19 October 2022

Student councils call for UMSU funding transparency

Matthew Merkel,, staff Federation of Students.

Student councils are com ing forward, sharing their experiences and concerns over a lack of transparency in their relations with UMSU.

These concerns began over an alleged lack of transpar ency from the union. Funds have been withheld for months, and councils have said that the reason is unclear.

Executives of the Arts Stu dent Body Council (ASBC) and the University 1 Student Coun cil (U1SC) have responded to comments made by UMSU president Jaron Rykiss in an article published Oct. 4 in the Manitoban. The article detailed UMSU’s scheduling of a referendum regarding its membership in the Canadian

In the interview, Rykiss claimed that a “wedge” had been driven between UMSU and student associations and clubs that would rather work with the federation. He spe cifically named ASBC as an example of this, saying that the two organizations have had a “separated relation ship,” but that they have recently been able to sit down and discuss ASBC’s concerns.

“UMSU has the resources, as every other student union across the country does, to support its clubs and associ ations, and we would love to continue being that support for our student clubs,” Rykiss said.

“We’re the one they register

through, we would love to be the one that’s helping them put on their events and initia tives.”

In an email statement to the Manitoban, the Can adian Federation of Students director of strategy Taylan McRae-Yu explained the fed eration’s relationship with UMSU clubs.

“While we can’t comment on UMSU’s relationship with specific clubs, we can clarify that the Federation does not provide campus clubs with operational funding, and we do not interfere with cam pus groups’ participation with their local students’ union,” the statement reads.

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New vaccines available for students on campus

Flu shot available in UC Pharmacy, new expanded eligibility for COVID-19 booster

Alicia Rose, staff

The University Centre (UC) Pharmacy began offering this year’s flu shot last week.

Both regular and high-dose flu vaccines are available.

Appointments can be made by calling University Health Service or dropping by the pharmacy.

Cara Follows, director of student services for U of M’s Science Students’ Association, was excited to see that walk-in flu shots are now available at the UC Pharmacy.

“It makes it very easy to get a flu shot,” she said.

Follows said that there are multiple reasons to get the flu shot this year, including the protection of the elderly and people who are immunocom promised against a constantly transforming virus. She said that she would appreciate it if her classmates would get it as well.

The shot is used to pre vent influenza, a highly con tagious respiratory illness that afflicts the throat, nose and lungs. Symptoms can be present for seven to 10 days. Although often wrongly viewed as being similar to a common cold, influenza can be extremely damaging for the elderly, infants and people with pre-existing medical conditions or who already suf fer from other diseases.

According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, the flu shot is the best way to defend oneself against influ enza. Since the flu is con stantly transforming, a new dose is created every year.

Last year, only 39 per cent of Canadian adults got the flu shot, a one percent drop off from the year before. Most Canadians who got the shot were vaccinated in the months of October and November,

during flu season, when the virus’ most highly circulated time of the year begins.

Flu season typically starts around October and ends in April, peaking between December and February. Because of this, it is strongly recommended by Canadian health organizations for any one over the age of six months to get the vaccine, in order to prevent people from getting sick, lessen the spread of the virus and reduce further stres sors on the health-care system amid the ongoing pandemic.

The COVID-19 bivalent booster vaccine — a new vac cine that protects against both the original and Omi cron strains of COVID-19 — became available for people aged 12 and up Oct. 13.

With versions from both Pfizer and Moderna, the vac cine has shown better results for people who have con

tracted the Omicron strain of COVID-19. Manitoba Public Health recommends anyone who is eligible for their next booster shot to get the new vaccine.

Follows said she will be get ting the new bivalent COVID19 booster, and listed the con stant mutation of the virus as a reason for staying up to date on her vaccinations.

“I just had COVID two weeks ago,” she said.

“I am going to get it in a few months, once my so-called immunity has worn off.”

Appointments can be made by booking online, contacting the vaccine call centre (1-844626-8222) or reaching out to medical clinics and pharma cies directly.

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U of M to hold in-person convocation for 2020 and 2021

Students previously had virtual ceremony due to COVID-19

Colton McKillop, staff

The University of Mani toba has announced that it will hold an in-person con vocation ceremony at the end of this academic year for stu dents who graduated in 2020 and 2021.

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, students from the classes of 2020 and 2021 were forced to move their convoca tion ceremony online.

“While we aimed to give [graduating students] the best remote convocation that we could during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, we know it cannot replace an in-person event where your friends and family could see you take the stage and receive your parch ment,” University of Mani toba president Michael Ben

arroch said in an online state ment announcing the in-per son convocation.

“The time for that longawaited celebration is now here!” the statement read.

Diane Hiebert-Murphy, provost and vice-president academic at the University of Manitoba, said that although she thinks students appreci ated the virtual ceremony, she agreed with Benarroch that “it just wasn’t the same.”

“We think it’s time to give those students who gradu ated during the pandemic the chance to come together and have that kind of convocation experience,” she said.

She explained that for many students, an in-person convo cation is “a ritual that has a lot of meaning.”

“Some students really appreciate having that oppor tunity to celebrate with their peers, other students who have been part of their cohort that they’ve been on this jour ney with,” she said.

The ceremony will be held on March 11 and 12, 2023 at the RBC Convention Centre.

Registration for the event will open up following fall convocation ceremonies hap pening this month.

Hiebert-Murphy said that planning for the event will “begin in earnest” once the school has a better idea of how many students want to attend.

“The experience of other universities has certainly been that they get a very good response, and for us at U of M, many of our grads are still

here physically in the prov ince, and so their ability to come in-person I think is there,” she said. “So I’m sort of anticipating that we will have a fairly good response.”

Other Canadian universi ties such as Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of British Columbia are also offering in-person ceremon ies for students who gradu ated while schools operated remotely.

Hiebert-Murphy said the university is simply respond ing to feedback from students about “their desire to come together and have that in-per son experience.”

“Some of the feedback that we did get from students was that they really missed the opportunity to have an in-per

son convocation experience,” she said.

“For many students, it really is the pinnacle of their time at the university, recog nizing the success of them having completed their pro grams,” she continued.

“Having that opportunity to don the cap and gown, and have their name announced and cross the stage, and have family and friends present to cheer them on was really something that they missed.”

“We think it’s time to give those students who graduated during the pandemic the chance to come together and have that kind of convocation experience”

— Diane Hiebert-Murphy, U of M provost and vice-president academic

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Meet Winnipeg’s 2022 mayoral front-runners

Cast your vote for the city’s next mayor on Oct. 26

Colton McKillop & Matthew Merkel, staff

Glen Murray

Glen Murray, who served as mayor of Winnipeg from 1998 to 2004, is run ning again because he thinks “the city is facing a number of challenges that need some real leadership and imagination to address.”

