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…
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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…
Student-athletes and social media: How concerned should universities be with what athletes post online?
Social media and the sports world have endured a somewhat rocky co-existence, ever since phrases like “tweets” and “status updates” became socially accepted parts of…
Facebook photo draws criticism of newly elected UMSU president
A photo of recently elected University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) president Al Turnbull circulated on Facebook, drawing some criticism of the Fresh cabinet leader….
UMSU candidates answer questions at election forum
Students asked many questions during the 2013 UMSU Election forum, which took place at the Fireside Lounge in University Centre on Mar. 1. Members of…
Report from the U of M Senate
The University of Manitoba Senate met on Wednesday, Feb. 6 in the engineering building senate chambers to hear annual reports from Student Accessibility Services and…
The original Indigenous pop star
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union will be kicking off their 2013 Celebration Week on Jan. 28, spanning until Feb. 1. Celebration Week is basically…
Large majority of students say yes to U-Pass
The results of the U-Pass referendum have shown that a large majority of students have voted in favour of the U-Pass. The referendum was held…
Re: “We are more than the colour of our skin” by Spencer Fernando – November 7, 2012
I’d like respond to Spencer Fernando’s opinion piece, “Why we are more than the colour of our skin.” To be clear, I hadn’t heard about…
Campus news briefs
U-Pass referendum results show support for universal bus pass The counting of the UMSU U-Pass referendum took place on Nov. 16 and saw 73.82 per…