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Reading Time: 3 minutesThe dos and don’ts of hostel travel.
Reading Time: 13 minutesIf 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.
Reading Time: 11 minutesWhen 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.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDowntown desserts: where to satisfy your sweet tooth in the city.
Reading Time: 3 minutesBut 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.
Reading Time: 2 minutesHere are reviews of three shawarma restaurants close to the U of O campus, graded by four main criteria: price, location, service, and taste.
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen 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.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Fulcrum staff recommend their best fall beverages in a special edition of Highballs with Hawleywood, Pints with Ponyboy, and Van Dyk’s Vineyards.
Reading Time: 2 minutesHere 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.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Fulcrum gives you the best places in Ottawa for date night.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt 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.
Reading Time: 3 minutesLocal 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.
Reading Time: 14 minutesA 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.
Reading Time: 8 minutesContributor Justin Dallaire takes a look at homelessness in Ottawa.
Reading Time: 7 minutesWe 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.
Reading Time: 16 minutes“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.”
Reading Time: 6 minutesWhen 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?
Reading Time: 7 minutesThere 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.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFeatures Editor Jesse Collauti gave us a list of songs that are must-haves on your summer road trip playlist. 1. The Tragically Hip, “Wheat Kings” 2. Norah Jones, “Don’t Know Why” 3. Neil Young, “Old Man” 4. Metric, “Speed the Collapse” 5. Yukon Blonde, “My Girl” 6. Wintersleep, “Weighty Ghost” …
Reading Time: 2 minutesPlanning a road trip this summer? Whether they be practical or for entertainment, here are some things you can’t forget to bring with you:
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe all get nervous before interviews, but proper preparation goes a long way Finally, an employer who not only read your resumé but recognized your hard-working mentality and eagerness to find a great job! Now comes the nerve-racking, make it or break it part of securing that position: your interview. Before you decide you’re ready …
Reading Time: 3 minutesPoint/ Counter Point Co-op most likely won’t provide you with relevant work experience Jesse Colautti | Opinions Editor Once upon a time, I was a co-op student. But after experiencing the pitfalls of the program firsthand, I feel it is my solemn duty to warn others against it. Midway through my second year, I took …
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile you’re still a student, maintaining a LinkedIn account is a great way to acquire work experience as well as generate contacts. The site allows you to connect with others, making them a part of your network. LinkedIn also allows you to create and join groups, an additional way to develop contacts by staying up …
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhy you should go abroad for travel and life experience Photo courtesy of Brittany Thurston What are you planning to do next year? It’s the dreaded question you’ve spent four (or five or six) years avoiding. As you register for convocation and start putting your resume together, the question is becoming more urgent and you’re …