Murray highlighted climate change, rapid transit, walkability of the city and replacing the police helicopter with a fleet of drones as key issues his campaign is focusing on.

He argued that drones would be less expensive and could operate longer than the helicopter, which would free up resources for other uses, such as more beat cops.

Murray said that when it comes to environmental issues, “real change happens with the city,” and argued that providing alternatives to cars such as rapid transit and making the city more walkable is crucial to addressing climate change.

“Livability of the planet is best pro tected at the city level,” he explained. “We can change the way we move, we can change the energy and electricity and heating and cooling that we see.”

“It’s much easier to get large scale environmental change at this com munity level than it is at a national or even a provincial level.”

Murray said the city needs to make transportation and housing costs cheaper for students by building affordable housing for students near their schools, and hopes that univer sities can “become more of a com plete community, so that the residen tial components and the transit and transportation systems down there work well for students.”

He said the city should work with the provincial and federal govern ment, alongside universities and col leges, to annually monitor the income and debt levels of students to “ensure that the housing projects in those areas are priced at a reasonable level for students.”

Kevin Klein, city councillor for Charleswood-Tuxedo-Westwood and former chair of the Winnipeg Police Board, has highlighted crime and homelessness as key issues he would address as mayor.

He said the city does not have enough police cars, and that he would address crime by redirecting police officers from tasks such as watching detainees in emergency rooms back toward responding to 911 calls.

Klein said he understands the “helplessness and fear” that comes with homelessness because of his own experience growing up in poverty and living in government housing. He added that he spent a brief stint living in a Salvation Army shelter.

He said he would declare homeless ness a crisis, which he argued would “allow us to pull levers with the fed eral government” to fund accommo dation trailers for the homeless simi lar to those utilized by cities in British Columbia, Ontario and Eastern Can ada.

“That allows them, every homeless person, to have their own room and have a key to that room, but it also gives them an official address,” he explained. “With that official address, they can then apply for the funding that’s available.”

Klein said the city makes it “far too difficult” for young people coming out of school to start a business, espe cially with high crime rates leading to higher insurance costs.

“We have to think about the future, and our future is within young people, so we need to make life easier for them to get connected in the city, easier for them to open a business in the city.”

Shaun Loney

Shaun Loney, a Winnipeg business man and former director of energy policy for the Manitoba government, said his plan to address homelessness would involve enlisting housing pro viders to help reduce the workload of emergency services.

Loney also wants to improve the city’s entertainment options by implementing a “nightlife mayor.” He said the new position would be responsible for overseeing Winnipeg’s nightlife, entertainment and arts and cultural sector.

“The arts and cultural sector is really vibrant, creates lots of jobs, brings tourists to Winnipeg and most importantly I think, gives young people a reason to stay here rather than leaving for other cities,” Loney said.

Winnipeg Transit is an area Loney thinks can also become more access ible. He wants to implement a onefare system that would have smaller vehicles connect people to larger or more convenient transport hubs.

Loney said his experience in the social enterprise sector has prepared him to create opportunities for those who frequently have run-ins with the police, which he said when com bined with his homelessness strategy should reduce police dispatches.

Loney wants to create jobs in the energy sector by increasing use of solar energy in homes, and adding gas pumps and public electric vehicle charging stations within the city.

Green infrastructure and the imple mentation of a tree trust, meaning that trees would be valued as infra structure by the city, are also a key part of Loney’s environmental plan.

Scott Gillingham

The Manitoban reached out to Scott Gillingham’s team three times, and was told to expect a call from him for an interview about his campaign promises, but did not receive one.

Gillingham’s website says that he has served as St. James city council lor for eight years, and is also a cur rent co-chair of the Winnipeg Metro politan Region board. Past roles of his include chair of the Winnipeg Police Board and City of Winnipeg finance committee chair.

Gillingham has new plans for trans port in the city. He wants to improve city streets by repairing roads, adding more bike paths and increasing ped estrian safety. Gillingham also wants to add more buses on the city’s busi est routes.

As mayor, Gillingham wants to make crime prevention a priority by reinstating cancelled police task forces. He also aims to create more housing and shelter options for people experiencing homelessness.

“Patio City,” a proposal by Gilling ham to grant all restaurants in the city the right to have a patio, is part of a larger plan to promote Winnipeg’s strongest industries.

Also, underused commercial areas would be rezoned to create more multi-family housing near transit ser vices.

Gillingham’s platform lists the 311 service and city hall as things he would like to fine tune and reorgan ize. He also wants to create a new city agency that will “retrofit buildings and generate green power.”

Additionally, community recrea tion will see bolstering from tax rev enue.

Kevin Klein

Over $105,000 of council money withheld by UMSU will be remitted

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“Support provided for member-driven events and initiatives on campus comes from directives determined by members of [the federa tion’s Manitoba branch], and is meant to enhance resources available to student leaders on campus that engage with fed eration campaigns.”

ASBC response

ASBC president Chloe Dreilich-Girard responded to Rykiss’s comments in a state ment she read on behalf of her student association on Oct. 5.

According to DreilichGirard, Rykiss’s comments painted ASBC as a Canadian Federation of Students part ner. She said that the student association has stated to both UMSU and the federation that it is remaining neutral and working to keep arts students as its top priority amid the ongoing dispute

She said the federation had helped with an orange T-shirt campaign for Can ada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. She also claimed that ASBC and the federation had been a part of multiple collaborative events that were planned prior to any communication from UMSU encouraging groups to come to it for funding instead of working with the federation.

“We believe that it should not be solely on us or any other council to reach out and to predict when UMSU wants to partner with us,” she said.

Dreilich-Girard claimed that other groups have had difficulties with the union in the past before the dispute with the federation, which she said brings into question who may be at fault.

“However, this year we have tried to turn a new leaf and rebuild our relationship with UMSU for the benefit of all students.”

Dreilich-Girard said that ASBC has approached UMSU with concerns over lack of support, as well as missing arts student funds which are being withheld by the union.

She said that ASBC was told that an amount of money would be given on top of nor mal funds, but she claims that she was not told exactly how much that would be.

Dreilich-Girard said that not knowing how much money ASBC is owed prevents the association from reassur ing students that a solution would be found. She said that UMSU had discussed missing documents, but had not pro vided proof that any required documents from previous executive teams were missing, another example of a lack of transparency according to Dreilich-Girard.

To make the process more transparent, Dreilich-Girard said that it would be helpful

if UMSU listed past missing documents and communi cated the amount of funding being withheld. She said that student association leaders do not always have access to these records.

“Painting the issues between ASBC and UMSU as stemming from this very recent referendum surround ing [the federation] is inappro priate, inaccurate and sweeps all of the previous issues under the rug by failing to address or acknowledge the actual prob lems at hand,” she said.

