Reading Time: 2 minutesThe social sciences have a reputation for bleak job prospects, but it’s worth it to study what you’re passionate about.
Heckles
Reading Time: 3 minutesThere I was, sitting in a dark basement in a fold-up chair, gazing into a webcam placed at an angle so low that, if it actually boasted of good camera quality, would be able to serve as a scope of my nostrils.
Reading Time: 5 minutesDenouncing a pumpkin spice latté as “basic” is an evolved form of not liking the colour pink, saying that hanging out with boys is less drama, and feeling a little bit guilty for loving romantic comedies.
Reading Time: 2 minutesYou are not part of a certain select group for liking a band — liking or not liking a band does not make you better than anyone else.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPerhaps Superbowl LV will symbolize the passing of the torch from Brady to Mahomes, or Brady will prove once again that he is still the greatest of all time.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa announced a switch from Gmail to Outlook in the 2020 spring/summer semester. The move has led to a number of complaints by students. The most recent: spam emails.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn past years, reading week has been the mental reset I’ve needed in order to tackle the second half of the semester to the best of my ability. This semester, I don’t even feel like reading week happened.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile Gymshark has become a popular brand for many, their athletic clothing belongs in the gym – as the name suggests – rather than as casual wear.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThese students seek to tear apart the only binding fabric of the Ottawa population. An unspoken agreement that anything goes this time of year, so long as it keeps you warm. Nobody looks good dressed up as a marshmallow.
Reading Time: 4 minutesSome students prefer online readings, others prefer physical textbooks. A third group, faced with this dilemma, just opt out of doing readings at all.
Reading Time: 2 minutesHave you ever heard the saying “less is more”? The University of Ottawa hasn’t. They believe “more is more” with the 80 gazillion pounds of salt they throw onto the ground whenever it drops below zero degrees Celsius.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSeeing things move in your peripheral vision while you walk down a tunnel towards pitch black darkness is not my idea of a fun time.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMidterms shouldn’t all be grouped together, as it’s regressive to students’ mental health and renders reading week pointless. The university should create mechanisms to spread out midterm exams and assessments, for students’ sake.
Reading Time: 2 minutes I shouldn’t have to watch out to make sure I won’t get hit by Lance Armstrong everytime I leave my house.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf professors want to look at practical and simple ways to improve student life, they should not just know the basics of Brightspace. They need to examine what benefits students the most on multiple levels—especially financially and mentally.
Reading Time: 2 minutesGovernment action would be great, but even better, would be if people stopped harassing each other altogether. In fact, it’s not that hard. Hell, you could give it a try today!
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis may be the most petty part, but why do people continue to call these exams “midterms” anyway?
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile assignments are important, it doesn’t mean that the well-being of students can’t be taken into consideration when creating assignment deadlines.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOur capitalist society needs to relax on the idea of squeezing consumers dry as early as possible to fulfill their shareholders’ interests. We, as shoppers, also need to take a stance and make our complaints heard where they can really be heard, with our wallets.
Reading Time: 2 minutesEven though the premise is not that difficult, this still happens far too often. It all comes down to being a decent human being, a norm just as reasonable as holding a door or saying “bless you” when someone sneezes. If only those who are rushing into the elevators could understand it, but maybe they’re in too much of a hurry to listen.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen an active group of literal Nazis takes to the streets with torches, shouting things like “Blood and Soil” and bearing swastika-laden flags, suddenly everyone is concerned with being politically correct.
Reading Time: 2 minutesNormally these segments are designed to serve as harmless comedic fodder, but most of the time they come across as being condescending and mean-spirited.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa’s environmental awareness has been formally recognized, with the most recent recognition in the UI Green Metric World University Ranking, where the U of O placed second in Canada and 27th in the world. But regardless of our international standing on the issue, seeing litter everywhere speaks volumes about our poor attitude towards the environment.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Feb. 10 it was announced by OC Transpo that, effective April 24, the transitway between Laurier and Lees, which includes Campus Station, will be closed temporarily due to construction on the new light rail transit (LRT) system. This wouldn’t be too much of an issue, if it weren’t for the fact that final exams …
Reading Time: 2 minutesAt this point in the year, many of us have already given up on our flimsy resolutions to lose weight or finally finish writing the Great Canadian Novel (although I might be projecting a little bit). However, there is one New Year’s resolution that I, and every other Millennial, should strive to achieve in 2016—to …
