Cellphones could help learning
You know the routine — put down your notebook, pen, coffee cup and check your text messages before putting your cellphone away. You wouldn’t want…
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Don’t cheat, new DISC label brands academic dishonesty on transcript
The new grade label DISC (discipline) will replace CW (compulsory withdrawal) on a student’s transcript, beside a letter grade, if they are forced to leave…
Rapid transit activists demonstrate frustration with lack of progress
The Winnipeg Rapid Transit Coalition used musical theatre to demonstrate their frustration with the lack of progress on rapid transit in Winnipeg on Sept. 8….
Wiseguys closes its doors for good
The campus watering hole, Wiseguys, is no more, leaving many students without their favorite hangout. Wiseguys was closed after the holders of the lounge’s liquor…
Get off your dumb lazy butt
When I was asked by one of the editors of the Manitoban to write an article about how to motivate yourself and how you are…
Social networks hand over the microphone
What’s on your mind? This is the question phrased on the homepage of the micro-blogging, social networking giant Twitter.com. Users of the website, along with…
A first year’s guide to university according to George Roy
First-years, you’re not in high school anymore. University, as I’m sure you’ve been told, is much different than high school. Maybe you don’t believe it….
A Love Story
Once upon a time there was a shy second year student who was desperately trying to work up the courage to volunteer at her university’s…
Don’t let school stress interfere with your relationship
It’s said that for every hour in class there is up to three hours of studying and homework that needs to be done. For the…
The pseudo-science of seduction
Classes have been in session all summer but September is when things really start to heat up on campus. Thousands of new students reluctantly say…