More students getting involved with party politics on campus
With the Campus Conservatives and Campus Greens both active student groups on campus, students have more opportunities to get involved with party politics while still…
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University looking to improve convocation
After receiving feedback that convocation is focused too much on the “suits” up on stage, the university is looking into making the ceremony more focused…
Voter turnout still expected to be high despite one slate election
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union’s (UMSU) general elections are being held from March 3-5 this year, but students won’t have to choose between candidates….
That’s too big!
Arabic numerals, which are what we here in Canada and the scientific community at large use to represent numbers, were a huge advancement over the…
Sudoku: behind the scenes
Upon meeting Will Gibson (Doctor Octagon) the creator of the Manitoban’s sudoku puzzles, two things are abundantly clear: this man knows his computers and he…
Browsing for web browsers
Back when I was a kid, there were only two kinds of peanut butter on the shelf — chunky and smooth — a handful of…
Life after death
Whoa, you just died. Nice one. Only a moment ago, there you were — alive, lying in bed, in a clean, white room. Your family…
Multi-touch screen will soon be obsolete
How often have you wished that your coffee table doubled as a musical instrument? If your answer was “all the time,” I have good news…
Sudoku: Behind the scenes
Upon meeting Will Gibson (Doctor Octagon) the creator of the Manitoban’s sudoku puzzles, two things are abundantly clear: this man knows his computers and he…
The age of things
Two hundred kilometers north of Winnipeg is Nopiming Provincial Park, a place full of backwater camping and hiking trails, and, as it happens, precambrian rocks…