Reading Time: 2 minutesA crowd of supporters gathered at Café Dekcuf on Sept. 21 to “rock” for Steve Gerecke, a well-known local photographer who had his van, customized wheelchair, and most of his photography equipment stolen last month.
Year: 2012
Reading Time: 2 minutesWalking around campus this year, you might notice there are a lot of new options for where to eat. Bento Sushi moved out of the university centre (UCU) cafeteria and is now where the Upper Crust used to be, there is a new food truck under the Thompson- Fauteux overpass and the Faculty of Social Sciences building will soon be getting a bakery.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Don’t wait for the cops to read you your rights, they usually won’t.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe third annual Culture Days weekend will engage Canadian communities of varying sizes and compositions from Sept. 28–30.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa and its faculty association, the Association of Professors of the University of Ottawa (APUO), reached a collective agreement Sept. 20, after 16 months of negotiations. Talks for the agreement began in April of 2011.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen we are above water and get to breathe, we have to make it all look easy and as if we are having the time of our lives while performing.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere’s a reason you’re afraid of monsters under your bed: As soon as you fall asleep, you’re a sitting duck.
Reading Time: 3 minutesI trained. Trained! Me, the girl whose co-worker asked incredulously, “Wait—you’re athletic?” as I explained to him I was running a 5K while simultaneously using my teeth to rip into a tub of Ben & Jerry’s.
Reading Time: 4 minutesDear Di, why does every guy want to finish on my face?
Reading Time: 5 minutesLoved, hated, and feared, “bad boy” professional athletes have popped up in sports history more times than we can count.
Reading Time: 4 minutesAlbum reviews for Sept. 27, 2012 include Delhi 2 Dublin and Ottawa’s own Silvergun & Spleen.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe relationship between sports and homophobia seems to be taking two steps forward, one step back.
Reading Time: 3 minutesDemanding Muslims to step up and condemn the acts of the extremists, as many Internet commentators have done, is ridiculous.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“It’s obviously disappointing not making playoffs, but you still wake up every Saturday looking forward to playing.”
Reading Time: 4 minutes“There is a cancer eating away at the news business—the cancer of boredom, superficiality, and irrelevance—and radical surgery is needed.”
Reading Time: 3 minutesA vibrant night of art descended upon the city Sept. 22 between 6:22 p.m. and 4:23 a.m. for Ottawa’s first ever Nuit Blanche.
Reading Time: 10 minutesAmong the general population, voluntourism has a positive connotation in the sense that rather than just having fun, people are also making an effort to help others. But among people who study the field or are experts in the area of international development, there’s a lot more skepticism.
Reading Time: 2 minutesElections Canada has been taking their Democracy Week from coast to coast talking to students about democracy and the democratic process
Reading Time: 3 minutesTwo Canadians wrongfully linked to Innocence of Muslims, South Korean navy fires shots towards North Korean fishing vessels, CLASSE not satisfied by tuition hike cancellation, and Supreme Court of Canada supports Vancouver prostitution challenge
Reading Time: 2 minutesMany students in Canada were trying to make enough money to sustain themselves throughout an eight-month period of studies, but, for the most part, the jobs were not there.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn November 2012, the organization will hand out its first ever Innovator Award at the 2012 Canadian Folk Music Awards, to be held in Saint John, N.B. The honour will be given to a pioneer of the folk community.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn recent years, the University of Ottawa has expanded its online presence to include Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Pinterest, with an aim to be more in touch with the student body.
Reading Time: 2 minutesI share an office with a proud Muslim woman, and when I asked her what she thought of depicting Muhammed in any way, shape, or form, her answer was incredibly simple: You don’t do it.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere are plenty of ways to get your puck fix this winter; just follow the flow chart below to figure out which is best for you.
Reading Time: 2 minutesJust like that, I was transported to the world of chickpeas and moral superiority that vegetarians inhabit.
