U of M Aboriginal community outraged by racist classified ad
Aboriginal students at the University of Manitoba are outraged over an online classified ad offering free “extraction” and “relocation” of Aboriginal youth from within city…
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Dr. Know
Two weeks in a row; you mammalian malcontents are killing me. My date from last week, the dashing barn owl, took one sniff of me…
Get More Sleep
As university students, we are often in multiple classes and have many other responsibilities, which may make it seem like there are not enough minutes…
Math 4 Life
I would like to share a paradox with you that could make eating your next hamburger very difficult. Imagine you are eating a delicious succulent…
What’s in a name?
On the periodic table of elements there sat a placeholder in position 112, ununbium, an indication that something should go there. What that something should…
Science briefs
Residents of PEI might call it “mini me” Researchers from the Australia Antarctic Division (AAD) noticed something missing from Antarctica this February, namely a 2,500-square…
Pirate Do-dooders
The Internet has a problem: it’s an amazing way to share your creations with the world, but its also a damned difficult place to make…
Assessing your mental health with inkblots
What do you learn when you look at an inkblot? Well, some researchers believe that they can help you to reveal the unconscious workings of…
UMSU 2010 election results
After a two week campaign period, three days of voting at polling stations set up across both campuses and over five hours of counting ballots,…
Voter turnout drops
In the 2010 University of Manitoba Student’s Union (UMSU) general election, 2,374 students chose to vote in this uncontested race — more than 10 per…