How to be emotionally and mentally prepared…
...For that essay! Sofia Hashi | Fulcrum Staff Photo by Sean Campbell ESSAY WRITING: THOSE two words can make the most experienced fourth-year student... Read more.
You’re not cultured
You just have Internet access Sofia Hashi | Fulcrum Staff Something happened between 2007 and 2012. During the online-blogging boom and our need to... Read more.
Perspectives—I am Canadian too
Sofia Hashi | Fulcrum Staff I HATE SKATING. No, really, I do. There’s something about stuffing my foot into an unnaturally skinny shoe with a long blade and... Read more.
Say what?!
Is our society too politically correct? Sofia Hashi | Fulcrum Staff Illustration by Brennan Bova There comes a time in all our lives when we wonder,... Read more.
Casting the ballot
Should uninformed voters vote? IT SEEMS AS if with every passing election, there’s a new poll released about just how apathetic our society has become,... Read more.
Oil drama
The pipeline saga continues Sofia Hashi | Fulcrum Staff Illustration by Brennan Bova I OFTEN FORGET to flick off the light switch. I sometimes leave the... Read more.
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a…
Superhero showdown SUPERHEROES ARE LIKE colours, ice cream flavours, and bands—we all have a favourite. Whether it’s because they’re relatable,... Read more.
Bye bye feminism
Why don’t women want to be feminists? Sofia Hashi | Fulcrum Staff Illustration by Mathias MacPhee FEMINISM. IT’S A word that has seemingly... Read more.
Perspectives
I'm not entitled Sofia Hashi | Fulcrum Staff HOW MUCH WOULD you pay for a piece of paper? Probably not that much, but what if that piece of paper came with a... Read more.
Heckles
Getcho own dawg! Julia Fabian | Fulcrum Staff NOT ONCE BUT twice have I been told by random people on the street that my dog has to pee. Sound ridiculous? I... Read more.
Justin Trudeau—more than just a name?
Spotlight on a potential prime minister Daniel LeRoy | Fulcrum Staff Illustration by Mathias MacPhee JUSTIN TRUDEAU. NO matter which province they... Read more.
My next-door neighbour really is an alien
…or is he? Sofia Hashi | Fulcrum Staff NEIL ARMSTRONG NEVER landed on the moon. JFK’s assassination in the ‘60s was an inside job. So was 9/11.... Read more.
Snowjam sexism?
New poster for yearly trip raises eyebrows Paige Vonk | Fulcrum Contributor Photo by Kyle Hansford EVERY WINTER SEMESTER, University of Ottawa... Read more.
Who run the world? Girls!
Perspectives Sofia Hashi | Fulcrum Staff DREAMING OF 24 Sussex Dr.? What about having a front row seat in the House of Commons—and I’m not talking about... Read more.
Hey, that was my idea!
No such thing as original thought? Emily Manns | Fulcrum Contributor Illustration by John Baisi OUR TEACHERS TELL us to be original in our... Read more.
Controversy with the National Recognition Program
Sports Services launches new initiative Photo Illustration by Mathias MacPhee THE UNIVERSITY OF Ottawa has come out with a new program in the hope of... Read more.
Manufacturing patriotism?
What makes us proud to be... Well, us? Daniel LeRoy | Fulcrum Contributor Photo Illustration by Mathias MacPhee Canadians—what defines us? Is it... Read more.
All of the memes!
In the name of art or lolz? Whether you pronounce it “mem,” or “meem” (the correct pronounciation is the latter, by the way), there’s no... Read more.
Four reasons why we plagiarize
…and it’s not just because of the copy and paste buttons Sofia Hashi | Fulcrum Staff Photo by Sean Campbell WE KNOW IT’S wrong. We know... Read more.
Whose health right is it anyway?
Public vs. private health-care debate back on the table Photo illustration by Mathias MacPhee Canadian courts just may be opening up the... Read more.
The “P” word
Globe and Mail columnist accused of plagiarism Jane Lytvynenko | Fulcrum Contributor IN AN AGE of bloggers, micro bloggers, and status updaters, reliable... Read more.
Ear in the air
Why music snobs should get off their high horses Max Szyc | Fulcrum Contributor Illustration by Brennan Bova It’s happened to me and it’s happened to... Read more.
Perspectives — Innocence of Islam
Sofia Hashi | Fulcrum Staff SURPRISE, SURPRISE, THE Middle East is making headlines once again. Except this time there’s no uprising, revolts, or overthrown... Read more.
Death of the media
Is real journalism gone? Illustration by Mathias MacPhee TO QUOTE A famous American journalist, Howard Kurtz, “There is a cancer eating away at the news... Read more.
A new path?
Canada ends diplomatic relations with Iran Stephanie Read | Fulcrum Contributor WITH THE RECENT closing of the Iranian embassy in Ottawa, and the subsequent... Read more.