The privilege of being able to ignore such slaughter comes easily to the developed world. After so much misery has leaked into the news from crisis-ridden regions like Africa and the Middle-East, the exhaustion of public and political sympathy is no surprise.
Over the last couple of months, nationwide sales of “reverse” yoga pants have reached an all-time high. While they possess the same sporty quality of traditional athletic leggings, these new yoga pants are designed to make the wearer’s butt look as flat as possible.
Hundreds of University of Ottawa students have camped out on Parliament Hill over the last couple of days in the hopes of bringing about radical calendar reform.
You don’t need to take an intro political science course to know that democratic legitimacy requires fair and open elections to exist, or that the federation elections as run on this campus don’t usually meet these basic standards.
We all learned in kindergarten that you have to share. What began in our lives as a basic classroom rule has become the economic system many industries are moving toward. The sharing economy can be exemplified by companies like Uber and Airbnb, which are making the act of sharing physical resources and services easy and …
Last year alone, three different cases revealed the difference in the way plagiarism is handled when the perpetrators are university staff.
According to much of North America’s public policy and even the upper and middle classes’ public perception, poor people or those seeking financial aid are social degenerates who should be treated with nothing but the utmost contempt.
This contest is probably the worst way Hamoud could have responded to her critics.
The idea that we live in a digital simulation is being taken seriously by a number of academics.
In addition to putting a ban on age-inappropriate roles, from now on, actors will be required by law to take on roles that closely correspond to their gender, socioeconomic status, sexuality, and temporal designation.
According to the Fart-Free Ontario Act, anyone caught passing gas outside their own private residence—at restaurants, bar patios, playgrounds, sports fields, or inside any non-domestic building—will be subject to hefty fines and public shaming by local law enforcement
In a continuing effort to make the nation’s adult entertainment as bland and frigid as possible, British lawmakers have decided to forbid the act of touching in U.K. produced pornography.
Now that 3D has mostly exhausted its mainstream appeal in theatres, high profile movie directors are looking to adopt vertical video as the next big filmmaking gimmick.
It is important to distinguish between Jews and Israelis when discussing these issues.
Dreams are not just useful as a barometer to measure people’s negative emotions. They can also be used to improve our mental health.
While it’s true that the moves, storylines, and outcomes of individual matches are pre-determined, pro wrestlers still need an incredible amount of athleticism to succeed in their field.
Not only is the idea of ghostwriting manipulative and borderline false advertising, it also comes off as being a little condescending.
Dear Editor, From now until Friday, December 5, full time undergraduate and graduate students have the opportunity to opt-out of paying fees to Ontario Public Interest Research Group-Ottawa (OPIRG). According to their website, OPIRG’s mandate is to “facilitate and support campus and community activism in Ottawa and strive to work in an anti-oppressive framework.” In …
An Interpol investigation has led to the arrest of the figure known as Santa Claus, who is now facing charges related to iden-tity fraud, among others.
Snapcash flaunts the same “fun and easy” quality as its photo messaging counterpart, and that isn’t a good thing.
People in power can have so much responsibility it’s frightening. Frightening because we have no control over how they use that power or in whether they do so with the intention to protect us. There is the careless use of power, as when those in positions of power say offhand things that influence the lives …
After multiple incidences of students confusing the Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS) building with the restaurant Father and Sons (popularly known as F&S), the Coalition of Frustrated Students (CFS) has formed to advocate for a name change.
The answer is to take a more rational and balanced approach. By tailoring the victims’ surcharge, the law can take victims into account while not penalizing criminals who have already been penalized by circumstance.
In an era when forensic evidence is proving that more and more prisoners on death row have been falsely convicted, any method of execution is inhumane.
Dear Editor, A quiet incident last Friday has left me frustrated. Since it’s the kind of thing that goes unnoticed, I’d like to call attention to it. I am the vice president of the University of Ottawa Students for Life club, and a team of us were putting up posters to promote an event we …