U1SC also comes forward

U1SC claims to have also experienced similar issues. In an interview with the Mani toban, U1SC president Keji Preston and vice-president Selena Toledo said that U1SC has not received a budget since last year. They also said that the Canadian Federation of Students reached out to U1SC this year, inviting mem bers to multiple workshops and events this summer.

The U1SC executives said that they approached UMSU president Rykiss to communi cate that they were interested in working with the federa tion, a prospect they claimed was discouraged by Rykiss.

Preston and Toledo empha sized that U1SC is a neutral party in the dispute between UMSU and the Canadian Fed eration of Students. However, they said that they had to go to the federation for money to put on events after feeling unsupported by UMSU.

“If you go to somebody and they are constantly push ing you to the side or not doing what they’re asking, [or] what they’re promising or anything, and then some body externally comes and they offer the help and they’re actually doing something for you, then you can’t just ignore that help when you actually need it,” Toledo said. “You can’t just ask for us to stand with you and then not help us, push us aside or belittle us all the time.”

The leaders said that a lack of transparency from UMSU has created a number of prob lems for U1SC. They said that not knowing where the group’s money will come from has left them unsure of which events they are able put on for students. Preston and Toledo said they feel like they are not supported by UMSU and have to advocate for U1 students on their own.

“It’s supposed to be UMSU and University 1 against the problem,” Preston said. “We’re supposed to be together as a team, but now UMSU is trying to show us that it’s U1 against UMSU.”

The two U1SC leaders said that the students they rep resent are an especially unique group. Many students

enrolled are in their first year of university, and some are international students in a new country for the first time. Preston said that it has been difficult for U1SC to cre ate proper first-year experien ces for students when it is not supported by UMSU.

“We had never gotten any relationships or any help from UMSU unless we reached out ourselves, and it was always the same thing over and over again, all talk no action.”

Preston and Toledo said they would like to see UMSU increase transparency, access ibility and do a better job of building a sense of commun ity at the U of M.

UMSU president shares his side

Rykiss disagreed with the Canadian Federation of Stu dents’ claim that they do not operationally fund student groups, as he views paying for events and campaigns to be funding.

He acknowledged his pre vious comments about the federation driving a wedge between UMSU and student groups, but claimed that when he was on ASBC last year, neither UMSU nor the stu dent association made many attempts to speak with each other.

Rykiss said he may have misspoken in the earlier inter view, stating that the union’s goal is to support student asso ciations. He invites all stu dent clubs to contact UMSU if they have any concerns about funding or support.

He said he believes that ASBC has sent the union a financial proposal that UMSU is currently evaluat ing, but could not say for cer tain. Rykiss said that on Oct. 6 he made attempts to con tact ASBC, inviting them to sit down and meet with UMSU.

As of Oct. 12, he said that he thought the UMSU finance team had communicated to ASBC that missing funds were being looked into, and added that he would instruct them to do so if they had not.

Rykiss said funds will be distributed on a “clean slate basis,” meaning that all owed funds will be attached to new funds as well. He claimed that “there’s definitely the gears moving to make sure that they get their money back.”

However, he said that the union must first meet with clubs and associations to go over the process, including what forms need to be submit ted and when.

Rykiss said he cannot speak for past UMSU and student association leaders, but that information from the past sometimes gets missed along the way. He claimed that he did not know about ASBC’s issues with funding until the council reached out to UMSU, and said he did not know if

UMSU vice-president finance and operations Brook Rivard was aware of it last year.

However, Rykiss claimed that as soon as UMSU heard about the issue they immedi ately began looking into it. He said that any fees owed to U1SC would also be remitted.

He also said he could not speak for past fees as he was not involved in the process, and can’t speak to this year’s fees as he is not a part of the finance team.

When asked if he told U1SC not to work with the Canadian Federation of Students, Rykiss said he has told student asso ciations it is their choice to work with whomever they want, but that the union does not work with the federation, and “we encourage people not to, because of the nature of the organization.”

However, Rykiss stressed that UMSU has no say in who student associations work with, or what their members vote for in the upcoming ref erendum.

“If someone disagrees with us, they are welcome to dis agree with us,” he said. “It’s not a dictatorship, it’s a dem ocracy.”

Rykiss said that transpar ency was one of the prom ises he ran on during his cam paign, and he believes that he has lived up to it so far.

He said that any student is allowed to come to board meetings or attend UMSU executive office hours and speak about their concerns.

He added that executive office hours are public, and that he has given out his per sonal contact information to students. He also listed the UMSU Instagram as a way to connect.

“If people aren’t telling me that transparency still needs to be worked on, I am going to assume that people are happy,” Rykiss said.

Breaking down the numbers

In an email to the Mani toban, UMSU vice-president finance and operations Brook Rivard broke down the finan cials and provided a timeline for ASBC and U1SC funding.

UMSU is currently with holding $110,601.40 from ASBC, and $5,070.04 from U1SC. According to the email, the money is being withheld due to issues with reporting requirements.

Rivard said that in the absence of a completed register, “funds are held as a matter of policy.” He said this is also necessary for auditing and insurance purposes.

He said that UMSU is requesting financial docu ments from U1SC “to support the claim that [the amount stated as outstanding] is smaller than it should be, as it is possible in the changeover of our accountants something

was missed.”

Preston said that follow ing her and Toledo’s inter view with the Manitoban, UMSU also told them that the amount they were owed was $5,070.04. Preston disagrees with this number.

Rivard said that initial cur rent year funds are $65,831.46 for ASBC and $30,510.09 for U1SC. The owed amounts will be added to these totals and will be disbursed begin ning in October. 50 per cent of the amount will be dispersed to each faculty association initially, followed by 25 per cent in mid-February and the final 25 per cent in April.

According to Rivard, as part of the general process for receiving funds, UMSU receives lump sum funding from the U of M registrar’s office for faculty associations, which comes from student fees. He said the union has not yet received the money, but is expecting to receive it this week.

He said that UMSU needs to adhere to this policy as a form of review and oversight. He acknowledged that the pan demic, constant turn over, extended time frames and a lack of updates has made it difficult to find older reports. For this reason, he said UMSU will be “making a one-time policy exception and paying out all outstanding balances.”

“This will allow us to start a clean slate with a revised pro cess,” Rivard said. He added that the older outstanding balances will be rolled over to the current year, and will be disbursed based on the same 50/25/25 format.

Rivard added that to fur ther address the noted prob lems, the union is revising and reviewing these processes, and will be meeting with the treasurers to hear any con cerns they may have.

