5 Days for the Homeless is a tone-deaf spectacle that misses the point
Last week, from March 8 to 12, a group of students camped outside of UMSU University Centre to raise funds as part of a national campaign called 5 Days for the Homeless.
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U of M’s viral response reveals reactionaries in charge
With the COVID-19 virus changing life more every day, society looks to our leaders to find our individual ways forward through the pandemic. With Parliament…
Classes cancelled Monday, Tuesday
Classes at the U of M have been cancelled Monday and Tuesday next week and beginning Wednesday there will be nearly no in-person instruction. The…
Questioning the longevity of our spaces
Jae-Sung Chon is a designer, curator and educator in the U of M’s faculty of architecture. Originally from South Korea, he came to Canada to…
Storyteller by trade joins campus community
Calling all aspiring writers and struggling artists: did you know the U of M has someone whose job is to consult and guide you in…
‘American Psycho’ meets an English classic
How do you perform a classic? Do you focus on perfecting the form or do you deliver a new interpretation of the piece? The U…
Jiving and swinging into the roaring ’20s with UMSwing
Welcome to the ’20s everyone. While war, violence and environmental collapse seem to encroach more and more each day, maybe there are some trappings of…
Private funding of public universities like the U of M is unsustainable
Private funding like U of M’s Front and Centre campaign reveal the limitations of private investment in public education.
School food programs needed in an equitable society
Canada is facing a huge crisis when it comes to early-education learning. As of 2017, nearly 10 per cent of children in Canada lived below the poverty line.
Building student community through anime
From live-action remakes, to streaming services like Crunchyroll and old-fashioned bootlegs, anime’s continually growing influence on pop culture makes the case that Japanese animation is…