An open letter to the people downstairs, who keep smoking pot and cigarettes in the house: Did you think I wouldn’t notice? Well, did you? The whole house smelled like weed and tobacco. It’s a duplex . . . that means that the two parts of our house are connected, in case you were too [...]
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The Students' Newspaper of the University of Manitoba
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Simply a good guy
Take it from a guy who served sandwiches at the Legislature; one of the candidates for premier is, quite simply, a good guy. Now that Gary Doer has stepped down as premier and the NDP are in the process of deciding who will become the next party leader I feel inclined to talk about my [...]
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Idiot or liar?
Our prime minister, the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, addressed the leaders of the 20 richest nations on earth in Pittsburg on September 25. Reuters reported that Steve boasted to the G20 that our great Dominion is “the envy of the world.” This shameless statement was made in regards to Canada’s handling of the global economic [...]
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The power of the dirty
When it comes to rich countries’ businesses infringing on developing countries’ rights in order to reach their self-interested and lucrative gains, there is a repetitive history of abuse. This could take the form of things such as exploitation of labor, modern slavery or simply giant corporations practicing extreme negligence towards humanity and the environment. Three [...]
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Flirting with equality
Every now and then I feel as if Prime Minister Stephen Harper is justified in allegedly maintaining a gag order or a tight leash on his Members of Parliament. The controversies and scandals surrounding the federal government’s funding of Toronto’s Gay Pride Week are making this one of those times. Since $400,000 in funding for [...]
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Could winter bring a tuition freeze?
For only the fourth time in the 40-year history of the New Democratic Party of Manitoba, members from across the province are actively engaged in the process of choosing a new leader. The question that is most important to students is not only “What can these leaders do for us?” but also “Will anything really [...]
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Education(al) matters
As a teacher-candidate who is seven months from graduating and entering what is currently a crowded profession, I spend much of my time resume-building, taking on projects and jobs which will hopefully set me apart from my peers as we enter a world that judges us on portfolios, resumes and interviews. To this end, I [...]
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The aligning of dead ducks
Tar-sands major player Syncrude plead “not guilty” in court last week to two charges laid after 1,600 migratory birds, mostly ducks, died horrible deaths in toxic tailing ponds in northern Alberta. The birds touched down in the ponds, created and maintained by Syncrude, in April 2008 on their annual migration north, and promptly ceased to [...]
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History as corrective
A compassionate person can certainly understand Fadi Ennab’s anger and frustration over the ongoing plight of innocent Palestinian civilians (“Israel: Beautiful country or apartheid colony,” Sept. 16) who are caught in a terribly inhumane situation. What we must remember however is that this situation was not created by Israel alone, but is the product of [...]