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Austere artistry
It’s a remarkable thing to witness a mayoral forum on arts funding devolve into musings about potholes.
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Beware of Upgrades Unknown
It’s that time of year again! The release of the new iPhone 6 has people clamoring to own the newest thing in technology. But with new technology comes new problems and pressure on people who want to keep their old devices.
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Winnipeg - a delight to discover
One time in my second year of undergraduate English Studies at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, I met a fellow student who had recently completed two terms as a visiting student at Concordia University in Montreal. What an interesting idea, I thought - a visiting student. Kind of like an exchange student, but the in-Canada version.
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You’re not your f-cking khakis
Like many students, I work at the mall. This means I spend what most might call an appalling amount of time there. My store also lacks a back room where employees can eat mall lunches consisting of mediocre pizza and fried rice among the stock boxes, so I spend more time than most watching people shop.
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Three cheers for the new RecPlex
Over the past decade, the University of Winnipeg campus has expanded considerably. The Richardson College, McFeetors Hall, the Buhler Centre, and the AnX are a few among many admirable additions to the campus. The newest addition, opened in September, is an indoor recreational facility called the UNITED Health and RecPlex.
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Planes, trains & automobiles
There are many ways to get around a country the size of Canada.
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Picking and choosing
I’m going to express an opinion that may be unpopular amongst many of my friends.
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Pack your books and your camera and go study abroad
The idea of studying abroad can seem very intimidating. Moving to a new country reminds me of the first day of kindergarten, where you are entering a new environment and you have no idea how you will react to it or how it will react to you.
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Anti-advice for a new university year
I’ve been asked to write some advice for you, the prototypically average first-year student, to help you succeed this school year. I have two disclaimers, so we can start this print-based relationship off right.
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Abstinence, creationism and the war on Christmas
For a few short days in an otherwise sleepy summer prior to this fall’s municipal and school board elections, prominent conservative youth activist and Riel School Division Ward 4 candidate Candace Maxymowich set the Winnipeg Twitter-verse afire, and in doing so, taught us a lesson in the importance of school board elections.
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A city divided
Understanding diversity and practising diversity are two very different things.
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And on that note…
As a musician, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about exactly what music is and what its purpose is.
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Selfie-love
The scene opens with a well-dressed man leaving his office. As he steps out onto the street, he encounters someone lying on the sidewalk, socked feet exposed to the winter elements.
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Lawn pesticide ban means cancer prevention
CancerCare has just launched an excellent campaign to help Manitobans reduce their cancer risks. The group’s recommendations – which include avoiding tobacco, eating plenty of fruits and vegetables, and doing regular exercise – will go a long way toward prevention of this awful disease.
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Living in the city together
Where is Winnipeg?
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Winnipeg, you have a driving problem
How did our streets succumb to potholes? How did we get here?
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Student Dispatch with Bilan Arte
As a second winter draws us in, it’s easy to forget that spring (better known as exam season) is just around the corner. But if your year has been anything like ours, the end of the year is arriving all too quickly.
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Hello, stranger
We’ve all had that uncomfortable bus experience when someone rather eccentric sits next to us and strikes up a one sided conversation. These are the moments in our day that many of us dread and try to avoid by keeping our dependable headphones on at all times. But have you ever wondered why this feeling of avoidance seems to overwhelm us in such situations? It appears to be a normal human reaction, but some people, myself included, believe that it is one we should fight. Brooklyn artist George Ferrandi spins this widespread view on human interactions in her ongoing project, It Felt Like I Knew You.
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Ukraine and the IMF’s empty money
The only thing that seems certain about the geopolitical scrum going on in Ukraine is that it will not end easily. The country is wedged between several imposing, flawed and inherently self-interested powers. The United States would like to hedge Russian hegemony, with the Republicans already latching onto the issue to push for a ramp-up in fracking – which would expand their export market, allowing them to fill Ukraine’s energy gap Russia’s Gazprom would leave behind.
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Why I didn’t vote in last week’s UWSA election
For as long as I can remember, politics has been important to me. It has been my hobby, my educational path and my career up to this point. I long relished the opportunity to mark an X by someone’s name and believe I made a difference. I was once the Chair of the Board of Directors at the University of Winnipeg Students’ Association (UWSA). I believed that a students’ association could make a significant difference at my university. I believed that my student leaders had my best interests at heart, and would act to change my campus for the better.