Conference and Catering switchover causes problems for student groups
Some student groups say they are having ongoing problems with the switchover from the university-owned Special Functions to the Aramark operated Conference and Catering Services,…
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UMSU is now following you on twitter!
Candidates in this year’s University of Manitoba Students’ Union election might be able to make use of a new tool in their campaign: Facebook. Jason…
UMSU notes
The University of Manitoba Student’s Union (UMSU) met on Jan. 27, 2010. Representatives from Housing and Student Life, Paul Babiak and Vadim Levin, gave…
Wise Guys employee not notified of lounge’s closure
Losing your job is typically not a pleasant experience for anyone to go through, but imagine having to find out your job no longer exists…
Introducing Skullspace
Straddling the grey space between programming club, science lab and artist’s collective, SkullSpace is Winnipeg’s first and only hackerspace. Founded by three University of Manitoba…
Science Opinions
There’s been a lot of controversy surrounding the “discovery” of supposedly arsenic-based bacteria that NASA published in early December. Even respectable media outlets have touted…
Can you pass me my external E. coli drive?
If you think you’ve joined the ranks and have become a fellow data hoarder with your stash of several external hard drives and possess the…
A dark night for bats
Given the scale and diversity of most animal populations, it is a rare thing to talk about extinction on the same time scale we might…
Zoological Investigations
Hello and welcome to January 2011. I was looking out the window earlier, enjoying the hoar frost, when it occurred to me that, really, Winnipeg…
Science briefs
The ultimate hangover cure! Science has provided us with the ultimate cure for hangovers. A hangover can occur when doses of ethanol (large or small)…