What’s love got to do with it?
SEX AND LOVE, love and sex. The two are intrinsically connected—or are they? Two students with differing opinions debate which is better: Sex with love, or... Read more.
Whore-oscopes
NOT SURE WHERE you're going to be knocking the boots next? Look for your astrological sign below and discover what's in store for you this month. Don't say we... Read more.
The woman who married the Eiffel Tower
ERIKA EIFFEL IS a world-class archer who has been a guest on ABC News’ Good Morning America and The Tyra Banks’ Show. She is the subject of dozens of... Read more.
#SFUOelxns—where is your money going?
HAVING BEEN INVOLVED in event planning these past two years through my volunteering within the Health Sciences Student Association, I am surprised to see most... Read more.
#SFUOelxns—’don’t be fooled’
AS A CURRENT vp social of one of the many hardworking federated body executives on campus, I find it laughable when candidates running for re-election run on a... Read more.
Top things to have an opinion on this week
1. Ecstacy out West is more dangerous than users think. 2. MPs in support of controversial seal hunt to wear seal skin fur as show of support. 3. Taxing... Read more.
Meme war FAIL
LIKE MANY STUDENTS, I delight in the occasional snide remark at my rival university. Indeed, much of the content of the “meme war” unfolding on Facebook... Read more.
Nobody tosses a dwarf, they toss a consenting adult
AT THE HIGHLY-PUBLICIZED 2012 Grammy Awards, Game of Thrones actor and Hollywood’s resident little person Peter Dinklage added a cryptic message to his... Read more.
Teacher turned sex offender
I HAVE A bronze medal I keep in a banker’s box, not having found a place to put it since I moved. The words on it read, “Le concours d’art oratoire... Read more.
What’s your opinion on…
More than a mere wizard HARRY POTTER STAR Daniel Radcliffe is trying to rebrand himself—without the wand this time. Battling the expectation that his... Read more.
Protest disturbance
Katherine DeClerq | Fulcrum Staff WHILE A FEW hundred students gathered on Morisset Terrace for the Canadian Federation of Students-inspired National Day of... Read more.
Student responds to crosstown rivalry
AS MIDTERMS APPROACH, more and more University of Ottawa and Carleton University students are abandoning their books. Why, you ask? To participate in an... Read more.
What’s your opinion on…
We’re really sorry RCMP ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER Craig Callens issued a public apology Jan. 27 regarding the organization’s handling of the case of... Read more.
Get your spray on…
But be legal about it CONTRARY TO POPULAR belief, there are areas in Ottawa where graffiti is not only legal but encouraged. Though few and far between, the... Read more.
Gabbing about graffiti
THOUGH NOT THE largest or most urban city in Canada, Ottawa is no stranger to the colourful world of graffiti art. Some adore it and others abhor it,... Read more.
Accessibility + Winter Challenge = Success!
THE CENTRE FOR Students with Disabilities would like to applaud the VP Social, MC Noël, and the Social Crew for giving importance to accessibility in this... Read more.
Explaining the illness
What happened in Victoria THOUGH IT WAS not until several hours after the initial illness hit the conference that any official information was made known, it... Read more.
@theforefront
How Twitter defined norovirus outbreak ON JAN. 11, the Fulcrum editorial board and a group of its staff and volunteers set out for a national student... Read more.
The birthday bitch
Birthdays come but once a year... Or do they? FOR THE FIRST 18 years of my life, I operated under the assumption that I was to celebrate my birthday only... Read more.
Walk the walk
Know your sidewalk etiquette STRUTTING THE STREETS of Ottawa the past few months has led me to a new, profound realization: People do not know how to use... Read more.
Fund in-demand fields
Alternative loan system would halt student debt crisis THERE IS A fundamental problem with the way our society values education. Canadians have long... Read more.
What’s your opinion on…
Let’s talk about legitimizing, baby LAST YEAR, SCANDAL hit our school when the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) decided to overturn... Read more.
Celebrating Canadian voices in ‘spec-fic’
Annual speculative fiction conference hits Ottawa for a big weekend CAN-CON IS BACK! From Sept. 9–11, the Society for Canadian Content in Speculative Arts... Read more.