Point/Counterpoint
Much has been said and written about UMSU’s historic decision to strip Students Against Israel Apartheid (SAIA) of its student group status and ban it…
international affairs
Winnipeg experts, students join global debate over Woolwich murder
Woolwich, a district of London, England, received international coverage on May 22 following the violent murder of 25-year-old Lee Rigby. Two Britons of Nigerian descent,…
SAIA no longer?
UMSU council has voted to remove official student group status from Students Against Israeli Apartheid. This past April 11, Josh Morry, Commerce Students’ Association representative…
Cyprus bailout angers Cypriots
Hundreds of Cypriots recently protested the European Commission, European Central Bank, and International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout that is costing the country’s wealthy up to…
New “Cold War” in Antarctica? Scientists argue over Vostok bacteria
Lake Vostok is situated almost 4,000 metres below the Antarctic ice. Russian scientists have been drilling there for over twenty years. The lake’s appeal is…
Rare Louis Riel photographs recovered
The University of Manitoba received a new set of rare 140–year–old photographs of Louis Riel and Manitoba from a civil war memorabilia auction in Australia….
Israeli Apartheid Week held at U of M and U of W
The Winnipeg Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (WCAIA) and Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA) coordinated events on both University of Winnipeg and University of Manitoba campuses…
The evolution of religion and morality: Researchers explore cultural evolutionary roots of religion
Researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Simon Fraser University’s Centre for Human Evolution, Cognition and Culture (HECC) have received a $3 million…
Meet the new boss: ’93 sees Clinton inaugurated as president, ending Republican streak
The name first appeared on a ballot for public office in 1974 during an election for Congress in Arkansas’ Third District, but it didn’t receive…
Cyberspace’s most wanted: Virus used in global cyber crimes
On Jan. 23, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) charged three men for creating and distributing a computer virus that has affected over one million…