Dreilich-Girard stated in an email to the Manitoban reacting to Rivard’s com ments that she was happy to hear that funds would be dis tributed to student clubs, and that all funds should be dis bursed. She said that UMSU should implement more rigor ous training for those in finan cial positions, so that simi lar issues do not arise in the future.

She believes issues with reporting in the past should have been mentioned to councils at the time so that they could have been pro vided instructions on how to fix them earlier. She pointed out that councils change every year, and argued that it makes no sense to punish cur rent students by withholding funds from before their time.

Dreilich-Girard empha sized that UMSU’s priority should be to get funds into the hands of those who should have them.

From bright and sunny to white and hazy We must find the beauty in the small things as seasons shift

Ebunoluwa Akinbo, staff

The gradual reduction of sunlight in the fall that ushers in the winter some times disrupts the body. We go from wearing one layer of clothing, maybe even less, to wearing double that or more layers of clothes and ther mal wear. The literal change of wardrobe occurs by boxing summer clothes to hang win

ter clothing.

Snow fell this year on the University of Manitoba cam pus and other parts of the province on Oct. 13. To me, this felt like winter came ear lier than expected, which sig nified a couple of things, or triggered speculations.

Perhaps the 2022-23 win ter will be like the last win

ter, maybe even worse, or, it could just be a sign of climate change because we are still in the fall season and should typ ically not expect snow to blan ket the streets quite yet.

Aside from the gloomy days coming with the hazy snow, less sunlight and more chilly days, it’s beautiful to observe nature change like a

light switch flipping on, and to embrace the aesthetic that comes with it.

We get to admire the beauty of the green leaves turning yel low and falling off the trees, of nature calling the shots for humans to adjust in terms of our dressing, the beautiful contrast the snow gives the outdoor space, the melting of

the snow as it touches your skin and the small beauty of other mundanities and chan ges that come with the season.

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It’s beautiful to observe nature change like a light switch flipping on, and to embrace the aesthetic that comes with it

Researcher takes steps further in brain tumour treatment Uses experimental mice models in cancer development

Elah Ajene, staff

Scientists across the globe are taking massive steps in the long-standing quest to cure cancer by opti mizing treatment regimes, developing new classes of can cer medication and expand ing our understanding of the disease.

Among those contribut ing to our understanding of cancer is University of Mani toba professor and head of the department of human anat omy and cell science, Sab ine Hombach-Klonisch, who sought out the mechanism of brain tumour development.

Her laboratory-based research is on both primary and secondary forms of brain cancer. Primary brain cancer involves tumour growth that originates within the brain, whereas in secondary brain cancer, cancer cells initially begin in a different part of the body and progress to the brain.

Hombach-Klonisch is cur rently focusing on the sub types of breast cancer cells that metastasize — spread to the brain — which results in secondary brain cancer.

“I’m interested in this because brain metastasis are so difficult to treat at the moment,” she said.

Hombach-Klonisch explained that minimal prog ress has been made when these cancer cells have spread to the brain. The challenge is that researchers need to first understand how breast cancer cells “colonize” the brain by penetrating the blood-brain barrier — a protective cell layer between the brain tis sues and blood vessels — and proceed to thrive within the brain.

Many drugs used in can cer treatment insufficiently penetrate the brain due to the blood-brain barrier, so treat ment of brain tumours may be rendered unsuccessful. Hom bach-Klonisch noted that the cancer cells evolve when they grow in the brain due to differ ences in micro-environment and interactions between sur rounding cells.

“They talk to each other and we have not fully under stood what that conversation is and how that influences the response to treatment,” she said

To study these under lying mechanisms, Hom bach-Klonisch uses experi mental models in under standing interactions within the microenvironment which could lead to more efficient treatment for brain cancer. By using functional organ isms, specifically mice, Hom

bach-Klonisch is able to develop models that mimic human tumour development.

With an interdisciplinary team of scientists, neurosur geons and pathologists at the U of M, Hombach-Klonisch uses tumour tissues from soli tary brain tumours removed from patients. These isolated cells are then cultured and used in these mouse models.

In Hombach-Klonisch’s recent mouse model, the cul tured cells were injected into the left-ventricles of the mouse heart, allowing the cells to circulate within the blood and invade the brain — similar to tumour cells within the human body.

According to Hom bach-Klonisch, this can take as long as three months.

“You have that mouse sit ting there, and you don’t

know whether this mouse will develop brain metastasis,” she said, “and suddenly you’ll realize that [the] mouse gets sick.”

Furthermore, Hom bach-Klonisch mentioned that limitations may arise as the mice used in the mod els need to have a suppressed immune system, otherwise the human cells injected into their bodies would be rejected. Still, these animal models allow the researcher to study treatment responses and understand the responses to these human cells in the mouse brain.

On a molecular level, Hom bach-Klonisch is able to ana lyze the changes and response of microglial cells and astro cytes — specialized cells in the central nervous system that perform many roles in

the brain, including main taining the blood-brain bar rier — under treatment.

“If we understand more about that, we may be able to help improve the treatment responses and really improve in the long term,” she said.

Currently, Hom bach-Klonisch is doing high-throughput screening with collaborators at the U.S. National Institutes of Health, which is used in drug discov ery to identify specific bio logical compounds.

As a single mouse model is insufficient for general applicable drug develop ment in brain cancer, Hom bach-Klonisch hopes to develop even more models.

She explained that the molecular response of the mice models, such as the changes in gene expression

and different proteins present at different treatment stages, are essential in understanding the resistance mechanisms of the tumour.

In the history of can cer treatment, Hom bach-Klonisch noted that the use of a single drug was rarely effective. Understand ing these mechanisms opens the possibility of developing dual strategies for treatment, ensuring patient longevity.

“We’re trying to get a dual treatment where we have a better chance to kill more can cer cells more effectively with out harming the body cells too much,” she said.

“We can have a better life for the patient.”

Ye’s deleted tweet glimpse of his antisemitism

Influencer’s threatening language towards Jewish people will only result in violence

Sarah Cohen, staff

Jewish people across the world woke up Sunday, Oct. 9 to a highly antisemitic tweet by influential designer and artist, Ye — known also as Kanye West — posted the night before.

This came just days after the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur.

In the tweet, removed by Twitter for violating commun ity guidelines, Ye stated “when I wake up I’m going death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE.”

The tweet follows another now-deleted post from his Instagram account Saturday, sharing a screenshot of a text message in which he wrote, “Ima use you as an example to show the Jewish people that told you to call me that no one can threaten or influence me[.] I told you this was war.”

This is not the first of Ye’s controversial public state ments recently. Amid this controversy was Ye’s debut of “White Lives Matter” shirts at an Oct. 3 fashion show in Paris, noted by many journal ists as a nod to white suprem acy.

