The Internet is constantly becoming more advanced, but is taken for granted as a passive tool for gathering information and being entertained. Social networking, one of the more actively engaging tools in use online today, is only a relatively recent development. It didn’t exist in the recent past, although it could have; its creation was [...]
The Manitoban
The Students' Newspaper of the University of Manitoba
Editorial section
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Would you kill your grandchildren for a boatload of oil?
This past December, our government met with other governments at the climate summit in Copenhagen to worry about what kind of a thing they will, or will not, do to reign in that rapscallion, troublemaker “environment” of ours. Since then, a hurricane of outrage and debate has flooded the media, so to speak. Much debate [...]
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What is real, anyway?
I just finished reading Jon Krakauer’s book Into the Wild. I know, I know, it’s been out for a while now, but as a student, I am more than a little behind on my recreational reading. And yes, I know the book has been made into a movie, but somewhat intentionally, I am even further [...]
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Canada’s sports culture and the rest of the world
From within the confines of an increasingly pluralistic society, it can oftentimes be difficult for countries like Canada to lay claim on any one particular activity, style or happening. However, as one of only a handful of things that stand alone, being distinctly Canadian, the game of hockey has come to embody and dominate our [...]
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Mental health and well-being
In many ways, this week’s feature on student health and well being is the most important project that I’ve ever had the privilege of being involved with. One of my goals entering this year as features editor was to use the section as a resource for the discussion of issues that shape and influence the [...]
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Body size, health and fatphobia
With the health-care reform debate gearing up in the states, there has been a great deal of controversy over the current system of health insurance. Last month, a four-month old baby in Denver was refused health insurance because he was considered too fat. Despite being breast-fed and healthy in all respects, Rocky Mountain Health Plans [...]
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Different day, different action
On Nov. 5, students and community members will rally at U of M, U of W and the legislature for the annual Students’ Day of Action. The Canadian Federation of Students-Manitoba and Make Poverty History Manitoba have teamed up, along with students and community members, including the University of Manitoba Students’ Union, to take a [...]
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Musical memory or rummy remembrance?
Is it possible for people to go two hours without drinking? I do not think so. I refuse to believe that people refrain from “pre-gaming” before going to Cineplex or that they do not slip a little rum into their $12 Pepsis before a film. I am fairly certain that parents at elementary school concerts [...]
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Sitting inches away from Dr. Norman Finkelstein
On Oct. 17, Dr. Norman G. Finkelstein, an advocate for human rights and peace in the Middle East, spoke at the Canadian Mennonite University. Finkelstein received his doctorate from Princeton University in 1988 and has lectured and taught about political theory and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He is currently traveling the world speaking at conferences and [...]
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The Ultimate Downer
On the morning of April 5, 1994, Jarrod woke up wide-eyed. Believing that he could fly, the teenager convinced his father to drive him and a hang glider to a barren country road. There, they tied a rope from the glider to the old family pick-up, and, in short order, Jarrod was launched into the [...]