Reading Time: 3 minutesI came to the University of Ottawa for a future. I wasn’t certain what that future would be, but in grade 12 I was sure I could make one. I had almost failed grade 11 biology, so a future in sciences wasn’t in the cards. I was no better at math. But I had skill, …
Reading Time: 2 minutesTo the surprise of many, it looks like change might finally be coming to the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO).
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTo the editors and writers at the Fulcrum, After attending the Capital Hoops games on Friday, Feb. 6, and reading some of the reviews and articles about them over the weekend, I must say that I am quite upset and disappointed with the level of attention and importance given to the women’s game in comparison to the men’s. When I …
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis idea that post-secondary education should be about nothing but grades and studying is counterproductive to a student’s healthy social development.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAlthough it could be argued that the best movies this past year really were created by a single kind of person (white men) and that the nominees were fairly chosen, it is hard to accept this fact when some fantastically talented people were not properly recognized for their work.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIs this new legislation putting a chill on our civil liberties, or can free speech be partially sacrificed in order to maintain a civil and safe society?
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen it comes to domestic violence, all victims should be treated equally.
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuick. Name the three slates running in the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) election this year. … Now try naming someone from each slate. Bonus points for naming a student running independently. Trick question—there aren’t any candidates running independently. Aside from current vice-president equity Maya McDonald, independent candidates tend not to do …
Reading Time: 3 minutesShould we care about the Juno Awards?
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen asked how he could possibly top the controversy associated with the “Animals” music video, Levine said he already has something in the works.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat makes a beauty pageant like Miss Universe baffling is that the winner is considered to be the most beautiful woman in the world.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) has finally come into contact with the Internet.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen it comes to the fate of the remaining 22 players of University of Ottawa men’s hockey team and their now non-existent 2015–16 season, the actions of the university administration have been deeply divisive.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe’re now at a point where the distance between the economic narrative and the economic reality is becoming increasingly unbridgeable. While Canadians may be tolerant of Harper’s tricks at the ballot box, they’re unlikely to tolerate him playing tricks with their wallets.
Reading Time: 3 minutesRumours about an impending student code of conduct have been circulating since Allan Rock took office as university president in 2008. Over the years, elected Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) officials have raised concerns that students should not be penalized academically for non-academic infractions. Since 2008, Rock has responded to these concerns …
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe 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.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOver 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.
Reading Time: 2 minutesHundreds 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.
Reading Time: 2 minutesYou 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.
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe 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 …
Reading Time: 2 minutesLast year alone, three different cases revealed the difference in the way plagiarism is handled when the perpetrators are university staff.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAccording 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.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis contest is probably the worst way Hamoud could have responded to her critics.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe idea that we live in a digital simulation is being taken seriously by a number of academics.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn 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.