Despite writing “death con” in his tweet, Ye appeared to be referring to the U.S. mil itary Defense Ready Condi

tion, commonly known as DEFCON. DEFCON has five levels, with five being the low est level of readiness and one being the immediate threat or beginning of nuclear war. DEFCON three indicates the need to escalate readiness for war, in which forces need to be able to mobilize in a matter of minutes.

It is easy to ignore Ye’s state ments, and some even excuse them because of his bipolar disorder diagnosis. Mental health issues affect too many people worldwide, and giving grace to those who experience the effects of mental illness is beyond necessary. However, inciting violence toward Jew ish people is dangerous.

Ye declaring he’ll go “death con 3” on Jewish people opens the door for his followers and others with his mindset to begin and continue antisem itic behaviour.

Young audiences are impressionable. Influen cers and idols tend to set behavioural norms for young people. Even though the tweet was deleted from Ye’s account, it is still accessible, and that access to words from a power ful influencer gives people a platform to express hate and use threatening language.

A public (dis)service

Some retweets and com ments contain horrendous language. “About time these people get exposed” and “f--k Jews and hail Hitler” are just two examples.

In response, the American Jewish Committee posted to its Instagram account, noting that Ye uses tropes of “greed” and “control” to further justify his antisemitism.

During a conversation with Hoda Kotb on TODAY, actor Jamie Lee Curtis, who has Hungarian-Jewish roots, said regarding Ye’s antisemitism, “it’s a big concern, you know, these tools of communication are beautiful and they can connect us, and then they can just wedge us and people can pour their bile through these portals into our lives.”

Curtis’s reaction was not an isolated one, as other public figures and institu tions including the Holo caust Museum L.A., U.S. Con gressperson Alexandria Oca sio-Cortez and comedian Sarah Silverman all spoke out regarding Ye’s statements.

Putting language like Ye’s into the world will only encourage hate and lessen the severity of antisemitism.

The genocide that resulted from the Holocaust during the

graphic / Dallin Chicoine / staff

Second World War stemmed from Hitler’s anti-Jewish legislation and speeches, which often cited Jewish people as communists and a danger to national secur ity among other arguments in order to justify concentration camps and mass murder. This language sounds all too simi

lar to Ye’s. How hard will it be for people to justify violence toward Jews after Friday’s tweet?

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Though narrowly avoiding a strike, City of Winnipeg shows disrespect for its workers Braden Bristow, staff

After months of negotia tion following the expiry of City of Winnipeg workers’ contracts, there may finally be an end in sight for the workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 500.

The potential strike caused by inconclusive negotiations would have been the first major city strike for this sec tion of employees since the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919.

The City’s Chief Adminis trative Officer, Michael Jack, claimed that the tentative agreement had not yet been reached. Regardless of Jack’s claim, the City of Winnipeg and CUPE Local 500 finally reached a potential agree ment hours before the strike deadline of midnight on Oct. 12.

The deal is still pending a review from the workers that CUPE Local 500 represents, but it is a good sign that a strike can be avoided. It only took months of waiting and

the threat of around 5,000 city workers walking off the job. While the details of the agreement have not yet been released, we can only hope it was worth the wait.

Needless to say, the City of Winnipeg has conducted itself incredibly poorly. The city has been more than happy to have workers continue servicing the city even though their contract expired at the end of February 2021.

To have workers servicing the city without a reliable con tract is labour exploitation, plain and simple.

Without a contract, workers have no security against infla tion or the rising cost of living.

Quite frankly, it is a miracle there has not been a strike sooner. A wage increase in accordance with Winnipeg’s economic environment is the bare minimum the city should be offering.

It is also important to keep in mind the various servi ces that those represented by CUPE Local 500 offer to the city. CUPE Local 500 repre

sents various workers affili ated with the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Public Works, Winnipeg’s RBC Convention Center, the Win nipeg Humane Society and Water and Waste.

Without the service of these workers, the city would sim ply cease to function properly. Buses would be out of service, public works would be in dis array, clean drinking water would be a pipe dream and our water waste would back up into the streets.

Those represented by the union belong to a diverse group of industries and ser vices that are instrumental to the City of Winnipeg, mak ing it even more of a slap in the face to these workers that the city has taken this long to issue a potentially fair deal.

The city’s capacity to deal fairly in contract negotiations with services has been proven in the past. In October of last year, the city ratified the con tract for the United Fire Fight ers of Winnipeg.

If one needs more evi

dence that the city seems to favour certain organizations, the Winnipeg Police Service itself received 27 per cent of the entire city budget in 2021, with over 85 per cent of the $301 million they received going to salaries and benefits alone.

What this shows is that there is more than enough money to go around for the many organizations that serve our city. However, when it comes to CUPE Local 500 and other organizations driven to strike, such as the Amalgam ated Transit Union, there is a bitter struggle.

As a reminder, this agree ment is still only tentative. At the time of writing this article, the details of the agreement are not known and one can only guess what the general feelings of CUPE Local 500 labourers are following recent events.

It is necessary to have a clear understanding of the situation Winnipeg has found itself in. This potential strike has not come about out of thin

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air. Rather, it is the result of negotiation stonewalling and lack of appreciation for those who keep the city moving.

While the strike has been postponed, it is much too early to say that it has been outright prevented. Although, one can hope the offer pro vided by the city is enough to satisfy the needs of Winni peg’s labourers.

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BeReal or die trying How authentic can we curate our online selves to be?

Dina Hamid, staff

There once was a time when your social persona was the imagined version of yourself that you wished to be.

There were perfectly crafted tweets with the right amount of humour, reliability and humility that made some one likable and down to earth, but Instagram stories and pic tures contradicted this.

You could be posting pic tures of sipping wine poolside in Mexico on Instagram while you tweet about how you can not afford a Grande at Star bucks because of inflation. This balance of being too cool and yet relatable was the gold standard.

That is, until the Emma Chamberlains of the world changed the social media landscape by showcasing their unpolished, vulnerable and genuine selves front and centre.

This was a breath of fresh air from the overly processed content we were used to see ing, and because of that, people devoured it. It gave rise to photo dumps of ran dom pictures with seemingly no correlation, online trauma dumping and oversharing of embarrassing and off-putting stories that should have been taken to the grave.

Mixed with the fuel of Tik Tok, a new age of online pres entation was born, one that guaranteed maximum social currency points with minimal perceived effort, an alluring trade for anyone.

With this new online land scape comes new social media contenders like BeReal, an app that aims to challenge and eliminate the idealistic online persona. Every day, app users are randomly prompted to take and post a candid picture of what they see (back cam era) and themselves (front camera) within a two-minute timeframe, with the goal of showing family and friends real-time snapshots of their life.

