News year-in-review: It wasn’t 100 per cent awful
In honour of our last regular issue of 2016, we remember the (few and far between) bright spots in this year’s news.
Safe, sane, and consensual: Where Vet’s Tour went wrong
“Exploring one’s sexuality is a vital and important part of growing up and learning about ourselves and our bodies. Any such exploration, however, must be done consensually for all parties involved."
Cultural appropriation 101
Simply put, by using pieces of a culture that go hand in hand with oppression, you participate in the erasure of that culture’s authentic experience.
Restaurant pet peeves: customers vs. servers
What annoys you the most about about eating/working at a restaurant?
Ontario domestic violence project overlooks important demographic
Women are affected by domestic violence, but it isn’t enough to support women in general. Targeted funding must be given to the groups of women in Ontario that face the highest barriers to overcoming abuse.
U of O alum, Paralympic rower brings home the bronze in Rio
While no all-star athlete can claim they had an easy road to competing among the elite, this is especially true for U of O alumnus and Paralympic bronze medalist rower Andrew Todd.
University of Ottawa students notified of possible privacy breach
On the evening of Sept. 21 the University of Ottawa announced that it was investigating an external hard drive that went missing earlier this month, which contains information on approximately 900 students.
ByWard market bar reviews
If you’re looking for a bar in ByWard with an upscale feel, sans the pretentious patrons or wait staff, then look no further than Atari.
Police arrest alleged assailant of former U of O student Mélodie Morin
Morin filed the original incident with the Ottawa police service on September 26, 2015. Now, almost a year later, she said that while the year has been tough she is proud of herself and the impact her story has had on other women.
LRT magnetic field could interfere with science equipment
While construction of the new light rail transit (LRT) campus station might be inconvenient for commuters, it also introduces a new set of challenges for the University of Ottawa Faculty of Science’s Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) facility, which houses millions of dollars of research equipment.