UMSU Frost Fest cancelled after low ticket sales
Students looking to party at UMSU’s fourth annual Frost Fest were left out in the cold last week after the event was cancelled. According to…
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Pro-life student group resurrects campaign in UC
After having its tabling materials confiscated in the fall, U of M pro-life student group Students for a Culture of Life (UMSCL) faced renewed criticism…
Can you explain your research in three minutes?
Writing a graduate research thesis sharpens time management and communication skills, but so does explaining your research in 180 seconds.
Community initiative funding motion pushed
UMSU voted to table a motion at its Jan. 10 board meeting that, if passed, would alter how community groups receive funding.
U of M scientific journal announces best paper winner
Wuzinski, a fourth-year microbiology honours student, won for her paper titled “Developing a Genotyping Scheme for Myobacterium abcessus Complex Using Whole Genome Sequencing Data.”
UMSU, UCRU lobby against tuition tax credit
At the first board meeting since lobbying for students in Ottawa in early December, UMSU president Jakob Sanderson gave a presentation explaining the priorities of the trip — some of which left some at the meeting feeling “frustrated and disappointed.”
New international students to provide photo, fingerprints
Following border regulations put into practice Dec. 31, nearly all international students coming to study in Canada will be required to submit biometric information.
LGBTTQ* rep tables name change motion indefinitely
A motion brought to the UMSU board of governors in December by its LGBTTQ* community representative to change the title of the position to the Gender, Sexual and Relationship Diversities (GSRD) representative was tabled indefinitely Thursday.
Portage and Main blocked by pipeline protesters
Winnipeg protesters flooded the Portage and Main intersection during rush hour Thursday in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en land protectors in B.C.
UMSU condemns federation’s support of BDS
UMSU passed a motion condemning the Canadian Federation of Students for affirming its support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement at its last…