Reading Time: 2 minutesThe idea that we live in a digital simulation is being taken seriously by a number of academics.
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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.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAccording 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
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn 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.
Reading Time: 2 minutesNow 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.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt is important to distinguish between Jews and Israelis when discussing these issues.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDreams are not just useful as a barometer to measure people’s negative emotions. They can also be used to improve our mental health.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile 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.
Reading Time: 3 minutesNot only is the idea of ghostwriting manipulative and borderline false advertising, it also comes off as being a little condescending.
Reading Time: 3 minutesDear 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 …
Reading Time: 2 minutesAn 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.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSnapcash flaunts the same “fun and easy” quality as its photo messaging counterpart, and that isn’t a good thing.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPeople 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 …
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter 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.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe 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.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn 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.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDear 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 …
Reading Time: 2 minutesI don’t dislike Christmas, but this genre of music always makes me rethink my opinion of the holiday season. It is the worst kind of music: it’s unoriginal, it’s ridiculously commercialized, and it’s sometimes utterly horrifying.
Reading Time: 2 minutesStreet smarts and book smarts are equally important traits to the pursuit of your career, since the ability to make sense of information contained in books and documents requires formal education as well as common sense.
Reading Time: 2 minutesStudents from the University of Ottawa are reacting to the recent change in season with shock and distress.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAccording to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), roughly 17,000 Canadians are due to immigrate to the United States in pursuit of the mythical American Netflix.
Reading Time: 2 minutesLife is about living each day to the fullest. Being able to wake up in the morning knowing that today is a new day with things to look forward to. Life is not about the suffering and excruciating pain that each new moment will bring.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIs this shopping bonanza the epitome of consumer greed, or just a great way to get a head start on holiday shopping?
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile this technology might raise concerns about the invasion of privacy, it’s a small price to pay to ensure both suspects and police officers are objectively judged by an unbiased third party.
Reading Time: 2 minutesJustin Dallaire’s opinion piece in the previous copy of the Fulcrum, “Religion and human rights: A united front for progress,” properly reminds readers of the historical role that religious groups and heroes have played in human progress. It is indeed the case that “we cannot fall into the trap of perceiving all religious organizations as …
