2010 UMSU general election results
Unofficial, partial results: 2374 ballots were cast — just over 10 per cent of eligible voters at U of M 309 were international students 1586…
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UMSU elections Facebook-free
This year, the supplementary rules for the upcoming University of Manitoba Students Union (UMSU) election campaigns bans candidates from using Facebook.com to gain support for…
Science opinions
If you’ve been keeping up with news from Afghanistan in recent years you’ll know that a significant problem for NATO governments is the rapid growth…
Dr. Know
About time you monkeys showed up — it’s been almost a month since your last genetics lesson, and I was worried you might’ve developed a…
The age of things
Just over 200 years ago, the prevailing belief popularized by religious mythology was that the planet earth had been around for just some 10,000 years….
Jesus lizard (and shark, and bird . . . )
Sexual reproduction is a wonderful thing — scientifically speaking, of course. Through the combining of genetic material two individuals create a genetic offspring that is…
Graduate students elect new GSA executive
Meaghan Labine has been elected the new Graduate Students’ Association (GSA) president for the 2010-11 year. The other GSA executive include: vice president external, Liz…
UMSU council representative interviews
Two candidates: LGBTT* students’ rep LGBTT* students’ representative candidate: Neal Pineda The Manitoban: Why did you choose to run for this position? Neal Pineda: Originally…
Candidates for UMSU executive positions running uncontested in 2010 election
For the first time in three years, there is only one slate running in the UMSU elections. Heather Laube, current vice-president student services, is running…
IQs water fountain spouts dirty water
John Danakas, spokesperson for the University of Manitoba, said that the water provided on campus has always met the Canadian Drinking Water Quality guidelines, whenever…