In the wake of the 45-day faculty strike last semester, student senators at Brandon University have taken matters into their own hands.

The student representatives on the BU Senate have drafted a policy to govern work stoppages in the future....

In between NDP leadership debates, Member of Parliament for Churchill Niki Ashton visited the Knowles-Douglas Center at Brandon University last Thursday evening to speak about her platform in the race to become the leader of the resurgent NDP. About two...

In the wake of the 45-day faculty strike, many students have elected to leave Brandon University.

As of January 6th, 193 students, approximately 6% of the university population, dropped out completely for a full refund. At the same time, student...

After 45 days of uncertainty, stress, and confusion, students are finally back in class here at Brandon University. It’s quite a relief, but there are still many issues that need to be dealt with, particularly compensation.

Last week, the university...

Students will have received a copy of the revised year’s schedule for a week by the time you read this, and will likely be back into the groove of things. Even so, there might still be some haze surrounding the...

Last Monday night at approximately 7:30 p.m., the Brandon Fire Department was called to a fire in the Knowles-Douglas Student Union building on the Brandon University Campus.

The fire started in the boardroom on the second floor of the building,...

The Brandon University Students’ Union has demanded the chief negotiators of both BUFA and the university administration step down.

During the 2008-2009 Academic Year, York University in Toronto experienced the third longest strike in the history of Canadian Post Secondary institutions, exceeded only by Laval University in 1976 and a longer strike at their own institution in 1997. The...

The faculty strike has taken the record as the longest in Manitoba history, beating the University of Winnipeg’s 23-day strike in 1995 late last week. Both conciliation and mediation have failed to conclude negotiations. The Minister of Labour and Immigration...

I chose to attend Brandon University for several reasons. It was close to home, received rave reviews from previous students I talked to and, most of all, the class sizes were smaller compared to the University of Manitoba or the...

I’ve been thinking about the Occupy movement a lot lately.

When I first heard about it, I was fully in support. Because of my particular circumstances, I have always felt like I am teetering on the brink of the 99%....

100 students attended the SUDS forum, and BUSU told us everything they know