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Come, let’s talk

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Jaron Rykiss
Throughout the past several years, UMSU has been criticized for not listening to students. When I ran to become UMSU president, I heard these concerns and wanted to do better, but I knew finding a solution...
Dallin Chicoine
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The joy of Chrismukkah

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Sarah Cohen
Chrismukkah. The intersection of Christmas and Hanukkah. Few people get more than one aspect of the holiday season. I am one of them. As a Jew, my family celebrates Hanukkah every year. The celebration of lights! Commemorating...
Dallin Chicoine
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‘Going woke’? Or just not straight and white?

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Braden Bristow
I recently saw Disney’s Strange World in theatres. After watching the movie, I went to Twitter to see what others were saying, and whether my opinions on the movie made me some kind of social outcast....
Jenna Solomon
Research & Technology

To space and beyond

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Elah Ajene
From childhood, Philip Ferguson aspired to be an astronaut.  “I loved things that fly,” he reminisced. “I loved things that go into space, and so I was fascinated at the technology that’s required to put...
Ebunoluwa Akinbo
Research & Technology

U of M’s new vice-president research and international

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Robert Moshe Thompson
The word “polymathy” was first used in the title of a work in 1603 by philosopher Joannes Wower. It refers to encyclopedic knowledge that encompasses many fields.   A person who has such knowledge is known...
Faith Peters
Editorial

This is the virtual bad place

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Grace Anne Paizen
When Elon Musk purchased Twitter this year for US$44 billion, the ship-jumping began, with many Twitter users urging others to switch platforms. What is perhaps being reached for, yet overlooked, in Musk’s disastrous takeover of the social...
Jenna Solomon
News

U of M student groups hosting holiday-themed events

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Matthew Merkel
University of Manitoba student groups are hosting holiday-themed events in December. On Dec. 2, the U of M Photography Club held a Christmas photo shoot in University Centre. Earlier this month, UMSU held a couple of...
Dallin Chicoine