As a Conservative, I am often disappointed by some of the misconceptions about conservatism that exist on university campuses. I will take this opportunity to correct the record. The foundation of conservatism is a belief in individual freedom and personal responsibility. This means that your life is your own, that you do not belong to [...]
The Manitoban
The Students' Newspaper of the University of Manitoba
Editorial section
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Under the Norwalk
Depending on the source, somewhere close to one third of the 370 delegates at the 74th Canadian University Press conference fell ill with norovirus (or Norwalk) on Jan. 14 and 15. This is a retelling of the events leading up to that evening. Over the course of a couple days, wide-eyed university press representatives rolled [...]
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Improve your life one week at a time
Monday Every week starts on Monday, no exceptions. Juice, beans, rice, coffee, oatmeal and, finally, quail eggs with a sprinkle of paprika — breakfast of champions. If you don’t have enough time in your mornings for this well-rounded meal, try substituting with cold pizza or ice cream and Oreo bits for that added oomph you’re [...]
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No mo’? No problem!
No-shave November 2011, more commonly referred to as “Movember,” has finally concluded. As the visionary and captain of the Manitoban’s official Movember team, I would first off like to report on the success we had with the month-long campaign. Appropriately named ‘The Mo-nitoban,” our eight-member team made up of Manitoban staff raised a good chunk [...]
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Enough about Paterno
Unless you live underneath a rock, you’ve probably heard of the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) sex abuse scandal that has rocked the football-centric University. Thus far it has led to the end of football couch Joe Paterno’s 46 year long career and the firing of university president Graham Spanier. I’m not a follower of [...]
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Expletive! Expletive!
Had Winnipeg MP Pat Martin been a teenager being scolded for obscene language by a strict parent, he may have reverted to some well-known evasive terms in place of more offensive expletives. For instance, the politician could have expressed his outrage at the Conservative government as follows: “Dang nabbit! This is gosh darn poppycock . [...]
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Occupy’s tired detractors
Maybe you’ve read your fair share of Occupy Wall Street articles in the last seven weeks; strap in for another. Since its inception on September 17th in New York’s Zucotti Park, branches of the Occupy protests have sprung-up across the world in solidarity, many of which are ongoing (this includes Occupy Winnipeg). The movement has [...]
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The price of openness
Unlike mainstream media, the Manitoban does not endorse political candidates, parties or movements. We are a free and open medium for the expression of any and all ideas — so long as they are not racist, homophobic or sexist. We are not left wing or right wing; Conservative or NDP; Republican or Democrat. If you [...]
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With great companionship . . .
The holiday season is approaching — fast. I was walking to my neighbourhood drugstore last week and much to my surprise there was a Christmas tree display in the window. And Halloween was still a few days away at that point! Sigh. I later Googled “How many days until Christmas?” — only 55 days away [...]
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Exotic animals
Last week the state of Ohio made international headlines when Terry Thompson took his life after setting loose dozens of exotic animals including tigers, lions, bears and primates — the majority of which were killed rather than captured. It was unfortunate that these beautiful creatures had to be killed, but I side with the officers [...]