Although BeReal started as an anti-social media plat form to promote authenticity and lessen the social pressure of having a perfect online dis play, the app quickly lost its message as more users joined.

What was once a simple “in the moment” post became a late two-minute frenzy to cap ture and show your audience the best part of your day. It went from mundane photos of everyday life, such as eating messy meals, watching Net flix on your bed, studying and working, to late posts of you and your friends on a night

out having Harry Styles take your BeReal for you.

Despite genuine intentions behind its creation, the plat form did not factor in how ter rified our society truly is to be fully exposed and vulnerable — not only to our friends, but to millions of people on the internet. Especially in the era of cancel culture and online shaming, no one wants to be the next online target for Twitter discussions, memes, AmITheAsshole Reddit posts or YouTube think pieces.

Despite our best efforts to “be real,” we cannot because no matter how hard we try to present ourselves authentic ally online, we will never be able to.

Authenticity is instantly lost when we get the chance to pick and choose, retouch and edit what we want to show and share about ourselves. If we are being authentic, why do we choose to share some stor ies, thoughts, ideas, pictures and videos but not others?

We are not being real unless we are constantly sharing and streaming all our thoughts and feelings out to the world, but that’s unrealistic and the quickest way to become the most hated person alive. No matter what being “real” on the internet is, it is a hoax.

Authenticity that depends on comfortability and that’s acted on by rehearsed vulner ability is still a guise.

they will find are façades. Will we ever be remem bered for who we were, or just for who we were all trying to be?

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Celebrities have inevitably disappointed us yet again

Golden State Warriors forward causes latest public let down

Dina Hamid, staff

The Golden State War riors have found themselves in a media frenzy after their starting forward Draymond Green punched teammate Jordan Poole at practice.

Rumors of the possible altercation arose Oct. 5 after the Warrior’s practice. How ever, it was not until TMZ leaked footage of the incident that media outlets began to stir with polarizing analyses and takes.

I could not help but notice the similarities between this punch and the infamous slap that occurred earlier this year involving Will Smith and Chris Rock at the Oscars.

Aside from the obvious, what do the Draymond Green punch and Will Smith slap have in common? Public out rage and disappointment.

Although I do not agree with the distasteful actions in both these incidents, why are we constantly disappointed and outraged over celebrities mak ing mistakes?

Tabloids are covered in countless stories of celebrity

slip-ups and bad decisions, all with the intention of giving us content that will shock and entertain us.

Even so, we have all heard similar or worse stories around dining room tables, public bathrooms, at work, over phone calls, in online forums and through sim ple eavesdropping. Yet, I find that we offer more grace and understanding to the charac ters in these stories told to us by family, friends, coworkers, peers and strangers than the people we read about in maga zines. Stories of a friend’s wild nights out are met with laughs and amusement, while similar stories of stars on gossip sites are met with disgust and criti cism.

This double standard is usually reinforced by the idea that public figures should know better and act accord ingly. Since they are in the limelight, they should uphold good values and behaviour and set a good example for the rest of us. Which makes sense in an ideal world. However,

this is not an ideal world.

The bad behaviour of stars should not be that shock ing when they don’t get their platforms due to their moral merit. Just like most of us, celebrities have no qualifi cations whatsoever to serve as role models for morality. When celebrities get their big break, they are burdened with a long list of restrictions and expectations.

Nonetheless, for the exchange of fame we expect high virtues of promising candidates, even if we do not expect the same of ourselves or the people around us.

However, what I’m failing to understand is where the correlation between fame and high morals is coming from. Just because someone has a platform does not mean they should, nor does it mean that they necessarily deserve it.

Unless the ramifications of their mistakes are detri mental, public outrage and disappointment over poor behaviour is not warranted, except where said person was

granted their public status due to their ethics and morals. Public figures that have been signed to play sports or act in movies should not be looked on as messiahs or moral com passes.

In this case, Green report edly returned to practice on Oct. 13 and received a fine for his behaviour, which is essen tially getting away scot-free for a player with an average salary of about $25 million.

At the end of the day, celeb rities are people that make mistakes, and they will con tinue to make mistakes. Green should not have punched Poole, and Smith should not have slapped Rock, but they did. All we can do now is move forward and not let their actions cause more futile uproars that hold no real con sequences for them.

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Anthropomorphic beasts, poetry and where to find them Joint exhibition at MAWA a contemplative walk through queer imaginaries

Jessie Krahn, staff

G allery viewers look ing to discover novel art on a budget will find that Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art (MAWA) has lots to offer throughout October. In collaboration with the U of M institute for the human ities, MAWA has just opened a free exhibition entitled We Hold Your Gaze_Remix by Like Queer Animals (LQA).

The exhibition is the collab orative effort of a creative duo — Chicago-based artist Jessie Mott and French-Québé coise queer scholar Chantal Nadeau. The works pair Mott’s illustrations of anthropo morphic hybrid beasts with scrolls of Nadeau’s poetry.

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First Fridays lecture launch ing the exhibition on Oct. 7 that the collaboration was central to the project. While describing how the two art ists met, Nadeau explained her first encounter with Mott’s work and identifying with the creatures as “this is me.”

We Hold Your Gaze is the result of Mott and Nadeau building on each other’s work, and that act of collabora tion was, for Nadeau, a form of translation. Not only does their project involve trans lating language, but work ing together requires them to translate their emotions and methods of expression — Mott refines Nadeau’s English grammar and Nadeau verifies when Mott has captured emo tions in the creatures which, in turn, reflect their own emo tions.

Inspired by what Nadeau calls their “sick fascina tion” for medieval besti aries — illustrated texts that detailed the religious mean ings of different animals — Mott’s watercolour anthropo morphic hybrid creatures are set against hazy backgrounds.

The creatures reflect Nadeau and Mott’s reactions to what gender and queer studies scholar Roderick A. Ferguson calls “the single-sex uality narrative.” The phrase refers to the whitewash ing of queer history and the tendency to erase the com plicated parts of historical events, such as the Stonewall riots, to cast them in a light

that is more acceptable to the mainstream.

Because the creatures blend the anthropomorphic with multiple animal forms, they are impossible to describe as a single species. In this way, they capture the complex ities, textures and gradients of queerness outside of those narrow permutations which mainstream culture has grown more tolerant towards.

Nadeau described this in the First Fridays lecture as a way to “invite audiences to reimagine how we see, feel, hear, touch and are touched by non-normative bodies,” adding that the artists refer to this as creating “a queer besti ary of emotions.”

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One piece features a multibreasted fox-deer almost twerking energetically as zigzags emanate from its rear into the background. Another image shows a cat or deer-like creature reclining against a dreamy blue and gold back drop with glittery pink wings reaching towards the edge of the frame.

