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Reading Time: 5 minutesIf it’s that easy to keep your job as a bar manager, and have a “sold out” club, even when guests are aware that you’re a convicted sexual predator, one has to wonder if #MeToo has gone too far, or if it hasn’t gone far enough.
Reading Time: 8 minutesFormer members of Greek life organizations have boldly brought forward their stories about the toxic environment within the community, that leads to cases of alleged sexual assault going unnoticed and unaddressed.
Reading Time: 11 minutesThe journey of unlearning and learning is one that is very long, and that will include a lot of ups and downs, but it’s really important that you listen to folks that are affected by it, and kind of follow their lead.
Reading Time: 8 minutesThe more I delved into this case, the more I realized that, in truth, anyone could be the next Hassan Diab. Under Canada’s current extradition system, it really is that easy for our government to send you to a foreign country to face charges for which the country has little to no reliable evidence.
Reading Time: 9 minutesIt’s not every student that will embark on a 10-year journey to see their idea passed by Parliament, but every student can effect political change right now. Hopefully, some of the lessons Grosman learned on her journey to passing a bill will inform and inspire you to be a driver of real political change—no matter how heavy your class schedule is.
Reading Time: 2 minutesHow to help a friend through an abortion WHEN MY FRIEND told me she was getting an abortion I felt it my duty to be as open and available as possible. I mean, this person just trusted me with one of the heaviest things someone can deal with; I had to make sure she didn’t …
Reading Time: 4 minutesCompleting a doctorate can’t be that different, can it? The Fulcrum sat down with U of O grad students to find out.
Reading Time: 3 minutesRecycling bins seem to be everywhere at the University of Ottawa—you can sort and dispose of paper, metals, plastic, and glass on nearly every floor of every building. But what about compost bins?
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe asked students to come up with some of the best lessons they picked up in first semester that they plan on carrying into the winter one.
Reading Time: 7 minutesA cursory glance at the fall-out from the free vote on Bill M-312 that took place in the House of Commons on September 26th, and it is this definition that springs to mind when seeing the divisive effect abortion continues to have on Canadian society and its national women’s movement.
Reading Time: 6 minutesFour Fulcrum editors took on the topic of student reading habits and came back with four different responses.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen something’s gotta give, sleep is often first to go—just look at the growing line-ups of students desperate for a caffeine fix at Second Cup.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen it comes to dieting and fitness, motivation is absolutely essential. I learned this the hard way in an oddball bet with my father a few years ago.
Reading Time: 9 minutes“I’m very comfortable with my personality and my sexuality,” he would tell me later. “No subject is taboo to me.”
Reading Time: 3 minutesThere is nothing like the shiver that runs down your spine when your professor asks this at the end of class.
Reading Time: 6 minutes“But it’s in a way that doesn’t really help to resolve the issues. It’s more of a one-way interaction where they may gain more knowledge on an issue, maybe there’s a donation involved to a local charity—which of course I’m not minimizing—but it doesn’t do anything to address any of the root causes of the issues.”
Reading Time: 3 minutesStudents and recent grads may not have the answers to their family members’ questions, but they do know one thing for sure: The definition of the word “family” is different for everyone.
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn short: We’re pretty into ourselves.
Reading Time: 5 minutesChoosing a school for post-secondary studies is a major decision that comes with its own unique challenges for each individual.
Reading Time: 4 minutesIt seems that the general consensus among young adults is that May through August are the months for hook-ups, flings, and, sometimes, finding a mate. However, what is it that motivates us to associate the summer solstice with getting together and getting it on?
