Senate scrutinizes International College of Manitoba at monthly meeting
The U of M senate convened last week for its monthly meeting, where the International College of Manitoba (ICM) presented its annual report on college…
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A student’s guide to personal finance
When you’re drowning in textbooks and preoccupied with new ideas, new classes, and new friends, financial planning is probably the last thing on your mind….
Ally training offered at the U of M
Last week, the University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU), the UMSU Womyn’s Centre, and the Rainbow Pride Mosaic (RPM) jointly organized and held part one…
Campus news briefs
Classes resume; nature unmerciful The 2014 Winter Term began on Jan. 6 for most U of M faculties, following the second coldest Winnipeg December in…
All this machinery, making modern music
Örjan Sandred is a professor of composition at the University of Manitoba’s Marcel A. Desautels faculty of music. His music involves the use of computers,…
Solitary confinement: a phenomenological perspective
Lisa Guenther, Vanderbilt University associate professor and former Winnipegger, was in town last week to discuss solitary confinement – an issue touching on notions of…
United Nations director discusses international human rights with faculty of law
The faculty of law at the University of Manitoba welcomed Marcia Kran to the school’s Fort Garry campus last week, where she gave a lecture…
‘Give it time’
What do you expect from an artist who has lived almost one century? If that artist is 90-year-old Eli Bornstein, expect something magnificent. Curator Oliver…
Talking business with Jeremy Bloom
Last Thursday marked the beginning of a busy few days for the University of Manitoba’s Asper school of business. That evening, students and guests from…
News briefs
Rob Ford wants video released Toronto Mayor Rob Ford recently asked that Toronto police make public a video that allegedly shows him using crack cocaine….