Construction underway on various projects throughout the U of M
The University of Manitoba continues to be booming with construction on several projects that are expected to rejuvenate the Fort Garry campus. The $150 million…
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Students living on campus faced with increased fees
The University of Manitoba Board of Governors recently passed a five per cent increase to student residence fees on top of tuition fee increases that…
Where did we come from?
If you ask a room full of biologists how life arose on our planet, you could start a fistfight. Current theories clash on details such…
Growing pains
To say that the Internet can be controversial is a supreme understatement. With but a few keystrokes, sites containing literally anything can be happened upon…
Dr. Know
Greetings to you mammalia! Hah! Hoo-hah! I’ve created a word! Ah, linguistics. Quite a feeble study, is it not? It is. Does it count as…
Science Briefs
LHC collides hadrons at 7 TeV The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) announced on March 30, 2010 that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) had…
Practice makes perfect
In the 1960s, research by Endel Tulving demonstrated that, as with studying, being tested on material is not a neutral process but rather a beneficial…
Multiple choice exams:
The majority of teachers and students — myself included before researching this article — are under the impression that they should stick with their first…
Canada: a haven for pirates
Earlier this month, a Montreal man was convicted of illegally recording a movie in the theatre, and sentenced to 2 ½ months in jail. This…
U of M faculties lack uniform penalties for students caught cheating
According to the University Discipline Committee report regarding the revision of the Student Discipline Bylaw and related Procedures, changes were made to section 2.1.1 so…