Reading Time: 2 minutesOttawa—which has often been dubbed the town (or city) that fun forgot—faces lots of challenges when it comes to nightlife.
Arts
Reading Time: 2 minutes“It’s really nice to have two hours every week where we sit down and concentrate solely on stuff concerning writing, and it gets the creative juices flowing.”
Reading Time: 3 minutes“(Looking back at) my first time … (my biggest) regret was not speaking. I thought that all (kinds of) bad things would happen to me—and then the second time that I did it, I found that if you put yourself out there … you’ll get good feedback from it.”
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Plain Pasta with Butter” is a snapshot in time focused on feelings of nostalgia that takes place during the painful, and sometimes naive, years of one’s 20s.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“It’s the stuff (Canadians) think is normal that is hard for us. You can get resources for the big things, but no one is around to tell us how the recycling system works or what long johns are … I think that is where the school has been a big help.”—Ajit Maheswari, international student in software engineering.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Fulcrum has put together a list of alternative shops that students can go to if the SFUO ceases to be able to fund its businesses on campus—or, if you are just looking to support non-SFUO initiatives.
Reading Time: 2 minutesNicknamed wintertime blues or seasonal depression, and defined as a mood disorder where one exhibits depressive symptoms in the winter, SAD is frequently triggered this time of year—as the dark cold mornings get to many of us.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“I didn’t realize the full extent for how traumatic this is for students until I met students the next day (after the shooting), and I’ve never seen such sadness for something that didn’t happen to them directly.”
Reading Time: 2 minutes“It’s magic … when there’s a crowd in here, and … snow is falling outside, (and) everybody’s got a drink—it’s a very intimate space for people to kick back, have a drink, and listen to the authors reading from their work—it’s really magic.”
Reading Time: 2 minutes“In part, it’s a way of thinking through questions that are raised by ancient Greek philosophy, and in part, it’s a way of thinking through those questions (about) poetry, and (life’s) day-to-day experience of loss, and what happens when you turn that loss into something that’s wider—more abstract, ” explained author and PhD student, Sarah Feldman.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“I think a lot of them were intrigued by the story, by the text, by the way it was written because it’s not your regular realistic drama—it goes way beyond that,” explained director Melina Buziak. “The characters often break the fourth wall and refer directly to the audience and the text is really intriguing.”
Reading Time: 2 minutes“It’s basically a historical piece about the disability rights movement, but it resonates with us—(because) to us, it’s still current. So, in that sense, it’s an ongoing struggle for equality … (and) the piece represents that,” Liz Winkelaar, the director of Spasticus.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn this sobering and thought-provoking novel that is littered with accurate geographical, historical, and contemporary societal issues, the reader gets to be immersed in the cult-classic genres of supernatural, paranormal, and murder.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe English undergraduate association gives students the chance to bring their own scary creations to life at their spooky story contest.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThese tried-and-true fall choices have served fashion-friendly, and exam-hardened students for generations.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis Ottawa-based festival gives students, and new performers a chance to try new things on stage.
Reading Time: 2 minutesGreeting card contest seeks to unite students from various disciplines with competition to incorporate innovation into greeting card design.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis semester, the Parks club will host numerous events, like the de-stressing hike they hosted in Gatineau Park last weekend.
Reading Time: 3 minutesJacob Isaac Segal, written and translated by U of O affiliates, is one of six books to be nominated for the Translation award.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPatricia Reed tackles the world in a visual arts lecture series about art, writing, and international challenges.
Reading Time: 3 minutesFrom poetry to short fiction—U of O students write it all.
Reading Time: 2 minutesVince Staples seamlessly blends the best of rap and electronic music.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAidan O’Keeffe’s exhibit puts technology addictions in the spotlight.
Reading Time: 2 minutesRASC hosts free stargazing sessions to promote astronomy.
Reading Time: 3 minutesStudents break in the LabO with the new performance space’s first performance.
