Summer Session registration fast approaching
With the end of the school year in sight, students are already making plans for the summer. For those who are looking to spend some…
News
U of M Engineering student publication causes stir with Valentine’s Day issue
An engineering students’ publication at the University of Manitoba has caused a stir this past week with its recent Valentine’s Day issue, being called raunchy,…
Research funding may not sustain universities’ research
While provincial funding for research at the University of Manitoba has increased over the past five-years, the level of funding the university receives may not…
U of M Aboriginal community outraged by racist classified ad
Aboriginal students at the University of Manitoba are outraged over an online classified ad offering free “extraction” and “relocation” of Aboriginal youth from within city…
2010 UMSU general election results
Unofficial, partial results: 2374 ballots were cast — just over 10 per cent of eligible voters at U of M 309 were international students 1586…
UMSU elections Facebook-free
This year, the supplementary rules for the upcoming University of Manitoba Students Union (UMSU) election campaigns bans candidates from using Facebook.com to gain support for…
Science opinions
If you’ve been keeping up with news from Afghanistan in recent years you’ll know that a significant problem for NATO governments is the rapid growth…
Dr. Know
About time you monkeys showed up — it’s been almost a month since your last genetics lesson, and I was worried you might’ve developed a…
The age of things
Just over 200 years ago, the prevailing belief popularized by religious mythology was that the planet earth had been around for just some 10,000 years….
Jesus lizard (and shark, and bird . . . )
Sexual reproduction is a wonderful thing — scientifically speaking, of course. Through the combining of genetic material two individuals create a genetic offspring that is…