The game stopped dead. The entire Gee-Gees squad huddled around their leader to congratulate him. Some members of the crowd, including those who had brought huge cardboard cut-outs of Berhanemeskel’s smiling face, bowed down in a gesture of respect. And with a glowing grin, Johnny B met coach James Derouin at centre court to receive the game ball.
“They’re not really news entities as sort of the ritual that people love having on their coffee table in the morning, or on the bus. Buying a newspaper for the sake of in-depth journalism or think-pieces—very few of our dailies in the country now can claim that function.”
Travelling as a student can seem impossible. With limited free time and cash, warm sun and wide beaches may not be doable anytime soon. But sometimes the best part of travelling is the feeling of being a tourist, and it’s a feeling that doesn’t depend on distance travelled or dollars spent. Here are three affordable options to live like a tourist for a few days.
The world is your classroom Co-op and caipirinhas Photo by Rolando Ramirez As part of the co-operative education program at our university, this summer I took part in one of the most surreal experiences of my university career: four months in beautiful Brazil. While most students find jobs in or near Ottawa for co-op, …
The pros and cons of couch surfing.
You don’t have to leave the country to experience something new
Is it better to travel with a program or on your own?
The dos and don’ts of hostel travel.
If we were to describe a group on campus whose job and financial security changes month to month, whose members don’t know if they’ll have a job from semester to semester, who don’t know if they can afford to pay their bills or rent, and who are often forced to work 60-hour weeks to make ends meet, you’d probably assume we’re talking about students.
When I woke up at 6 a.m. on Oct. 4 to join the legions of the undead, I wasn’t expecting much of a turnout.
Downtown desserts: where to satisfy your sweet tooth in the city.
But eating well doesn’t have to be that difficult or time-consuming. A few nights a week, set aside an hour or two to make yourself a delicious dinner. It doesn’t have to be anything fancy, just something that you take a bit of time to prepare and enjoy.
Here are reviews of three shawarma restaurants close to the U of O campus, graded by four main criteria: price, location, service, and taste.
When midterms are haunting your dreams and papers are weighing you down, coffee is the one thing that will always be there to keep you going. Students tend to develop an unhealthy relationship with coffee quite soon after 101 Week, when they realize their professors were serious about all those readings. Next thing you know, it’s 9 a.m. on a Sunday, you have 200 pages of reading to do for Monday, and you’re sitting in the library hating your life.
But at least you have coffee.
The Fulcrum staff recommend their best fall beverages in a special edition of Highballs with Hawleywood, Pints with Ponyboy, and Van Dyk’s Vineyards.
Here are two recipes from two great people—Justin Dallaire and Jesse Colautti’s mothers—that will make you both figuratively and literally look outside the box.
The Fulcrum gives you the best places in Ottawa for date night.
It always begins with having to mention to your friends that you have celiac disease, and can’t eat wheat, and therefore cannot eat at most restaurants. There are only so many times you can make your group of friends go for Thai food or all-you-can-eat sushi before you develop a guilt complex. So you say, “It’s OK, I’m sure they have salads,” which is even worse because you end up at a restaurant with nothing to eat but lettuce.
Local food also seems to always pack a flavourful punch incomparable to the imported and GMO products we find at grocery stores. Perhaps it’s merely a psychological effect, but consuming local food usually leaves me more satisfied and full, not to mention with a heightened sense of moral contentment.
A 2013 survey by the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada found that 48 per cent of government scientists have seen information withheld, causing the public to be misinformed; 86 per cent said they could not report actions that might harm the public without fear of censure; and 50 per cent said that public health or safety has been compromised by political interference in science.
Contributor Justin Dallaire takes a look at homelessness in Ottawa.
We need to rethink the way we understand and talk about the CBC. Its role isn’t to accrue profits. Its role is to provide a public service to Canadians, a role that in a democratic society is no less important than the upkeep of roads and rivers, the protection of our communities, and the provision of our healthcare.
“I used to look up at the sky and see birds as a symbol of freedom. They were all I saw of an outside world. They were free and I was not.”
When your potential employer Googles you someday, what do you want them to see: a locked-down Facebook profile with nothing but your name, or a picture of a dedicated young professional who’s active, engaged, and enthusiastic?
There are many assumptions of what it means to be a Canadian. Jesse Colautti put some to the test on a road trip west across our own backyard.
