• Asper students hit streets for five nights in attempt to raise awareness about homelessness

    Miguel Yetman | Mar 20

    On March 14, five students from the University of Manitoba’s Asper School of Business will be sleeping outside for five days in an attempt to raise awareness of homelessness.

  • I will survive

    Sarah Petz | Mar 3

    I was at a student journalism conference this past January entitled “Natural Selection” —not exactly cheery or inviting to someone aspiring to journalism as a career. Without poking too much fun at the organizers (please don’t not hire me someday), when I first heard it, I envisioned reporters decked in blazers and suspenders holding hand-to-hand combat tournaments hosted by CanWest or CTVglobemedia, but I’ll assure you, no Mortal Kombat–style fighting took place. Still, I don’t think anyone left that conference without being a little nervous. Being a reporter has never been a walk in the park (if you want that, go be a doctor or a lawyer), but it is undeniable that journalism is changing, and this means just as...