Refuting the ‘silent majority’
The true absurdity worthy of note in Ethan Cabel’s article “U of M budget woes a function of weak provincial leadership,” published in the Apr….
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Tuition increases asymmetrical burden on international students
There is nothing but shock, resentment, and grave disappointment from international students regarding the budget released by the University of Manitoba administration in May. Depending…
University of Manitoba to undergo transformation under campus development plan
The University of Manitoba has long been known as a ghost town over the summer months and on holidays. That will soon be changing, pending…
University of Manitoba approves 2015-16 budget
The University of Manitoba’s Board of Governors approved the university’s 2015-16 budget last month, raising the ire of international students forced to cough up…
Re: Canadian Association of University Teachers report on economics department
Letters published in the Manitoban are edited for spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Views expressed in the letters are those of the authors and do not…
Targeting racial oppression on campus
Following Nancy Macdonald’s Jan. 22, 2015 Maclean’s article denouncing Winnipeg as “where Canada’s racism problem is at its worst,” there was much uproar around the…
UMSU needs a strategic plan
What will the University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) look like in 10 years? Five years? Next year? We don’t know because UMSU has no…
U of M budget woes a function of weak provincial leadership
The modern student movement, namely the Canadian Federation of Students and their ilk, has accomplished something that is at once absurd and increasingly detrimental: they…
Campus bar cannot make ends meet
The Hub, the campus bar run by the University of Manitoba Students’ Union, will be closed over the summer months this year after failing to…
Economics professors speak out against CAUT report
Weeks after the Canadian Association of University Teachers renewed its call for the effective dismissal of the head of the department of economics, many faculty…