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Corey Mackenzie, a clin ical psychology professor at the U of M, said that this year’s student body may feel more stress when attending classes than students in pre vious years. He said some stu dents will be anxious to enter large lecture halls for the first time in two years, while many first and second-year students will have the added stress of entering a university class room for the first time. Additionally, uncertainty over how exactly a return to in-person learning will look like could lead to students dealing with their stress in dif ferentRiskyways.substance use and excessive consumption of negative content through social media, also known as “doom scrolling,” are unhealthy, short-term tactics that Mackenzie said people adopt to suppress and dis tract themselves from stress.
Mental health on the minds of many
Matthew Merkel, staff T he University of Mani toba will see a full return to in-person learning this fall after the COVID-19 pandemic closed campus doors, forcing students into online learning. During this two year period, Canadians’ mental health suf feredAccordinggreatly. to Statistics Can ada, reports of high self-rated mental health (excellent men tal health) from Canadians aged 12 and older decreased from 64 per cent to 58 per cent. People aged 18 to 34 reported the lowest levels among all age groups with only 51 per cent. Statistics also showed that screen time and cannabis con sumption increased.
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He explained that being more open to those emotions, as well as having self-compas sion and not being overly critical of oneself are health ier coping mechanisms. “It’s going to be stressful, it’s going to be anxiety provok ing, and that’s okay,” Macken zieInsaid.the classroom, Macken zie said that he expects learn ing outcomes to vary for each person. He noted that chronic levels of stress may affect stu dents’ sleep and memory, and that a dip in grades may be a sign that a student is not handling stress posi onlyaretively.Studentsnotthepeople to experience stress and anxiety. Macken zie pointed out that everyone across the U of M commun ity, including faculty mem bers and administration, live with mental health challen ges. He noted five attributes he thinks are important to having “good” mental health. “Good mental health looks like something that’s some times referred to as cognitive flexibility,” Mackenzie said. “One is opening up to dif ficult emotions that arrive. A second one is unhooking from challenging thoughts that people tend to get hooked by and struggle with. A third one is staying present and mindful. A fourth one has to do with keeping our values in mind, like what is it that’s important in our lives? What is it that we value? Then the fifth one is behaving in align ment with those values.”
Tips and resources Associate professor and dir ector of the Student Counsel ling Centre (SCC) David Ness shared advice similar to that of Mackenzie. He said that it is very common for stu dents to avoid or ignore their own mental health issues like social anxiety, which in turn worsens them. Instead, Ness recommended that students gradually learn to become more understanding of their ownNesstriggers.also encouraged stu dents to help one another. He said that if someone notices a negative change in a friend or classmate, they should approach them in a safe place and mention the signs of con cern they noticed as their reason for asking about the other person’s wellbeing. He advised students to approach each other with kindness, and to respect one another’s boundaries.“Sometimes all someone needs to do is talk to a friend and they’re fine, other times you might need a profession al’s help,” Ness said. “There’s no way to know that until you hear what’s going on for the person.” Ness highly recommends
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a number of mental health resources that are free for stu dents.The SCC holds single per son sessions and group work shops on campus. Student Services at Bannatyne cam pus (SSBC) offers individual, relationship and family coun selling. The Indigenous Stu dent Centre also offers stu dent counselling. The Psycho logical Services Centre (PSC), a training hub for clinical psychology students, usually accepts patients for psycho logical assess ment rangealsoSpiritualandSeptemberapypsychotherandbetweenApril.Careoffersaofservi ces for people of different backgrounds, religions and denominations.Psychology department head Dan Bailis is optimis tic that the return to in-per son learning will have positive ramifications for students. He is confident that all members of the U of M will feel much more integrated, even if a return brings on new anxieties and“Itstressors.isreally important to be learning in a community,” Bailis“Theresaid.aren’t any theories out there that don’t include community as one of those basic needs, and we’ve been without it. I think that having that restored is going to make the whole thing feel whole again.” news@themanitoban.com
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— Corey Mackenzie, U of M clinical psychology professor
T here are a lot of events and deadlines for students throughout the school year. During the past two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, schedule changes have been a constant.
What’s going on in 2022-23
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Academic and social events scheduled throughout the year
On Oct. 19 and 20, convoca tion ceremonies for students graduating in fall 2022 will take place at the U of M’s Fort Garry campus, and on Oct. 27, ceremonies will be held at the Bannatyne campus. Most undergraduate stu dents who plan to graduate in February must apply for graduation online by Sept. 21. Faculty of graduate studies students must apply by Jan. 4. Students will officially gradu ate on Feb. 1, but graduates will have their convocation ceremonies at the Fort Garry campus from June 1 to 2 and June 5 to 6. The spring graduation application deadline for most undergraduate students is Jan. 23, and March 30 for fac ulty of graduate studies stu dents.Agriculture diploma convo cation will take place May 12. Spring graduation ceremonies at Bannatyne campus will take place May 18, while Fort Garry campus spring graduates will have their convocation cere mony June 1 to 2 and 5 to 6. Convocation ceremonies for Université de Saint-Boniface students will be on June 12. The annualMaywillousouringpowgraduationtraditionalwowhonIndigengraduatesbeheldon6.
