From University Centre to your plate
It is an exciting time for local food crop farmers and garden owners. Harvest season has arrived and farmers’ markets are flourishing with fresh produce…
Degrees
‘World-class’ is going a bit far
In a full-page trumpeting of the University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) executive’s accomplishments, UMSU president Jeremiah Kopp refers to the renovations begun and planned to the hallway on the third floor of University Centre as a “marquee, $1.4-million, world-class capital project.”
That’s the kind of hyperbole (some might call it bullshit) that makes me blush, and then write an article about it.
Your UMSU businesses
As a new semester gets underway, University Centre is a hub of activity. There are tables for student groups and companies trying to recruit new…
Business booming for Degrees and the Hub
Business is flourishing at the University of Manitoba campus restaurants. According to recent financial reports, the monthly profits of Degrees and the Hub are higher…
Fair Trade Challenge launches on Halloween
Beginning on Halloween, the Manitoba Council for International Cooperation (MCIC) is proposing a challenge: purchase fair trade coffee, tea, and chocolate as much as you…
Food on Campus: Yum Yummm
Best soup Armark provides the best soup variety at their locations around campus (off the top of my head, the soup place in University Centre,…
International news briefs
Students distressed by NYPD surveillance Students at Columbia University, New York, are upset by under cover surveillance the New York City Police Department has been…
International news briefs
Over 500 unearned degrees; Oxford tries to keep 75 job; Slow start to Cairo University strike
No more food for beer!
Degrees’ is currently going through the process of applying for a cocktail lounge licence so students will be able to purchase liquor without food. University…
Letters to the Editor
RE: What Is UMSU Smoking? (Oct. 13, 2010) I would like to applaud Spencer Fernando for his article in last week’s edition of the Manitoban….