Ping-pong’s less classy alter-ego
As the seasons change and we enter what feels like a purgatorial transition into winter, I am reminded of warmer times. Times when you didn’t…
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Letters to the Editor – November 11, 2009
RE: Parking at the U of M Regarding Jeff Hadley’s Comment of October 28, 2009: Nobody owes you a parking spot. Jeff Palmer RE: Bison…
Healthcare in the US, a private affair
On Feb. 18, 1971 President Nixon announced, “I am proposing today a new national health strategy. The purpose of this program is simply this. I…
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…
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…