After holding orientation and welcoming events pri marily online this past year due to COVID-19, UMSU vice president community engage ment Elishia Ratel said that the majority of UMSU pro gramming will once again be heldUMSUin-person.ishosting a couple of events early in the year that Ratel hopes will bring together the student body. Formerly known as Frosh, Bison Bash will feature activ ities and events throughout the week of Sept. 12 to 17, cul minating with a concert at the Burton Cummings Theatre on the final night. From Sept. 19 to 23, UMSU will showcase resources avail able to students on the Duck worth Quad. Student clubs and associ ations will also be tabling at the event to studentinformationprovideongov ernance and the community building opportunities within eachKeepgroup.an eye out on social media for other student groups’ events this fall. Although no dates have been released, Ratel said UMSU will be announcing events and townhalls through out the year that will centre around campaigns intended to cater toward student issues such as mental health, healthy sexuality, sustainability and international student health care.Encouraged by the number of people on campus this sum mer, Ratel is confident that student participation num bers at events will be high.
“It’s going to be a big time of learning and exploring for almost everybody who sets foot on campus,” she said.
“I just really hope that students are as excited to come back as we are excited to see them” — Laurie Schnarr, U of M vice provost (students) “It’s going to be a big time of learning and exploring for almost everybody who sets foot on campus” — Elishia Ratel, UMSU vice president community engagement
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“Being able to see people and say hello and interact has been a really, really good experience.” news@themanitoban.com
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U of M vice-provost (stu dents) Laurie Schnarr is hoping that this year there will be no interruptions to the academic calendar. She is confident that the U of M will be able to adjust on the fly and handle any potential disrup tions to the schedule. “I just really hope that stu dents are as excited to come back as we are excited to see them, and to feel that energy on campus again,” she said. “We’ve really been doing a lot of work to prepare for fall 2022, and I’m just really look ing forward to seeing stu dents, and hoping we have lots of opportunities for them to connect and to have a really great experience here.” The 2022-23 University of Manitoba academic calen dar outlines some of the most notable dates for students during the year. Fall and semesterswinter Fall term begins on Sept. 7 and ends on Dec. 12. The winter term runs from Jan. 9 to April 12. The last day to drop a course and have it excluded from your transcript is Sept. 20 for fall term and fall/ winter term part A courses, while the date for fall/winter term part B, winter term and winter/summer term courses is Jan. 20. No refunds will be issued for courses dropped after these dates, and a vol untary withdrawal (VW) will be recorded on students’ tran scripts if they drop a fall/win ter term part B course after Sept.The21.VW date, the last day to withdraw from a course without being given a final grade, is Nov. 22 for fall term classes, Jan. 20 for fall/win ter term classes, March 22 for winter term classes and May 11 for winter/summer term courses. Students will not be able to drop out of courses after their respective VW term.forpaidandareforFeedates.paymentsthefalltermdueOct.5,mustbebyFeb.7thewinterStudentswho have any unpaid fees after these dates will receive a financial pen alty.The U of M will close its doors Friday, Nov. 11 for Remembrance Day after the fall term break, which runs from Nov. 7 to 10. Monday, Feb. 20, the university will also be closed for Louis Riel Day, with the winter term break follow ing the holiday from Feb. 21 to 24.The fall term exam period is Dec. 13 to 23, while winter exams will be held from April 14 to 28.
