Students rally to end poverty in Manitoba
Hundreds of students from campuses across Winnipeg were out on the steps of the Manitoba Legislative Building on Nov. 4 to rally for poverty reduction…
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Financial constraints leave some students homeless
With apartment vacancy rates in Winnipeg dropping below one per cent over the summer, some U of M students are facing a dire shortage of…
Science opinions
The following article was selected as the winner of a contest held by Christina Penner in her technical writing for computer scientists course, which teaches…
Dr. Know
Hoo, hoo, look who has wandered in from the intellectual darkness once again. Hello, pitiable reader! Come in! Come into my hovel of repute! How…
Science briefs
Bad driving — damn genetics! Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have discovered that people with a genetic variation may be predisposed to being…
Zoological investigations
While my long-term goal as a volunteer science writer does include developing a ravenous cult following the size of Winnipeg, I am not yet so…
Cleanliness really is next to godliness
Finding a dime in a phone box, not being in a rush, having other people nearby, background noise — these are all things that unconsciously…
Animals in the sack
To many of us, our first exposure to sex came at the paws of an animal, tugging on our parents’ coat sleeves, whilst exclaiming “Mommy,…
Universities moving research innovations into marketplace
Generating $6 million within the past year from the commercialization of research, the University of Saskatchewan, like other universities all across the country, is looking…
Green Party leader speaks to U of M law students
Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party of Canada, came to the University of Manitoba last Friday to speak as part of the faculty of…