Nadeau explained that the bestiaries the team was inspired by came with their own limitations. The creature designs in We Hold Your Gaze needed to evolve past the old bestiaries for LQA’s project.

Mott and Nadeau experi mented with placing the crea tures in images of Chicago. The locations they chose ranged from local landmarks to sites of historic events,

including the site of the memorial for Fred Hampton of the Black Panthers.

In fact, the artists want these creatures to propel audi ences into imagining “both personal and public” virtual environments.

The team has nearly finished a new project, The Hungry Ones, which will be a printed collection of Nadeau’s poetry and Mott’s illustra tions. Beyond print, Mott explained that the team is seeking funding to develop an augmented reality (AR) pro ject “very grand in scale.”

As for the current exhib ition, each creature is mis chievous and mysterious. They encourage slow con sideration as they take time to fully take in, and the accom panying poetry humanizes

them. Each poem gives voice to the otherwise indecipher able creatures.

As the team pursues fund ing for its future experimen tation with AR, the indistinct backgrounds raise questions about where these creatures are headed next.

We Hold Your Gaze_Remix runs until Oct. 28 at MAWA at 611 Main Street. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday to Friday.

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Saying farewell to our ‘Best of Friends’ Millennium Library gift shop shutters doors after 17 years

Damien Davis, staff

T he Best of Friends Gift Shop might be easy to miss if you are passing through the Millennium Library, but its impending closure after 17 years of service will leave holes in the hearts of many library patrons.

The gift shop is oper ated through the Friends of the Winnipeg Public Library (Friends WPL), a non-profit charitable organization that has been in operation for 30 years and is dedicated to pro moting literacy and learning.

Funds raised by the shop go to programming projects run by the Winnipeg Public Library. In fact, the organiz ation makes a donation once a year to the Winnipeg Public Library to use as they see fit.

Current president and longtime member of Friends WPL Rita Burgess told the Mani toban that the closure was due to various factors.

“A good deal of it was reduced customer traffic,” Burgess said. “We’ve also had a very challenging time with

volunteer recruitment,” she added, explaining that this has not been uncommon for volunteer-run organizations

Over the past two decades alone, the organization has generated over $348,000 for library programming. They have done this by sponsoring other fundraising activities as well as co-sponsoring the annual Writer-in-Residence program, helping to fund the annual Spring Break program and providing items for differ ent library initiatives.

The gift shop itself is vol unteer run, and because of that it is difficult to find avail able volunteers who are able to commit long-term. There are no honorariums or pay cheques given to those who help in the gift shop. It oper ates entirely on the availabil ity of its volunteers and their hours.

“When you’re operating a gift shop you need to be able to commit to an amount of time, because there’s a certain amount of training and every thing that goes into it,” Bur

’Toban about town Sweet treats to study and relax to

Jessie Krahn, staff

With university life returning to campus, many students are eagerly scouring for fresh and reliable study spots. Working tirelessly in the same place every day will quickly become stale, and sometimes refueling while working at an eatery can be reinvigorating. Students at the University of Manitoba will find one such rest stop within walking distance of the Fort Garry campus.

Located at 18-2077 Pembina Highway, Meet Fresh is the chain’s only franchise loca tion to open in Winnipeg. The eatery is a convenient refuge for anyone looking to study away from the hustle and bustle of cam pus life, or to just hang out with peers. Billing itself as a home to “authentic Taiwanese dessert,” Meet Fresh primarily serves milk teas, boba and Tai wanese-style shaved ice.

A sweet tooth is mandatory for anyone wishing to visit.

The strawberry and mango Gemini Milk shaved ice is a stand-out. The dish comes with an even balance of fresh strawberry and mango that compliments the sweetness of

the condensed milk. I ordered the shaved ice dish with one other person, and the portion size left us full to bursting and wishing for a third to share it with.

Small side bowls make the large serving size easy to divvy up between two or more people. This is an improve ment on many shaved ice res taurants, where in my experi ence groups must often hud dle over one communal dish.

The menu is expansive and varied. Along with the shaved ice, various puddings, dessert waffles, mochi, almond soup and purple rice soup leave dessert fans with lots to sam ple. What’s more, its bubble

gess explained.

“Some just don’t have the time anymore, some have aged out.”

Despite the closure and the rich history that will go with it, Burgess said that the organ ization has plenty of good things in store for the future, including their Spooktacular Trivia Night fundraiser which will be held Oct. 20 at the Win nipeg Winter Club.

“While it is a time that is very sad, as an organization we’re excited for the future,” she said.

As far as the official date for when the gift shop will close its doors for good, Bur gess said that the plan is to have operations cease by the end of the year, but that it will depend on whatever is left product-wise by then.

“If individuals have things that they enjoy in the shop, they should probably get there sooner than later,” she said.

Burgess wants the com munity to know that she and the organization are thank ful for the support that has

been given to the shop over the years, and said that mem bers of the community should “stay tuned to what the Friends are going to do next.”

“Let’s continue to keep libraries top of mind,” she said.

“Our libraries are so import ant in our community, and that’s what we feel so strongly about.”

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teas are of a very consistent quality.

Throughout the pandemic, Meet Fresh’s winter melon tea with lemon was one of my go-to drink orders. How ever, most other drinks on the menu reward customers for experimenting with different combinations of toppings for their beverages.

Meet Fresh boasts ample power outlets and comfort

able seating spaces. On mul tiple occasions, even for part of the time I wrote this review, I have hunkered down on one of the restaurant’s comfort able couches, plugged in my laptop and chipped away at my course work courtesy of the restau rant’s free Wi-Fi.

After classes, Meet Fresh also offers a relaxing atmos phere for students to winddown and socialize with friends. The restaurant typ ically has pop music from the ’00s, well-known hits circu lating on TikTok, C-pop and K-pop in its rotation. As well, when I went the eatery had a small stock of playing card

packs, board games, Rubik’s cubes, and other party favour ites like UNO available to patrons.

While optimal for a stop along Pembina near the U of M, the experience Meet Fresh offers is not perfect. The staff are efficient and friendly, though their focus on cus tomer service sometimes supersedes front of house cleanliness. At times, dishes will be left at the drop-off counter for hours after diners have left, and tables are occa sionally left with mildly sticky residue after an insufficient wipe down.

These are minor complaints in an otherwise strong experi ence.

Meet Fresh offers a highly

desirable space to kick back for study-spot-starved stu dents, as well as a large and diverse menu of Taiwanese desserts.

Standing out in a saturated market of bubble tea restau rants along Pembina south is no small feat, but Meet Fresh manages to distinguish itself from its competitors with a broad menu and an environ ment that suits the hard-work ing student’s lifestyle.