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Ivan Nuñez Gamez, staff A we return to class rooms, plenty of stu dents are set to encounter dis tinct challenges that distance learning prolonged. Not only will some students be forced to endure social anxiety as we swiftly transition to in-person learning, but period poverty — the lack of of freely avail able menstrual products — remains an unaddressed issue affecting diverse commun ities within the student body and across Canada. UMSU women’s representa tive Christine Yasay, who pre viously served as co-president of the UMSU Women’s Cen tre, acknowledged that due to online learning this past year, period poverty was not rec ognized as a university-wide issue.Coming into her role as advocate for the women’s community on the UMSU board of directors, Yasay is pri oritizing the fight against per iod poverty while recogniz ing that “menstruation stops a lot of women from pursuing the activities that they want to do if the products are not pro videdWhilefor.”the University of Manitoba lagged behind in tackling period poverty during the COVID-19 pan demic, fellow Canadian universities lost no time. Since 2019, the University of British Columbia has pro vided free menstrual prod ucts through over 300 dispen sers across campus, further expanding access by the end of Furthermore,2020. the Univer sity of Ottawa implemented the Period Project — a pilotstage, student-led initiative that sought to install per iod product dispensers in frequently used washrooms acrossYasaycampus.voiced her frustra tion with the U of M adminis tration’s inaction while shar ing her sense of responsibility to advocate for the cause. From meeting with the vice-provost (students) Lau rie Schnarr to engaging in meaningful dialogue with Members of the Legislative Assembly, Yasay and UMSU’s vice president advocacy Vic toria Romero have pushed for the establishment of free and widely accessible period prod ucts on Earliercampus.thisyear, the Mani toba NDP introduced a bill to amend the Public Schools Act which required that men strual products be available to students free of charge. Though the bill success fully passed in the legislative assembly — effectively arran ging for the distribution of free period products across public schools in the province — post-secondary institutions in Manitoba have been left to tackle period poverty without support from the provincial government.Duringour conversation Yasay highlighted that period products do not come without a high price tag, yet she did not seem discouraged by this. She said that she has been actively trying to contact the university’s period product plant while also looking for sustainable options to avoid contributing to the imminent threat non-degradable waste poses to our planet.
From breaking the stigma that periods are unsanitary or shameful to ending the mis conception that only women menstruate, Yasay plans on collaborating with student leaders to get the message out among the student body.
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“I would just encourage people to get involved,” she said.“There’s a lot of issues that we need a lot of people to back us up.”
For Yasay, the fight against period poverty is personal as well as Endometriosispolitical. and other menstrual issues are preva lent within her family, and have made her realize how many barriers are in place when there is no adequate support.“[Aperiod issue] stops you from doing the things that you want to do. Sometimes you have to take days off and it’s very inconvenient for your job, as a student, our council roles, and it’s not something that we chose, it’s just how our anatomy works.” news@themanitoban.com graphic / ChicoineDallin / staff
Nearly 169,000 study permits awaiting approval
Study permit backlog delays international students
“We are being treated as second class citizens. We are not even being given the same rights, and we are being charged more for everything.” IRCC is looking to hire 1,250 new employees by the end of fall to deal with the back log and will begin providing monthly updates on the num ber of applications delayed, as well as their progress in approving them. news@themanitoban.com
A new website hosted by the Manitoba Indus try-Academia Partnership (MI-AP) as part of the Mani toba Collaborative Indigenous Education Blueprint (MCIEB) will make it easier for Indigen ous post-secondary students to find and access resources to assist them with their studies.
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Colton McKillop, staff S ome international stu dents may have to delay their post-secondary studies as Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) faces a backlog of study per mits.Almost 169,000 study per mits are awaiting approval from IRCC as of Aug. 15, although it is unknown how many applicants were sched uled to begin classes this semester.Thegovernment said that travel restrictions imple mented during the COVID-19 pandemic and updates to out dated technology have cre ated the delays, along with an unprecedented number of applications. They also named the war in Ukraine as a contributing factor. Kunal Rajpal, international community representative for the University of Mani toba Students’ Union (UMSU), said the pandemic “delayed everything.”“Foralong period of time government wasn’t able to process any sort of applica tion, whether it be for study permit extensions or visas,” heOttawasaid. has promised to concentrate on approving study permits after spending the summer focused on pro cessing work permits to com bat the labour shortage. Rajpal said the government “hasn’t communicated well enough or clearly enough” what its next steps are. “They have a work permit backlog, there’s a study per mit backlog and government keeps making promises that they’re not fulfilling,” he said.
— Kunal Rajpal, UMSU international community representative news@themanitoban.com
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Website helps Indigenous students search for supports
Horizon is a searchable database of supports available to Indigenous students that includes academic, financial, housing and transportation services.Denise Tardiff, the manager of the MCIEB, said the inspira tion for Horizon was the frus tration students encountered when trying to find resources or supports for their post-sec ondary“Often,education.thewords that you might choose to Google won’t necessarily yield the results that you’re looking for,” she said.“You could go on a govern ment site and find what the department of education had for supports and services, or you could go to industry and the Business Council of Mani toba and if you were on their website you might discover that they have an Indigenous awards program, but there wasn’t a consolidated list or place to look. So, that was why Horizon was born.” MCIEB is an initiative aim ing to increase access to edu cation for Indigenous stu dents within the province, and to include Indigenous material in education at all levels.“The Manitoba Collabora tive Indigenous Education Blueprint is essentially a sig natory document that has ten commitments, which were based on the TRC’s calls to action as they relate to educa tion,” Tardiff Manitoba’ssaid. universities and colleges signed onto the MCIEB in 2015. Tardiff said that every thing on the new site has been “painstakingly tagged” to indicate what need a specific listed resource might address. “As long as they can identify the need that they have, they can search the database that way and it will bring up from across the province, no matter what the source, it will bring up the service that is appro priate for them,” she said. Tardiff pointed out that many non-urban Indigenous students leave behind their communities, families and support systems to come to university.“Without some of those safety nets that urban stu dents might be more likely to have, that just compounds the difficulty that they face,” she said.“They wind up dealing with just a lot of logistics and bureaucracy instead of being able to use their energy to con centrate on their program of study and their academics.” She hopes the website will “That’s quite a big bar rier now that everything is all online, so this I hope serves to even things up in that way.” be useful for Indigenous stu dents in remote and north ern communities who may not have “experience navigat ing large organizations and institutions” due to unreliable internet access. “I would say that being able to do good research and source out those needed sup ports is actually a skill,” she explained.
