A robbery was committed at knifepoint on the night of Monday, Oct. 4 at the University of Manitoba’s Bannatyne campus. Terry Kolbuck, a spokesperson for the Winnipeg Police Service, confirmed that the robbery had occurred and that officers had been dispatched to the Bannatyne campus to investigate. The victim, a 20-year-old female student, was walking [...]
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Mayoral candidates discuss livelihood of human rights in Winnipeg
The University of Winnipeg played host to the mayoral candidates on Sept. 27, who met to engage in a dialogue about human rights. The forum, organised by the U of W Global College Student Advisory Council and University of Winnipeg Students’ Association (UWSA), was held to familiarize students with the mayoral candidates by providing them [...]
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UMSU disability website goes live
On Sept. 23, the doors opened to a new home for students living with disabilities on the World Wide Web, at umsudisability.ca. The new UMSU Disability website is the brainchild of Bryan Douglas, UMSU representative for students living with a disability, with the help life of Saffron Scott of Creastra Creative Marketing and Design. Douglas [...]
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UMSU votes to makeover awards roster
The campus isn’t the only thing receiving a radical makeover. The University of Manitoba Students’ Union awards are undergoing major changes, with a proposed increase of $4,000 for a total of $12,000 worth of awards. However, many students were unaware UMSU gave out such awards at all, and believe that bursaries and grants available to [...]
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Top Ford Engineer helps U of M students on hybrid car project
A top engineer at Ford, Paul Aldighieri, was on campus to help engineering students build hybrid hot rods. Aldighieri delivered a seminar at the University of Manitoba on Friday, Sept. 24, on the award winning technology he helped Ford develop, after which he was on hand to help students on the Formula Hybrid team of [...]