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U of M, ICM both see enrolment increases this term
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The University of Manitoba recently released its preliminary enrolment figures for the fall 2013 term, showing an overall increase of 1.8 per cent, to 29,321 students, alongside a 17.1 per cent increase in international...
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Winnipeg athlete files multi-million dollar lawsuit
Kevin Kwasny, a football player from Winnipeg, has permanent brain damage as a result of an injury on the field. An alumnus of St. Paul’s High School and the...
Deciding to die
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The evening was warm on Sept. 10. At Riverview Community Centre, around 50 people gathered to hear a lecture about death. The talk, entitled “The Great Canadian Euthanasia Debate: Where are we now?” was...
U of M (re)designed
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On Thursday, Sept. 19, urban design professionals from around the world will gather at the University of Manitoba for a Visionary (re)Generation conversation. Panelists and audience members will discuss the question: “What should universities...
11th annual Moon Festival held at U of M
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Traditional Chinese moon cakes, songs, and dances were all in abundance last weekend at the 11th annual Moon Festival, held inside the University of Manitoba’s Investors Group Athletic Centre. The festival, organized by the...
A day in the life: Doing the blot
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Welcome back, dear readers! Last time we covered some of the basics of Western blotting. This issue, we'll start getting into some of the specifics of the procedure.
The Western blotting technique that we will...
Beach party on the moon!
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According to James Lovell, the command module pilot for the Apollo 8 mission, "the moon is essentially grey, no colour; looks like a plaster of Paris." On the same mission, lunar module pilot...