He said that he was able to get his study permit, but that some of his friends have been affected by the backlog. The U of M has advised international students that these delays may prevent them from starting school this semester, forcing many to defer to winter term or reap ply next year.
“There’s a study permit backlog and government keeps making promises that they’re not fulfilling”
The government has pro cessed roughly 360,000 study permits this year, an increase of 17 per cent over the 306,000 processed in the same time frame in 2021. 20 per cent of University of Manitoba students are inter national students and they pay triple the tuition of Cana dian“Theystudents. are using international students as cash cows to funnel money into their economies,” Rajpal said. “It makes us feel exactly like that, as cash cows, which is really unfair,” he explained.
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Horizon provides searchable database of resources
Rajpal said the university “hasn’t been able to do any thing solid for students who are affected by this shortage,” and that many students are switching to online learning because of IRCC’s delay. IRCC predicts that wait times will lessen within the next few months, and that work and study permits will be processed at normal speeds by the end of the year.
bigger focus always has to be, ‘how do we reduce the impact when those cases show up?’,” Kindrachuk continued. “In particular within the communities being affected, how do we get vaccines, mes saging and recommendations out to those communities in a respectful and transparent manner.”Canadian universities and health authorities are becom ing more proactive in mini mizing the risks of infec tion on campuses. Prior to the University of Manitoba fully opening its doors and welcoming students back on campus after over two years of remote learning, Manitoba Public Health set up a pop-up clinic offering the monkeypox vaccine to eligible individuals at the Fort Garry campus. Manitoba has also expanded the eligibility for immunization to those who have been in close physical contact with an infected indi vidual, or as a preventative measure for those who are at high risk of exposure. As our understanding of monkeypox progresses and
The issue remains con cerning whether or not the monkeypox virus has evolved or whether we have been able to recognize new cases.
“I think the bigger focus always has to be ‘how do we reduce the impact when those cases show up?’” — Jason Kindrachuk, assistant professor and Canada research chair in emerging viruses
Vaccination, communication encouraged amid first monkeypox case in Manitoba Elah Ajene, staff M onkeypox, first iden tified in non-human primates in 1958, has become a global outbreak with over 50,000 cases worldwide. On Aug. 19, Manitoba Deputy Chief Provincial Public Health Officer Dr. Jazz Atwal con firmed Manitoba’s first case of monkeypox.University of Manitoba assistant professor and Can ada research chair in emer ging viruses Jason Kindra chuk shed some light on the emerging viral disease and the risk factors associated with it. Monkeypox, an orthopox virus belonging to the same family of virus as variola — the causative agent of the small pox, cowpox and vaccinia viruses — is largely transmit ted through close extended contact.“Things like contact with lesions through direct physical contact are largely implicated in transmission,” Kindrachuk explained. “There may be some res piratory component to monkeypox, though that’s not as well characterized. There have been some events that look like they relate back to droplets or aerosols in short distances,” he added.
