Reading Time: 2 minutes“(I) started writing it down, and … started composing. It’s kind of like one thing led to another. With time, I started making a living off of it, and people started commissioning me to write pieces.”
Arts
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere has been barter of course, but as Graeber explains, most of the time this was in the context of people who were already familiar with the concept of money, or had low systems of trust. So what preceded money? Another old concept—debt.
Reading Time: 2 minutes”The movie actually shows how, through (the improvement of) capabilities, financial choices, and skills, you can empower the poor.”
Reading Time: 2 minutes“As a young Black woman immersed in Ottawa’s entrepreneurship community, I haven’t seen a significant amount of diversity—across all levels—in the people being invited to speak about growing a business in Canada.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesSusam-Saraeva explained to the audience that pregnancy and parturition is almost treated like a disease in Turkey—birth in Turkey is something that women fear—which is what she tried to reflect in her translation.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“Textiles have had a (checkered) history in the art world—because textiles are associated with women—they were often considered a lower medium, and (lacked) much of a place in (the) fine art (world).”
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s a sound that most North American ears weren’t, and likely still aren’t, familiar with, and may find too British. For that reason, most of the albums’ hits and singles don’t play on rock—or even alternative—radio stations here in Canada.
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.
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.
