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Nature often supplies us with great ideas for engineering. Leonardo da Vinci drew concepts of flying machines based on observing birds in motion, centuries before they were successfully built. George de Mestral came up...

With the recent release of the game Deus Ex: Human Revolution, my mind has turned to the upcoming options for our cyborg futures. Though the augmented reality experienced by Deus Ex’s protagonist is still...

UPEI to pay profs forced to retire The University of Prince Edward Island will be forced to compensate three professors who were forced to retire after they turned 65, reported the Guardian. The P.E.I. Human Rights...

There was one report of assault during the month of August, involving an argument between a male and a female who had previously been dating. The male allegedly shoved the female, leading to the...

Petition circulated to beef up math skills Close to 200 people, most of them professors, have signed a petition to toughen up admission standards to the faculties of education, reported the Winnipeg Free Press. The...

The Manitoba NDP have pledged to cap tuition increases at the rate of inflation and expand student aid eligibility if reelected this fall. Greg Selinger made the announcement during a visit to the University...

A proposal to create a racialized student representative (RSR) on UMSU council has been deferred for the time being. The deferral was the result of a motion passed at an UMSU council meeting...