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Shedding light on the emerging viral disease
Human cases in endemic regions from as early as 1970 were transmitted from ani mals to humans, primarily by contact with rodents. “Since the reported cases from the Nigerian outbreak, and then obviously what we’re seeing now, we have seen more sustained human-to-hu man transmission,” Kindra chuckKindrachukexplained. noted that the majority of newer cases appear to be associated with sexual contact and are over represented by men who have sex with men, something that has not previously been reported for monkeypox. “We have to be somewhat cautious in saying that this is a brand new phenomenon,” heKindrachuksaid. went on to explain that earlier surveil lance from 1970 onwards was largely limited and stigma was attached to self-reporting. Symptoms of the viral infec tion include a rash and gen eral symptoms such as a fever, chills, headache, muscle pain, joint pain, back pain and swol len lymph nodes. These symp toms are often developed five to 21 days after exposure to monkeypox and may last up to four Genitalweeks.lesions have been commonly observed with the current outbreak as opposed to previous cases, where lesions were mainly present on the face, hands, legs and body.Additionally, an asynchron ous development of lesions has been seen with the cur rent“Lesionsoutbreak.in, say, the groin may be in a different develop mental stage than those that are presenting on the face or on the hands,” Kindrachuk said.This is clinically different from historical cases where lesion development was at the sameHistorically,stage. the two sub types of monkeypox virus — known as “clades” — have had higher death rates than what is currently being seen. The Congo basin clade had a fatality rate of about 10 per cent, while the West African clade had a fatality rate of 3.6 per cent. A significantly lower case fatality rate is seen in the current outbreak. “We don’t necessarily know if it’s behaving differently than clade 2a, the former West Afri can clade, but the case fatality rate continues to appear to be quite low,” Kindrachuk said. Also, children have been identified as being at low risk for contracting the disease. With Manitoba’s first case identified, Public health offi cials have confirmed an ongoing investigation. “The unfortunate reality is, we all assumed that this was going to happen. I think the researchers continue to find new insights into the mech anisms of the viral infection, Kindrachuk explained the importance of providing the community with messaging and resources that help us seek out information and help when“Theneeded.group that I’ve been working with at WHO (World Health Organization), the guideline development group, we’ve provided a pretty broad clinical management infec tion prevention control docu ment based on all the infor mation we understand about monkeypox,” he said. “We’re currently updating that.” Kindrachuk advised that we remain cognizant of the symptoms associated with monkeypox, get information from reliable public health resources and if there are any symptoms of general unwell ness, see a health-care practi tioner.
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the Graduate Students’ Asso ciation, the Manitoban is a free independent publica tion that exists to hold those institutions accountable. This is a necessity for a healthy, informed community. We operate for students, but we’re also run by students. Our editorial team is made up of post-secondary students, and that’s exactly how it’s sup posed to be. This way we can give aspiring writers an oppor tunity to create and learn with room to grow — to go from, say, an 18-year-old news reporter all the way to editorin-chief one day. All of these ideas encom pass what the Manitoban is at its core. Student journalism is legitimate journalism, and by supporting it you help it do what it’s supposed to do. We exist to represent and serve you.Working at a newspaper in editor@themanitoban.com Student journalism is legitimate journalism, and by supporting it you help it do what it’s supposed to do. We exist to represent and serve you
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Gillian Brown, staff E ven before I set foot on campus for the first time way back in the fall of 2019, I knew I wanted to be a journalist.During my first week four years ago I was walking through UC, and out of all the tables sitting in rows the one belonging to the Manitoban stood out. Manned by two editors, it had some buttons that read “support campus news” and a volunteer sheet that was slowly filling up. It must have been a week or two later that I applied to be a news reporter, and got the job. I got the opportunity to learn, tell stories that deserved to be told and give larger voices to students who did not have them.Iwas only able to spend my first semester in the newsroom on campus before almost all campus activity shifted com pletely online for the next two and a half Comingyears.outof a pandemic, newspapers everywhere have taken a hit. Print journalism was in danger before then, both from declining ad revenue and a loss in readership, but during the first year of the pandemic Canada alone saw 67 media outlets close down either tem porarily or permanently. 40 were permanently closed, and nearly 75 per cent of these permanent closures were community newspapers. 49 Canadian outlets, including 30 community papers, either suspended or cancelled print editions of their publications. When local newspapers close down, their areas are often left in a news desert, with a lack of reliable infor mation about their commun ity and the world. Newspapers are integral to communities. They inform them, and they keep them together. The decline in print jour nalism can also be attributed in part to the rise of digital information. Publicly funded news outlets without a pay wall can continue to operate without readership revenue, but independent free presses that rely on other funding have been forced to close. As a result, misinformation is at an all-time high and more accessible than ever. While so many publications have gone under, the Mani toban has remained afloat. During the campus closure from 2020 to 2022, the paper temporarily stopped printing and instead operated as a fully digital publication, main taining a connection with U of M students, staff and faculty however possible. The move toward digital distribution within the indus try is impossible to ignore, but our content has always stayed accessible, and that is cru cial. Our news is not behind a paywall online, and now that we’re back in print, it’s more accessible than ever to our main constituency, the stu dents.Students can pick up a paper from one of our stands almost anywhere on cam pus and read objective, fair and relevant news concerning their community, or opinion pieces that reflect the divers ity of ideas on campus. We get to tell your stories that major outlets don’t tell, from a perspective they don’t have. We get to feature you and what you’re interested in. Your tuition, your events and how decisions affect you. It’s also necessary to take into account the variety of outlets that students can access. It’s becoming increas ingly important to be aware of where information comes from.At the U of M, students receive UM Today’s weekly newsletter. While the publica tion takes submissions, many of these articles are published and written on behalf of the university, meaning that they are polished to say exactly what the university wants to say. This means that they are likely to avoid any criticism of the university, and that must be Theacknowledged.samegoes for UMSU’s content. Moderated by UMSU, posts and statements are cur ated specifically to keep fol lowers informed on what the union wants them to know. While we are funded largely by a $6 levy each term from UMSU members — all under graduate students — and have a similar arrangement with itself is a valuable, reward ing experience, but doing it in-person — in our case, at an office in the basement of Helen Glass Centre — is some thing else. I encourage anyone who’s thinking about getting involved to do so, whether it be through volunteering, writ ing letters or applying for a job, even if you don’t know what you want to do. This week, you can find us once again in the halls of Uni versity Centre at a table with some buttons (and stickers this time) that remind you to “support campus news,” and of course, a volunteer sheet we encourage you to sign. Pick up a paper and come say hi! It’s good to be back.
