Reading Time: 2 minutesThere are going to be people on your residence floor and in your classes who you just don’t get along with. There are going to be parties that aren’t great, people who don’t know how to kiss, and days when you just want to be in your bed back home. All of that is normal and can be just as good as the rest of it.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf students are expected to pay for the SFUO as part of their tuition fees, I believe that candidates should be screened before running. $30,000 worth of student money is not an amount to be taken lightly. That type of financial commitment from students deserves commitment from the candidates. While candidates may not have malicious intentions for resigning, students should feel confident that their vote is going towards someone who, if elected, will be dedicated.
Reading Time: 3 minutesFor the University of Ottawa to receive a failing grade on freedom of speech—no matter the source—violates two principle notions of university life.
Reading Time: 2 minutesYou learn to appreciate the time you have together because you have to make every minute count. You learn to express your thoughts and improve your communication, you get more time to see your friends, you stay focused on school, and overall it can make your relationship stronger.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Selling out” by allowing Apple to use your music in a commercial or by accepting a popular award isn’t a negative thing at all. In fact, it allows musicians to reach more people with their words and their lessons.
Reading Time: 7 minutes Before you pay your tuition fees again, research your options thoroughly, meditate in a quiet place, separate hype from reality, and understand why you are making your educational decisions.
Reading Time: 3 minutesResearchers who are trying to pinpoint causes for rampant cheating in high schools and universities are wasting their time.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis technology could save thousands of lives annually in Canada alone, and it should be available to those who need it as soon as possible.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWas Facebook at fault for using that photo without permission? The answer is a definite yes, and Facebook obviously realized this given their hasty response in taking it down. But the fault is not theirs alone.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOttawa might maintain the outwardly appearance of a well-disciplined princess, ably welcoming foreign diplomats with dignity and decorum, but the great thing about Ottawa is that this little princess hides special brownies under the floorboards and blasts angry, rebellious metal in her bedroom late at night when all the public servants have gone to bed.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe legislation also seems to assume that people with religious convictions are bound to bring them into the workplace. Well, news flash: our attire does not change our ability to be neutral, nor will removing our religious symbols strip us from our religious beliefs.
Reading Time: 2 minutesI believe the capture of any animal for entertainment purposes should be considered “morally unacceptable,” regardless of how intelligent we believe them to be. No animal should be forced, for our own entertainment, to live within a confined enclosure outside of their natural environment except if they are injured, sick, endangered, or abandoned.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn an ideal world, our expectations and depictions of each other would reflect equality. I realize we have quite a long way to go before that ideal becomes a reality, but videos like “Defined Lines” will get us there faster. Videos like “Blurred Lines” will only keep us stuck in the same harmful pattern we’ve become far too familiar with.
Reading Time: 4 minutesPhotos courtesy of Mike Langlais (CUP) Schools from coast to coast can learn a thing or two about frosh from the University of Ottawa. About 200 students and professors gathered at Saint Mary’s University (SMU) in Halifax, N.S. on Sept. 12 to rally against sexual violence in the wake of an offensive chant that …
Reading Time: 2 minutesLike all stereotypes, ours limit our true potential. Depicting Canadians in one specific way draws a line in the sand between who can and cannot be considered Canadian. The more strongly we believe in the stereotypical model, the more we come to see real Canadians as different, as not belonging, as unCanadian.
Reading Time: 2 minutesReports show that this institution would cost $50 million to shut down. From an economic point of view, closing it down makes little sense. From a scientific standpoint, we would be losing an invaluable research facility that helped maintain freshwater in Canada and shaped the way the world protects its freshwater supply.
Reading Time: 4 minutesSuddenly the victims of downloading have become much more visible, and they look an awful lot like broke university students. / If all it takes to get us feeling like we’re living on the edge is to download a few songs then I say so what?
Reading Time: 2 minutesNext time you’re driving, can you at least take it easy on us cyclists? All we want is to share the road in peace.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFrom an economic perspective, the fees are just another example of the Conservative government impeding the cultivation of the arts in Canada.
Reading Time: 2 minutesEquipped with state-of-the-art swivel chairs and projector screens, the building will be like no other arts building on campus. Students will even have access to their own electrical outlets, meaning they will no longer need to bring extension cords to class to use their laptops.
Reading Time: 2 minutesI realize that to me, summer vacation means so much more than a break— it’s time to slow down, pay attention, and really live.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe need to dig deeper to understand why we find twerking onstage the most newsworthy phenomenon.
Reading Time: 2 minutesArabs are regular, hard-working people who bleed, laugh, and die the same as everyone else.
Reading Time: 4 minutesOne of the problems lies with the University of Ottawa’s Food Services. Despite admirable attempts to improve, there has been little success in bringing about enough change to campus eating facilities. / There’s a time and place to cultivate your love for cooking, but your first year of university might not be it.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe poor experiences could teach us some valuable lessons for a future workplace, as we will surely face bosses we feel are unjust or unqualified and there will be no way for us to switch to another/ It is vital for students to have access to reviews on Rate My Professors in order to make the most informed decisions about their education.
