Reading Time: 2 minutesJust like the University of Ottawa campus, Canada is diverse and has much to offer, resulting in the attraction of people from all over the world.
Opinions
Reading Time: 4 minutesYou really can’t go far off campus without seeing a statue of MacDonald—not to mention that there’s a pub and a parkway named after him too.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Chinook Centre in Calgary which is owned by CF was caught testing a facial recognition program inside its mall directories. The company says that they do not keep records of the faces that are scanned—yet, a lot of crucial questions are still left unanswered.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIncreasingly, people are taking their work home with them, and continuing off the clock—students are no exception to this pattern.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis back to school season marks the last year all university first-years were born before 9/11. In the following testimonies, contributors express how they believe 9/11 shaped their generation and their lives.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe most popular places to go (and the stores closest to campus) are the Metro and Loblaws on Rideau. But which one’s better?
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 minutesIf you’re new to the University of Ottawa, welcome! If you’re a returning Gee-Gee and avid Fulcrum reader, however, you may have noticed a distinct lack of our summer issue on Fulcrum stands. Allow us to explain.
Reading Time: 4 minutesShould the drinking age in Ontario be lowered to 18, or should it remain the same as it is now?
Reading Time: 3 minutesNow if you are one of the young, innocent, university virgins, then listen up. Cause I am about to offer some advice from someone who may have made a few mistakes… correction: A LOT of mistakes.
Reading Time: 3 minutes We must resist the urge to scrap the whole organization. The SFUO can and should play a positive role in the lives of students. We can’t allow ourselves to become lazy and decide that the SFUO isn’t worth saving.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf this fight against straws is representative of the amount work we are willing to do, we should be embarrassed.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf the most they were hoping for in creating these shows was a good story, then the creators of 13 Reasons Why and Insatiable should not feel a need to make them something they’re not: TV trailblazers that facilitate important conversation around mental health.
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 minutesCompanies consistently take advantage of what’s “in,” whether its body positivity, mental health, or gay rights, and at the end of the day, they are the only ones who profit. The LGBTQ+ community, as with other minority groups, deserve more than a weekend to celebrate their right to exist in the world.
Reading Time: 3 minutesJust like a country, a student union that neglects its history becomes short-sighted and ineffective.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Sunday, there was an opportunity for members of the BOA, on behalf of the students they represent, to stand up and do the right thing. What happened? BOA members failed to protect students and fight for us at the table, leaving myself and many others feeling frustrated and angered.
Reading Time: 3 minutesYour money was allegedly stolen from you by someone you should have trusted. Be angry about it, talk with your friends about it and make it an election issue. But what you should never do is make this a partisan issue, and that’s what one of my colleagues did. Contrary to his attempt, Alexei Kazakov’s letter does nothing to galvanize students and if his advice is heeded, the student body will be worse off for it.
Reading Time: 4 minutesFirst off, I would like to apologize to you, the student body. Most of us in student politics go into it because we want to improve your experience at the university, not make you stress about scandals and the acts of certain individuals. We do not all go out and buy expensive sunglasses or shoes, nor do we go off on expensive trips. Most of the student bodies are volunteer run, i.e. no money goes to your elected officials—it goes straight back to you.
Reading Time: 4 minutesI write to you in the wake of the latest SFUO scandal to tickle the part of our brains concerned with righteous indignation, i.e. president Rizki Rachiq engaging in large-scale embezzlement of SFUO funds to buy himself luxury goods, including but not limited to visits to a haute-couture hair stylist in Montreal, Louis Vuitton shoes, and a $950 pair of glasses.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“With such a great reputation to upkeep, the university should cover basics, such as providing food services on its campuses year round, rather than sending its own students, faculty, and staff roaming and searching in lack of sustenance and nourishment, in the name of summer hours and summer savings.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe U of O spends a lot of time claiming that they care about the mental health and happiness of their students. Extending the length of leases on residence rooms is a simple way for the administration to put those beliefs into action.
Reading Time: 3 minutesStudent and university politics don’t stop just because the school year does.
Reading Time: 3 minutesToday as I was walking down the street, a man walked past me and just burped. This is my home for the summer.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s a good thing that the SFUO has started live-streaming its meetings this year, but it needs a better system to make sure important meetings, like the one on March 25, don’t fall through the cracks.