In defence of campus news, print journalism
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Jaron Rykiss, UMSU president I grew up on movies, espe cially the ones about the so-called “great college experi ence,” one of learning, meet ing friends, sitting in great big lecture halls, parties, studying long hours in the library and maybe even finding love. See, my grandparents did all of that. Back in the 50s, my grandparents were students at the University of Manitoba. One day in the cafeteria, my baba approached my saba and told him that she had heard he “was not a very nice guy,” a ruse perpetrated by another suitor. They have been in love since that day. That’s the story I had in mind when I applied to the U of M. Lecture halls, cafeterias, libraries, tossing a frisbee on the quad and studying in groups. What I did not imagine was sitting in my room for hours a day on Zoom classes, meeting friends through Instagram and having the closest thing to partying be puzzle-making with my 53-year-old mother. This story was not only mine, it was the story of almost every student at the university the past two years. I am in my third year and have never once sat in a university classroom.Rollingout of bed, putting on sweatpants and a shirt and clicking the same link I have clicked every day was awful. Half the class typically had their cameras off, and the other half wasn’t paying attention, because it is tough to learn philosophical logic without the excitement of a Socratic seminar. Or god forbid you were learning a subject where you had to take rigorous notes, because you would miss half of what the professor said and wouldn’t have time to ask for clarification.Butyousee, I was lucky. I had a home to live in, a bed to sleep in, food on the table and I was able to work as much as I wanted. Even through the pandemic, I have been a “have” while many of my international peers have not. To me, university ought to feel like a community where we can all study together, learn together, laugh together and grow together. Without a sense of community, we simply go to a school, and due to the nature of online learning, not a very good one. I think back to stories told have gone through it together, not in the corny sense of government advertisements and infomercials, but in a real sense.The Bison community, although it has its struggles, is full of smart and awesome people. People who just want to meet friends, sit in great big lecture halls, go to parties, study long hours in the library and maybe even find love. As we transition back to in-person learning and we allow our Zoom subscriptions to expire, it is important that we not only recognize the hardships that may come, but also take the time to appreciate the opportunities that lie Fromahead.Bison Bash to engaging with a wide range of student clubs throughout the school year, members of the student body have the opportunity to move past the COVID-era and open a new chapter in their lives that is not completely ruled by a pandemic.
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to me by my parents of having fun and going for a drink after an evening lecture. They did not have academic strikes placing their education on hold. They did not have a pandemic that kept them out of the classroom. It seems the pitfalls of our generation have been unprecedented, and I, for one, am tired of unprecedented times. It would be pretty cool if we could just live through something that has already happened, like the release of the first Harry Potter movie or Abbey Road. Things staying on that scale would be lovely. Despite all of this, I tried my best during online learning. I have joined the run club, debate club, tennis club, Arts Student Body Council and even bought some Bonsai plants to grow. And yet, I still felt disconnected from all my student peers. The only time I met my professors in-person was on a picket line, and the only time I made school friends was by studying over Zoom. These are not normal experiences, but they are the ones we have all had to go through.I,like many of you, did not submit an application for the great Zoom experience. In the end, I suppose we can all find solace in the fact that we comment@themanitoban.com graphic / ChicoineDallin / staff , like many of you, did not submit application for the great Zoom experience
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I t’s our back to school issue, classes are starting back up and although we’d rather not think about it, actual schoolwork and study ing is back on the horizon. Study soundtracks are a pretty personal alchem ical recipe for people, and obviously a lot depends on your specific brain chemistry, so I’ve tried to go for a range of tempo and activity levels with theseThesongs.firststretch of this play list is higher energy and more hyperactive. I personally need some stimulation and back ground chatter to really focus, so I prefer to post up in a busy area and turn on some techno. This strategy is represented here by a few skittering beaut ies from Canada’s finest pro ducers, such as Edmonton’s Khotin with “iash.xv” off his Archive 13-15 compilation, or Montreal-based Jacques Greene’s spectral breakbeat track “Do It Without You.”
