Security services faced with possibility of a lockout
After being in negotiations with the university over their collective agreement since August 2009, University of Manitoba Security Services (UMSS) employees may be faced with…
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Some nursing students left without classes needed to graduate
Up to 50 fourth-year nursing students will not be able to graduate on time due to a new class size cap imposed by the faculty. …
Adventures in close-to-campus wining and dining
Although I now share a cozy apartment just off Corydon with two roommates, I have spent the majority of my three years in Winnipeg living…
Degrees, UMFM, UMSU Vision under construction
While the second renovation to the Degrees restaurant over the past two years is currently underway, the UMFM station is also getting its first facelift…
Some students dissatisfied with security on campus
Some staff and students at the University of Manitoba feel “perfectly” safe on campus while others feel that more should be done to keep individuals…
Local News Briefs
Governor General in attendance at last day of Truth and Reconciliation commission On the fourth and final day of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission event…
International briefs
Waterloo suspends football program for one year Following the biggest steroid investigation in Canadian university history, the University of Waterloo has put its football team…
Construction underway on various projects throughout the U of M
The University of Manitoba continues to be booming with construction on several projects that are expected to rejuvenate the Fort Garry campus. The $150 million…
Keeping with how stories work
Writer Thomas King once said “the truth about stories is that that’s all we are,” and literally, that’s true. Human culture exists only because of…
Practice makes perfect
In the 1960s, research by Endel Tulving demonstrated that, as with studying, being tested on material is not a neutral process but rather a beneficial…