BoG notes
The University of Manitoba Board of Governors met on March 15. Peter George, president and chief operating officer of McKim Cringan George, a full service…
March 2011
Pesticide use to begin on campus
A public notice was issued regarding upcoming potential pesticide use on campus on March 1, with the program expected to run until Dec. 31, 2011….
No aboriginal rep on 2011 UMSU election ballot
Despite an extension of the nomination period, the 2011 UMSU general election, which was held between March 9 and 11, went ahead without an aboriginal…
News Briefs
City of Winnipeg workers vote on new contract A Winnipeg branch of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) is prepared to cast their vote on…
Gifts from the heart
every winter, i hear a lot of grumbling about how Christmas has been commercialized. “Gifts should be from the heart,” people say. “Not big box…
International News Briefs
Students call for elected administrators Students at Cairo University held a demonstration outside the office of its president to demand that elected administrators replace the…
Campus Beat
RPM celebrates LGBTT* Awareness Week The Rainbow Pride Mosaic (RPM) at the University of Manitoba is hosting LGBTT* Awareness Week between March 21 and 25…
New residence nears completion
Residence students will have a new home at the University of Manitoba, as the construction of new Pembina Hall residence, which is slated to replace…
Two former U of M students wanted on terrorism charges
Two former U of M students are wanted for charges related to terrorism, the Manitoba RCMP announced at a press conference this morning. Warrants has…
Rats & lizards
I spent the Sunday previous, as I’m sure many of you did, watching videos on fractal shapes, the creation of non-Euclidean planes from both beads…