver Derby, a competition geared at awarding the most fuel-efficient drivers at the University of Manitoba.
The teams drove to several stops around the city while...
International Post-Secondary Briefs
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Headline: International Post-Secondary Briefs
Byline: Morgan Modjeski
Wordcount: 460
Economic crisis causes students to stay home rather than study abroad
According to University World News (UWN) the number of students studying abroad has dropped dramatically because of the...
Alan Turing
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"The allied invasion of occupied France was the beginning of the end." "The Nazis spreading themselves over too many fronts lead to their own defeat." "The entrance of the Americans into the conflict turned...
