Leif Larsen

NDP 2011 Budget

Students and universities in the province of Manitoba should be happy with the provincial NDP’s 2011 budget. The budget will link the rate of tuition…


This campus is a sty

U of M Engineering student David McGinn saw something weird on campus Friday, April 8: pigs running loose. The student spotted the animals outside of…


Forget eating local

Food independence is an important thing. The more control you have over where your food comes from, the more you can depend on its wholesomeness…


Liberals talk childcare

On Thursday, March 31, Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff briefly toured the Lord Roberts Preschool before announcing that his party, if elected, would create an “early…


DIY mechanic

The inner workings of a car are pretty scary. There is a mess of tubes, wires and metal bits; who knows what will happen if…





Forget exoplanets

School-aged children the world over collectively tweeted “WTF” in November 2010, when two astronomers announced that they think there could be a previously undiscovered planet…


Thank you for voting

As you may or may not have heard, the Manitoban won its recent referendum, in which we asked students to increase our levy from $3…