Meet Fresh is open from 1:00 to 10:00 p.m. most days, with extended hours until 11:00 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

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photo / Ebunoluwa Akinbo / staff

Meet Fresh offers a highly desirable space to kick back for study-spot-starved students

Bisons men’s basketball season preview

Bisons men’s basketball looks to improve on last season’s struggles

Kieran Light staff

The University of Manitoba Bisons men’s basket ball team will play their first game of the 2022-23 season on Nov. 4, where they will face off against the University of Alberta Golden Bears. The team is hopeful to see growth and improvement over last season’s second-half collapse, and have good reason to think they will.

At the beginning of last sea son the Bisons caught light ning in a bottle, winning six of their first ten games. However, the lightning soon escaped them. The Bisons finished last season losing six of their last seven games, and finish ing with a 7-9 record and a sub-.500 winning percentage — not the end to the promis ing season they had set them selves up for.

U of M Bison forward Cieran O’Hara said that he expects the team will find suc cess offensively this season. He noted that this year, the Bisons are a fairly young team, and said they will benefit from playing at a fast pace.

“I think a lot of it has to do with just coming out, starting our game with a high tempo,” O’hara said.

“Last year I think we strug

gled with keeping our energy levels high throughout the game and going into the second half. So, I think com ing off the bench, it will be important for everyone to stay engaged.”

When asked about the makeup of this year’s team, O’Hara said that the squad looks like a “good group” with strong veteran leadership. He added that the entire team is having fun so far, and that now is “the closest the team has been in a while.”

Tying back to the team’s camaraderie, O’Hara said that the team’s bond makes them more motivated to be “accountable for each other,” which he said propels the team to do better than the pre vious year.

The Bisons ended this past pre-season with a 2-3 record. Within those three losses, the largest deficit was a mere eight points, and the teams’ final pre-season game fea tured a 20-point blowout vic tory over the Western Univer sity Mustangs.

The team will not let last season’s disappointments deter them from moving for ward. O’Hara, when speak ing of his expectations for this upcoming season, said “I

think a lot of what will come this season is just a lot of growth and learning.”

The Bisons have a great mix of youthful energy and vet eran experience with play ers like third-year guard Mark Tachie and fourth-year for ward Wyatt Tait. The team is aware of their issues and have worked to fix them.

Sports teams’ schedules

U of M Bisons — Women’s Hockey

Regina Cougars @ Bisons Oct. 14 — Final: 1 – 2

Regina Cougars @ Bisons Oct. 15 — Final: 2 – 3

Trinity Western Spartans @ Bisons Oct. 21 — 7 p.m.

Trinity Western Spartans @ Bisons Oct. 22 — 2 p.m.

U of M Bisons — Women’s Soccer

Bisons @ Lethbridge Pronghorns

Oct. 15 — Final: 1 – 0

Bisons @ Mount Royal Cougars Oct. 16 — Final: 0 – 2

Playoffs:

Regina Cougars @ Bisons Oct. 22 — 5:30 p.m.

U of M Bisons — Women’s Volleyball

Bisons @ Trinity Western Spartans Oct. 21 — 8 p.m.

Bisons @ Trinity Western Spartans Oct. 22 — 7 p.m.

U of M Bisons — Men’s Football

Bisons @ UBC Thunderbirds

Bison briefs

Bisons sweep Cougars at home

Last season began with hope and excitement, but ended with disappointment and frustration. This season is different and brings new chal lenges to face, only this time with past lessons to help guide the way.

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Oct. 15 — Final: 21 – 27

Alberta Golden Bears @ Bisons Oct. 22 — 1 p.m.

U of M Bisons — Men’s Hockey

Bisons @ Regina Cougars

Oct. 14 — Final: 2 – 1

Bisons @ Regina Cougars Oct. 15 — Final: 4 – 3

Bisons @ Trinity Western Spartans Oct. 21 — 2:15 p.m.

Bisons @ Trinity Western Spartans Oct. 22 — 7 p.m.

U of M Bisons — Men’s Volleyball

Bisons @ Trinity Western Spartans Oct. 21 — 10 p.m. Bisons @ Trinity Western Spartans Oct. 22 — 9 p.m.

U of M Bisons — Cross Country

Chris McCubbins Provincial Championships Oct. 22

U of M Bisons — Swimming

St. James Seals Invitational Oct. 22–23

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Blue Bombers @ BC Lions

Oct. 15 — Final: 32 – 40 BC Lions @ Blue Bombers Oct. 28 — 7:30 p.m.

Winnipeg Jets

New York Rangers @ Jets

Oct. 14 — Final: 1 – 4 Jets @ Dallas Stars Oct. 17 — Final: 1 – 4 Jets @ Colorado Avalanche Oct. 19 — 7 p.m. Jets @ Vegas Golden Knights Oct. 20 — 9 p.m. Toronto Maple Leafs @ Jets Oct. 22 — 6 p.m. St. Louis Blues @ Jets Oct. 24 — 7 p.m.

All times CDT

After beginning the sea son 0-2, the Bisons women’s hockey team returned for their home opener and rattled off two straight wins over the Univer sity of Regina Cougars.

In the first period of game one, the penalty box saw more action than either team’s net. There were a total of six pen alties in the opening minutes, without a single goal to show for it.

This would change immedi ately in the second period, when Regina’s Paige Hubbard opened scoring. However, the Bisons responded with an unassisted power-play goal from Rachel Gottfried. The Bisons finished the game off with another power-play goal in the third period from for ward Kylie Lesuk.

Game two was all Bisons. Defender Chloe Snaith scored the game’s opener. The Bisons found the net a second time, just twenty-nine seconds into the second period with a power-play goal by thirdyear forward Kate Gregoire. Regina followed up with a goal of their own to make the score 2-1, however Kaitlyn Chatyrbok put the game away with the game-winning goal.

The Bisons women’s hockey team must be happy to get into the win column, and are sure to be looking to build off this momentum for the upcom ing game against the Trinity Western University Spartans this Friday.

Bisons women’s soccer

The Bisons women’s soccer team went 1–1 over the final weekend of the regular sea son, but had much to cele brate.

In Saturday’s game against the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns, the Bisons tri umphed with a 1–0 victory, with forward Tabata Bravo netting the lone goal.

In the second game of the Alberta-based final weekend, the Bisons fell to the Mount Royal University Cougars 0–2.

However, the Bisons have finished fourth in the Canada West Prairie division, and will go on to the first round of the Canada West Championship playoffs this weekend.

The first round, which is the play-in round of the play offs, will see the Bisons take on the number five seeded University of Regina Cougars this Saturday, Oct. 22 at 5:30 p.m.

Kieran Light & Grace Anne Paizen, staff sports@themanitoban.com

photo / Matthew Merkel / staff