Escape from North York — Joseph Shabason, The Fellowship outlaw run — The Golden Age of Wrestling, Crossface Chicken Wing Dimension Intrusion — F.U.S.E., Dimension Intrusion (25th Anniversary Edition) Spring Declares Itself — Ardor, Spring Declares Itself discrete (the market) — Claire Rousay, a softer focus Hatred of Music II — Tim Hecker, Ravedeath, 1972 Diamond Cove (And Its Children Were Watching) — Kyle Bobby Dunn, Bring Me The Head of Kyle Bobby Dunn Headache — Grouper, Paradise Valley
Winnipeg’s Exchange Event Centre hosted the second annual International Indigenous Hip Hop Awards Show Aug. 26 and 27. The awards and surrounding con ference highlighted artists in the Indigenous urban enter tainment world and cele brated the culture and com munity around Indigen ous-made hip hop and R&B. The ceremony featured per formances by artists like El Paso’s Artson, Winnipeg local Kenny Murkz and J25 out of Gary,TheInd.awards, which were voted on by the public, went to a variety of artists from around the Edmonton-basedworld. horror core and “psycho-drug-rap” trio Psych Ward Kidz won col laboration of the year for their track “8 Bars of Deranged.”In the artist categories, Nehiyaw and Métis artist EarthChild won producer of the year, Manitoba’s own Stun took home the award for break through artist of the year and Las Vegas-based artist SheRōze was chosen as song writer of the year. Two female artists won big in the song and album of the year categories, with Toronto-based Cree “femcee” TheRa11n getting the nod for best hip hop single and Treaty 6 territory’s Pooky G bring ing home the hardware for hip hop album of the year. Check out the complete list of winners below. Hip Hop Single of the Year: The Ra11n, “IYKYK” Collaboration of the Year: Psych Ward Kidz, “8 Bars of Deranged” feat. Doom Squad, Monster Loco and Poltergeist OD Producer of the Year: Earth Child, Indian Time Hip Hop Album of the Year: Pooky G, So Far So Hood Songwriter of the Year: SheRōze, We Rise R&B Single fo the Year: Mel ody McArthur, “Wilding” feat. Jahkota Clothing Line of the Year: Nipîy Iskwew Best Male Hip Hop Artist: Sten Joffi, “Thank You” Best Female Hip Hop Art ist: MzShellz, “Level Up” Breakthrough Artists of the Year: Stun, “Gimme Love” DJ of the Year: DJ O Show Music Video of the Year: Savelle Tha Native, “Shoot My Shot” Best International Hip Hop Single of the Year: Barkaa, “King Brown” Best International Hip Hop Album of the Year: Baker Boy, Gela Inspirational Social Change Award: TKO arts@themanitoban.com Alex Braun, staff arts@themanitoban.com
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One’s personal emotional vibe when studying also takes some consideration. Some tracks here are melancholic and cold, like Ouri and Zach Frampton’s haunting “figure profane,” or warm and com forting like The Golden Age of Wrestling’s “outlaw run.” I also wanted to highlight a new age hippy-tinged side of ambi ent and electronic music with some good vibes courtesy of Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Joseph Shabason and Yu Su. The final stretch is where things really space out and branch into some darker vibes. If hypnotizing noise and drone gets you focused, start with local duo Ardor’s track “Spring Declares Itself” and go from there. If you like them, catch them and Texas wizard Claire Rousay at this year’s send + receive festival. So start up this playlist and get to cracking those books fellow Bisons. Pull up to your favourite spot on campus and study easy knowing that you have the coolest study music in the world going through your headphones. iash.xv — Khotin, Archive 13-15 Do It Without You — Jacques Greene, Dawn Chorus figure profane — Ouri, Zach Frampton, bt002 : self hypnosis tape Closed Space — CFCF, Liquid Colours Ahora — Daphni, Jiaolong Touch-Me-Not Yu Su, Yellow River Blue Old Melody — Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Keyboard Fantasies
’Toban turntable Living Hour, ‘Someday Is Today’ Alex Braun, staff 5/5 stars Living Hour has long been a shining star of Winnipeg’s indie-rock scene, providing us sleepwalking prairie-dwellers with dreamy, washed-out and romantic sounds since 2013. Taking inspiration from our harsh winters and wide open skies, Living Hour’s previous efforts sometimes fell into the hedonic whiteout bliss a little too deeply, becoming dreamy to the point of drowsiness. But on the new record, Someday Is Today, Living Hour sounds sharper and more focused than ever. Each element pops, each song cap tivates and the band no longer hides itself behind any rever bed-out obfuscation, adding new textures, dynamic range and lyrical specificity to their quietTakeromanticism.thealbum’s lead sin gle “Feelings Meeting,” a col laboration with bedroom pop luminary Jay Som and the first-ever Living Hour song you