The Manitoban

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• Ben Clarkson’s guide to the perfect C+ paper

  As an alumnus of the University of Manitoba and as a former resident of Tache Hall, I know a little something about under-achievement. The A+ paper is not the ambition of the student who sits pale-faced, terrified, while they looks at the deadline for the next paper on their crumpled syllabus. The ambition of writing [...]

• The Elusive A+

  I may be in my fourth year of an Honours degree in political studies but when it comes to paper writing season, like most of my peers, I become a complete mess of half-completed thought processes. I start off with very honourable intentions, allotting a decent amount of time per day to do research and [...]

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  Residence 101

  Have you ever wondered what life is like living on campus at the University of Manitoba? Sure you have! Whether it was waiting for a bus in the rain or trying to find somewhere to hang out during your three-hour break between classes, I’m sure you’ve thought, “Hey, it sure would be nice to live [...]

• The whole guide to education

  As the summer marches toward certain death, the university springs to life. This particular school year is in its infancy, but the minds of students have already served the majority of a life sentence within the education system. For many, their release is still so many years away it’s not even worth thinking about. We [...]

• Places to hit up on campus

  If all registered students were on site at the same time, the University of Manitoba’s Fort Garry campus would be the third most populous city in the province. For students new to the campus, just locating and keeping on top of all the things to see and do here can be hard. With this in [...]

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  Stressing the Importance of Getting Involved

  For roughly 3,000 of you, Sept. 10, 2009 will be remembered as a watershed moment in your life, a day when the training wheels of life were removed and the stakes were forever raised. There are some who view a child’s entrance into university as the culmination of a lifetime of big dreams and wisely [...]

• Letter from Your Student President

  Welcome to the University of Manitoba, If you’re arriving on campus for the first time, I hope you’re ready for some of the most memorable years of your life. If this fall marks your return to the U of M, I hope you’ve had a nice break and you’re ready to get things underway. UMSU [...]

• Department of science: yours to discover

  Few people can fully grasp the amount of work that is required to complete a B.Sc in anything under a decade. In addition to attending class everyday, most science students are resigned to spending their afternoons sitting in labs, performing thrilling titrations, or infecting unsuspecting bacteria with mutagenic viruses. With this heavy academic workload,I can [...]

• Navigating University Centre

  Navigating University Centre can be difficult for students, especially during the first few weeks in September. For anyone who has ever tried to find a room on the main floor of University Centre, this is not news. Although most offices do have a room number, sometimes they are not clearly visible, and there appears to [...]

• Three Weeks in China

  “There is some crazy shit going on here, no one is really telling me anything, I might not make it in to pick you up [in Beijing]. I need you to do everything you can to try and contact me and to check to see if my flight has made it in. If I’m not [...]