June tunes
The phrase “song of the summer” gets thrown around a lot this time of year. But something that has always annoyed me is that only…
Teegan Gillich
Youth are fighting the climate crisis
Climate change is something that a lot of people can get away with ignoring until they come face to face with it. My first clash…
Universal design for learning for an accessible classroom
Classroom design issues are important from an equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) perspective. If we want a just campus at the University of Manitoba where…
A nation hungry for change
While strolling the trenches of the grocery aisles, I am comforted by my rows of emergency soup cans, beans and chickpeas not-so-neatly piled up in…
Understanding blood stem cells
Every day, the body’s hematopoietic system supplies the blood with more than a 100 billion mature blood cells. The process of hematopoiesis, or blood cell…
The intersection of exercise, frailty and heart surgery
Frailty is a state of reduced health that may result from aging. Frail older adults tend to experience weakness, have reduced muscle mass and low…
Presidential interview: 2024-25 UMSU outlook
The 2024-25 UMSU executive was inaugurated on April 25 and has begun planning for the upcoming academic year. UMSU president Divya Sharma said UMSU’s biggest…
Basement Mixtape for Bisons — goodbye, hello
Somehow, despite the unrelenting snowfalls in the last few weeks, we’ve made it to what appears to be springtime. As we enter exam season and…
Josh on the Jets: at season’s end
When looking up the Jets’ schedule online, occasionally, I inadvertently plunk in “Winnipeg Jest.” In years past, I would smile with cynical amusement and think…
On campus news, Karuhogo’s UMSU and Palestine
What, exactly, is the point of a student newspaper? I joined the Manitoban as an arts & culture reporter in the fall of 2022 to…