could feasibly head bang to. It’s a definite state ment of intent, both in its altrock loud-quiet-loud dynam ics and in its lyrical themes, which mirror the band’s musical expansion and new foundSingerdirectness.SamSarty is can celling her “glossy subscrip tion to the void,” searching for understanding and communi cation in a world of “Vaseline lenses” and blinking LEDs. Sarty spins dozens of these oddly specific lyrical gems throughout the album, such as on the carefully rendered restaurant dissociation tale “No Body,” where lyrics about laminated menus and stray sugar cubes conspire with a hypnotizing instrumental to lift you out of your corporeal form.The second half of Some day Is Today sees the band going further afield musically. The slowcore-y “Curve” is led by a compelling, gentle vocal turn. The song slowly builds from its downtrodden begin nings to a frustrated feverdream ending, dissolving and devolving just as it reaches its peak.The charming “Miss Miss Miss” recalls the lounge-in flected art-pop of bands like Stereolab and Antena, juxta posing that euro-chic energy with lyrics about missing the distinctly unchic now demol ished Palomino Club on Por tage.The rambling indie-pop track “Exploding Rain” show cases another new lead vocal turn, and has a distinct Broken Social Scene vibe. The song builds instrumentally to a gliding, blissed out outro as vocal and guitar lines inter weave and splash against each other.Finishing with the stun ning closing combo of “No Body” and the wistful, Yo La Tengo-esque instrumental “Memory Express,” Someday Is Today leaves the listener with butterflies in the stom ach and a healthy urge to turn the record back over and start image / Killbeat / provided again.This album represents a big leap forward and significant artistic achievement for Liv ing Hour. Not a song is wasted on Someday Is Today as Liv ing Hour covers a wide swath of influences with grace while never sounding like anybody but itself.
New upgrades to the Campo food court include mobile and kiosk ordering
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AFV Kitchen (Afro Food Vineyard) offers traditional Nigerian cuisine. Their jollof rice, plan tain and chicken are a per sonal favorite. Burrito Splen dido offers customizable bur ritos and other Mexican fare. They are locally owned and operated here in Winnipeg.
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Self-order kiosks — the future of food on campus
ne of the many chan ges the COVID-19 virus brought about was the need for social distancing and con tactless technologies through out many industries, with the U of M only having recently returned to in-person classes, and with masking and social distancing guidelines still being in use. The U of M welcomes stu dents back in person with an upgrade to the Campo food court located in University Centre. New self-order kiosks allow students to order food from their favourite restau rants in a remote and contant less way and pick it up once it is ready.Thefood court consists of multiple restaurants.
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PZA specializes in pizza, with gluten-free or plantbased options. You can build your own pizza or try one of their prefab options. New comer Bagelsmith offers Montreal-style bagels and sandwiches served on your choice of bagel. The kiosks are an exciting way of ordering food because they can reduce wait time and allow customers to order with just a few taps. After you pay, you are given a reference num ber and the staff call this num ber once your food is ready. The Hey Chef mobile app, where students can save 10 per cent on their order, lists select restaurants in the food court. You can order ahead of time and skip the line by using this app, which helps if you need to save time between classes.
U of M Bisons — Men’s Golf
Bisons @ Saskatchewan Huskies Aug. 25 — Final: 9 – 10 Regina Rams @ Bisons Sept. 2 — Final: 33 – 23 Bisons @ Alberta Golden Bears Sept. 9 — 8 p.m.
Augsburg Fall Invitational Sept. 3 – 4 Team Final: 10th place overall
Bisons @ Saskatchewan Huskies Aug. 27 — Final: 1 – 0
Winnipeg sports teams’ schedules
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Bisons @ Regina Cougars Aug. 28 — Final: 3 – 1 Bisons @ Calgary Dinos Sept. 9 — 7 p.m. Bisons @ UNBC Timberwolves Sept. 11 — 10 a.m.
U of M Bisons — Men’s Football
Valour FC Pacific @ Valour Aug. 28 — Final: 0 – 1 Forge @ Valour Aug. 31 — Final: 0 – 1 Forge @ Valour Sept. 4 — Final: 0 – 1 Valour @ HFX Wanderers Sept. 10 — 1 p.m.
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Calgary Stampeders @ Blue Bombers Aug. 25 — Final: 29 – 31 Blue Bombers @ Saskatchewan Roughriders Sept. 4 — Final: 20 – 18 Saskatchewan Roughriders @ Blue Bombers Sept. 10 — 4 p.m. * All times CDT
U of M Bisons — Women’s Soccer
