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UMSU wants to bring pub back to campus

The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) presented a proposal for a student owned-and-operated pub to the university administration on Nov. 16. UMSU’s full-time office…


Thank Goodness for modern medicine

Medicine can be described as a wealth of knowledge that has grown over time. Only time, innovation and experimentation have given us what we know…


Cubes everywhere!

The year is 1919, and the greatest minds of academia have unraveled the very secret of matter! In a triumph of logic, the arrangement of…


Double Zoological Investigations!

Creationists be damned; I insist that we are all creatures of the sea. Look in your heart of hearts and I think you’ll agree. Regardless…



The science of Phrenology

Man, of course, is the only creature given divine rationality. These, and other traits, are housed in the brain, the central organ that differentiates us…


Private Universe

As we head into December, people the world over prepare for some of the year’s most significant holidays. Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanza all fall sometime…



Networks without the ’net

Point and click, launch a program and watch as the green bar fills itself up. Do you think it’s always been this easy to share…


Pills smarter than the patients

Complicated processes, specialized machines and the trained professionals that operate them: these are the hallmarks of modern medicine. Technology tends to isolate the afflicted through…