UMSU hosts semi-annual general meeting
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) hosted its semi-annual general meeting at the university’s Bannatyne campus last week. The event took place Nov. 17…
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Manitoba government to eliminate interest on student loans
Last Thursday the reigning provincial New Democratic Party (NDP) government announced that the government would move to eliminate interest rates on all provincial government-issued post-secondary…
Selinger, former ministers cause a ruckus in the caucus
Manitoba’s New Democratic Party (NDP) caucus underwent several major alterations this month, including a change in the minister of education and advanced learning, predicated by…
Budget cuts proposed, University of Manitoba prepares
The Manitoban broke this story last Friday Nov. 14 and will continue to update over the course of development. The University of Manitoba administration has instructed…
The facade of neutrality
In an article in the Nov. 12 issue of the Manitoban, “UMSU Gets it Right With Political Neutrality”, Ethan Cabel asserts that political action has…
re: UMSU political neutrality
While there are many qualms that I would raise with Ethan Cabel’s recent article around the perceived political neutrality of student unions, I would first…
Budget cuts coming to University of Manitoba
The University of Manitoba administration has instructed faculties and other non-academic units to prepare for budget cuts of between three and four per cent for…
UMSU gets it right with political neutrality
At a time when more and more Canadians are attending university at different stages in their lives and for vastly different reasons, the idea of…
GoSA still swinging, faces challenges at University of Manitoba
The Gallery of Student Art (GoSA) at the University of Manitoba has reopened after a temporary closure. Fine arts students and other students in arts-related…
Let’s chalk about ‘No Means No’
Last Thursday, Oct. 30 University of Manitoba students used chalk to write messages about consent and rape culture in front of University Centre as part…