Holy spaghetti
The problem with pasta and religion
LAST WEEK. MY home was invaded. Nothing was broken, nothing was taken, but it was invaded. I live in residence at 90 University, and last week a group called Campus for Ch...
Political playground
The childishness of Ontario politics
WE’VE ALL DONE it at least once: Compared the behaviour of politicians to that of children. No one has to pass a maturity test to be elected to office, and though the r...
OC-NoTranspo: A call for student action
ARE YOU TIRED of waiting for the bus that never comes? The bus that’s constantly 10 minutes late? The bus that is so late it came at the same time as the next scheduled bus? The bus that’s so packed you can’t g...
U of O admin: Leave ignoring the arts to the government
AS MUCH AS I would love to dedicate this letter to complaining about the disaster that was the U-Pass distribution this year, I am addressing this one to the University of Ottawa administration to ask them to g...
Don’t hate
Re: “Don’t say we didn’t warn you!” (The Fro Code, Sept. 1)
ALTHOUGH I FOUND the article “Don’t say we didn’t warn you!” generally witty and well written, I did find the blurb on “The Newly Pledged Fraternit...
Bring back the SAC
ON SUNDAY, THE Board of Administration (BOA) voted to dissolve the Student Arbitration Committee (SAC) and replace it with the Constitutional Committee, which will be made up of Student Federation of the Un...
What’s your opinion on?
Who assaulted whom?
LAST WEEK, THE Fulcrum reported on a questionable incident involving the alleged assault of Hugh Styres, a down-and-out resident of the Ottawa streets, by two police officers who had been...
Poor and embarrassed
Not every student is rolling in loan money
LAST TUESDAY, I went to class ready to learn. I sat myself square in the front row, pulled out my notebook and pen, and got into full-on concentration mode. Fifteen...
In the eyes of an elderly care worker
One woman’s experiences with youth and the elderly
Please note: This piece is an elongated interview from the piece originally seen the Fulcrum's print edition.
MARY ANN SHAULE has worked as a senior recr...