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University of brandon to join Project Hero

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Sarah Petz
Brandon University is the latest to join Project Hero, a scholarship program that will provide full tuition for full or part-time students whose parents have died in Afghanistan while a member of the Canadian...
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Students’ Union to rent out textbooks

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Morgan Modjeski
The University of Manitoba’s Students’ Union (UMSU) has officially started renting out first-year mathematics textbooks to students, a service that Sid Rashid says will eliminate one of the many barriers for students at the...
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Local Briefs

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Ashley Gaboury
Winnipeg looks to expand, first since 1972 The Winnipeg Free Press has reported that for the first time since 1972, there are plans to expand the city, a plan that has been met resistance from...
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Derby paves the way to improved fuel economy

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Alysa Almojuela
On September 23, teams of two participated in the ecoDriver Derby, a competition geared at awarding the most fuel-efficient drivers at the University of Manitoba. The teams drove to several stops around the city while...
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International Post-Secondary Briefs

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Morgan Modjeski
Headline: International Post-Secondary Briefs Byline: Morgan Modjeski Wordcount: 460 Economic crisis causes students to stay home rather than study abroad According to University World News (UWN) the number of students studying abroad has dropped dramatically because of the...
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Alan Turing

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Leif Larsen
"The allied invasion of occupied France was the beginning of the end." "The Nazis spreading themselves over too many fronts lead to their own defeat." "The entrance of the Americans into the conflict turned...
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Rejecta Mathematica

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Colin Rumbolt
In every manufacturing process there are pieces made which do not meet a standard set by the manufacturer, these pieces are hopefully filtered out by quality control. In academic publishing there is a similar...