Beer: the (legal) treat to beat
Ok, ok, I know: Candy is awesome, dentists be damned. However, a time comes in every kid’s life when they are “too old” to go…
health
Running for the cure
This year on Oct. 4, I took part in Winnipeg’s CIBC Breast Cancer Run for the Cure. At 9 a.m., everyone from infants to seniors…
Better know a prokaryote
One need only to look at the more than 100 pages of comments on Cbc.ca following the website’s story on the approval of the H1N1…
What your colon and a butterfly have in common
I sit in a lab in a state of disarray, full of unopened boxes, chemical containers and keepsakes from Kentucky, all artifacts of a recent…
Playing in pink
Forget brown and gold, the new Bisons colour is pink. Well, for a week anyways. The women’s basketball team proudly showed off their pink jerseys…
Letters to the Editor – Oct. 21, 2009
Feel Good Letter of the Month Hi, my name is Caitlin Howard and I am a first year student at the U of M. I…
Legends of the Periphery: Food Hurricane, Takeru Kobayashi
From time to time even some of the greatest and most prolific heroes in all of sports fall through the cracks of obscurity and are…
All the city’s a stage
At first glance, theatre is an archaic art form, utterly outdone by its more glamorous and accessible counterpart, film. Why, then, is it important that…
Healthy living for a lifetime
As a young person who is very health conscious, I am appalled at Toban Wiebe’s letter of Sept. 30 (“Ask a health and fitness specialist”;…
All your lanes belong to us
Have you ever been hit by a car? I have. In fact, I’ve been hit four times; three times while riding my bike. My most…