Say that again?
How students can preserve their native language on campus THERE ARE MANY students on campus whose first language isn’t French or English. This news... Read more.
With lines and rhymes, it’s poetry time
Capital Slam off to a solid start this season HER WORDS CAME fast and abruptly. She didn’t stumble or stutter through the performance and kept the... Read more.
spotlight on
DATA ROMANCE AFTER A TWO year partnership, Vancouver’s Amy Kirkpatrick and Ajay Bhattacharyya, also known as the electro-pop duo Data Romance, are finally... Read more.
Local theatre taking flight
The GCTC presents Amelia: The Girl Who Wants to Fly THE PRINCE EDWARD County Theatre Company’s production of Amelia: The Girl Who Wants to Fly... Read more.
Movie Reviews
Contagion 3.5/5 The best way to describe director Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion is to imagine 28 Days Later without the zombies. Much like in the Danny... Read more.
24-Hour Comics Day
Local artist set to host internationally celebrated event IN THE SUMMER of 1990, Scott McCloud, an American graphic artist, suggested an interesting... Read more.
Not your typical rock ’n’ roll band
Paint mixes more than just colour PAINT IS A band that, despite the brevity of their name, is not readily defined in a single word. Sonically, the... Read more.
Why we woo
The problem THE LONG, COLOURFUL tails on peacocks; the loud, distinctive cry of birds; the useless eye-stalks of some flies: All these traits are found in... Read more.
The grass is greener on our side
Matt Anthony Field is now environmentally friendly IT SEEMS THE grass is now greener at the University of Ottawa. After years of wear and tear, the lawn... Read more.
Dead celebs at an ice cream shop
ANDY WARHOL USED to trade paintings for desserts at Serendipity 3, a popular New York City ice cream parlour that has been visited by the likes of Marilyn... Read more.
You’re screwed
Campaign highlights job issues for students HAVE YOU EVER wondered about job security for university graduates? Launched by the Ontario Public Service... Read more.
Student charged after hazing, staff strike, student returns to UBC & RIM stock continues to topple
Nepean student charged after hazing incident OTTAWA—A NEPEAN HIGH-school student has been charged under the Highway Traffic Act for failing to report a... Read more.
BOA removes presidential veto, SAC
THE BOARD OF Administration (BOA) sat on Sept. 18 for their first official meeting of the semester. It was also the first meeting headed by Dave Molenhuis, the... Read more.
Open letter to Dave Molenhuis, Chair of BOA
DEAR CHAIR, IT has come to my attention that there is a motion before the Board of Administration to dissolve the Student Federation of the University of... Read more.
Open letter to Liz Kessler
DEAR VP UNIVERSITY Liz Kessler, As you are aware, Senate By-Law No. 1, 2008, “A By-Law governing the composition of the Senate” states: “It is hereby... Read more.
Open letter to U of O faculty and students
DEAR UNIVERSITY OF Ottawa faculty and students, I write to you in a most urgent of times, because on Sept. 15, the Student Federation of the University of... Read more.
Open letter to Allan Rock
DEAR PRESIDENT ALLAN Rock, The senate is the supreme governing body on all academic matters at the university, charged with determining the educational... Read more.
Jay-Z and Kanye West, David Guetta, Rebekah Higgs, Darlings of Chelsea & Madison Violet
Jay-Z and Kanye West Watch the Throne Roc-A-Fella Records 3.5/5 THIRTY YEARS AFTER Freddy Mercury and David Bowie’s iconic duet “Under... Read more.
Let’s talk about the CFS, baby
Does anyone know what the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) actually does? As the editors of a campus newspaper, we like to think we’re more informed... Read more.
What’s your opinion on?
Top of the food chain SHARK FIN SOUP is considered to be an impressive (and expensive) delicacy the world over. Served in restaurants in North America for... Read more.
Why you no haz spirit?
Arguing the source of our school’s lack of enthusiasm While sports junkies at the U of O may be unwilling to admit our school is seriously lacking some... Read more.
On the other hand
A different perspective on police violence POLICE BRUTALITY IS an issue that plagues many communities, standing in the way of the judicial process and making... Read more.
Abusing more than power
Considering the problem of police brutality in Ottawa EARLIER THIS SUMMER, a friend and I were leaving the ByTowne Cinema when we found a man lying... Read more.
the fashist
LETTING GO OF summer is a bittersweet process—but that doesn’t have to the case for your wardrobe. As we adjust to new routines, classes, and life on... Read more.
It’s all about the good vibes
Law of attraction expert Marlene Keys to give seminar in Ottawa “GOOD THINGS COME to those who wait.” How often is this phrase loosely thrown around? We... Read more.