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UMSU election candidate interviews – Community Reps
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Women’s representative candidate: Bilan Arte
Experience
Involved with U of M Womyn’s Centre,
FemRev Collective, Fort Garry Women’s
Resource Centre
Why do you think the community reps are an essential part of UMSU council?
I think there’s an obvious need for those...
Nano nets
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Nanonets are capturing a lot of attention in the science world lately, due to some of the curious properties that emerge from their two-dimensional structure. Essentially tiny lattice structures so thin that they are...
Tiny computers!
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Don’t be surprised if a few years from now tiny electronic devices start being a norm rather than an experiment. A major breakthrough has just occurred in the realm of nano-scale processors and circuitry,...
Zoological Investigations
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They say it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all, and in general, I agree. After all, Alzheimer’s aside, memories are forever, right? So let’s let the...
No Facebook friendship from UMSU elections
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Though social media may be heavily integrated into students’ lives, University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) election candidates voted not to allow campaigning using sites such as Facebook in this year’s election.
The decision...
First complaint filed in UMSU election
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The first official complaint — alleging Clean Slate candidates of pre-campaigning — has been filed in the UMSU 2011 elections. According to chief returning officer (CRO) Jason van Rooy, there was insufficient evidence...
U of M avoids strike
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The University of Manitoba recently dodged a strike, but now workers for the City of Winnipeg face a similar battle.
The University of Manitoba and CAW Local 3007 recently wrapped up their negotiations, resulting in...