Trick-or-donate
Halloween is the time of year to dress up, go out and have fun — and get scared senseless! As the years go by and…
activism
If you don’t like it, don’t buy it
According to Occupy Wall Streeters, one per cent of the American population controls 40 per cent of the nation’s wealth. Where this number comes from…
Bison briefs
Hockey The Bison women’s hockey team opened their regular season at home, sporting pink on their sticks and skates as part of the “Shoot the…
Protest sparks persecution
Twenty-five people, mostly of the Coptic Christian faith, have died and hundreds were left injured during a violent sectarian clash that erupted on the night…
Occupiers not going to budge
It has been a chilly first few nights for the Occupy Winnipeg protesters camped in a downtown park since Oct. 14. Around a dozen people…
Senate Notes
The University of Manitoba Senate met on Oct. 5. In university president David Barnard’s absence, Joanne Keselman, vice-president (academic and provost), chaired the meeting. The…
Things are good, but they could be better
It’s time for a good ole revolution. Well, sort of. In what is being compared to the Arab Spring, the left in the U.S. have…
Professor protesting removal from thesis committee
A professor in the faculty of education is protesting his removal from a master’s thesis committee last summer, alleging his removal violated the “appropriateness of…
Variety aplenty at FemFest
On Sept. 17, I had the pleasure of attending the opening cabaret for FemFest. FemFest is an annual, weeklong Winnipeg festival that showcases women in…
Movie Review: Eco-Pirate: the story of Paul Watson
Eco-Pirate is a documentary about Canadian activist Paul Watson, who represents the radical and violent end of the green movement. Watson has sunk numerous whaling…