The Hub finally open
After a long wait and much anticipation The Hub Campus Pub finally opened its doors to the public on Thursday, May 24. The opening of The Hub has been long expected by students as, according to the...
View ArticleManitoba tuition bill passes despite opposition
Bill 2, named “Protecting Affordability for University Students,” was discussed in a Human Resources Committee meeting on June 6 and resulted in no changes to the legislation, despite opposition from...
View ArticleU of M remembers Bill Norrie
Bill Norrie, former mayor and chancellor of the U of M, passed away July 6 at age 83. Norrie died in hospital at approximately 12:30 a.m. due to respiratory failure. Norrie was born in St. Boniface in...
View ArticlePoliticked off? Don’t vote
“Everything that can be said about the suffrage may be summed up in a sentence. To vote is to give up your own power.” -Élisée Reclus It seems that many Canadians have their knickers in a twist...
View ArticleGallery of Student Art hit hard by cutbacks
Artists and students (financially burdened or otherwise) are among those most impacted by the UMSU executive’s decisions to cut financial support for the Gallery of Student Art and other UMSU student...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor
As a former vice-president student services and member of the Board of Trustees, I would like to provide some background information about UMSU’s endowment fund. The endowment fund is a separately...
View ArticleSay ‘yay’ or ‘nay’ to U-Pass
University students are urgently invited to participate in the democratic electoral process by registering sides, campaigning, and voting for or against the universal bus pass (U-Pass), which permits...
View Article#NoMoreBlurredLines posters vandalized
Trigger warning: rape. Newly posted #NoMoreBlurredLines campaign posters with the message “Gum is something you ask for, sexual assault is not,” intended to engage students at the University of...
View ArticleWinnipeg under new management, Bowman in the hot seat
Winnipeg is under new management, and citizens, along with University of Manitoba students, can expect big changes over the next four years. That is the message of mayor-elect Brian Bowman, the...
View ArticleThe future of U-Pass, public transportation on campus
In light of the upcoming referendum in which students will vote to determine the outcome of the universal transit pass (U-Pass), the U-Pass referendum forum was held to shed some light on the evidence...
View ArticleU-Pass passed in Winnipeg
The final results of the referendum officially confirmed that Winnipeg students approve the universal transit pass (U-Pass) program. The majority vote by the University of Manitoba Students’ Union...
View ArticleGoSA still swinging, faces challenges at University of Manitoba
The Gallery of Student Art (GoSA) at the University of Manitoba has reopened after a temporary closure. Fine arts students and other students in arts-related faculties claim that the gallery will have...
View ArticleSelinger, former ministers cause a ruckus in the caucus
Manitoba’s New Democratic Party (NDP) caucus underwent several major alterations this month, including a change in the minister of education and advanced learning, predicated by the resignation of five...
View ArticleManitoba government to eliminate interest on student loans
Last Thursday the reigning provincial New Democratic Party (NDP) government announced that the government would move to eliminate interest rates on all provincial government-issued post-secondary...
View ArticleUMSU neutrality sparks student criticism
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union has said that it will not condemn impending budget cuts at the University of Manitoba, sparking criticism from students who claim that the union is not doing...
View ArticleSexual assault maps
Last week, two posters featuring hashtags such as #BeenRapedNeverReported along with maps—one of the University of Manitoba’s Fort Garry campus and the other of the Exchange District—were posted next...
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