Reading Time: 3 minutesOttawa has a lot to offer for each one, but if you still can’t decide, maybe one of these student accounts will sway you toward some of the many trails and paths located around the city.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesSummer eats Spencer VanDyk | Fulcrum Staff With summer fast approaching, fun and fresh recipes are everywhere. Here are some that are not only quick and easy, but also pretty good for you. The trick is to find salads that are simple to prepare but taste out of this world, and pair them with cool …
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMax Szyc | Fulcrum Staff THE SCORE TELEVISION Network and Gillette announced the return of Drafted: The Search for Canada’s Next Sportscaster and are looking for applicants within university communities. Now entering its fifth season, the show invites Canadian sports fans to audition for a one-year contract as a sportscaster for The Score, along with …
Reading Time: 2 minutesWith exams coming up, your mind’s fitness is probably taking priority over that of your body’s. Even though school is definitely important (don’t worry, there will be plenty of time to prepare for beach season after exams are over), you should still take a few minutes every day for a bit of physical exercise.
Reading Time: 3 minutesEarlier this month, Gee-Gees fourth-year running back Brendan Gillanders and fourth-year wide receiver Simon Le Marquand participated in the Canadian Football League (CFL) Combine, the top training camp for football prospects.
Reading Time: 4 minutesEvery year, the Fulcrum looks back on the ups and downs of the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees teams’ respective competition seasons…
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe biggest push away from hockey is in its rough-and-tough culture. The argument surrounding fighting is not something that can be resolved, but does hockey fighting even stand up on merits of being a “good” fight?
Reading Time: 3 minutesThere’s more to lifeguarding than tans and Ray-Bans, so read on to learn what it takes to compete in this unique sport.
Reading Time: 3 minutesmerican football culture likens its young athletes to gods in their communities. They are praised by their neighbours, admired and envied by peers, and encouraged to act like macho men. It’s just like what we see in movies and on TV—when it comes to hierarchy, jocks are on top. Considering that many athletes are defended by their classmates, regardless of their actions, it’s no wonder many of them develop a sense of entitlement.
Reading Time: 3 minutesTwins Myriam and Kelsie English do everything together. Both are third-year social sciences students who plan on becoming elementary school teachers, and both play on the Gee-Gees women’s volleyball team.
Reading Time: 2 minutesCurrently ranked in 28th place by the International Quidditch Association (IQA), the U of O squad is definitely a force to be reckoned with.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWHILE MOST OF Ottawa spent time getting ready for St. Patrick’s Day last weekend, the University of Ottawa played host to the Gay Ottawa Volleyball 2013 tournament.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt sounds daunting at first, but all runners started with a mere 5 km at one point. I remember my first run like it was yesterday—I was barely two minutes from home and I was exhausted!
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen you think of the word “diet,” you might conjure up images of diet pills, synthetic diet food—both of which are unnatural, commercialized, and largely ineffective.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn their final run of the 2012–2013 season, the University of Ottawa women’s basketball team played in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Final 8 tournament in Regina, Sask. from March 15-17.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPersonal trainer Nick Haince and Spartan race veteran Vanessa Lebrun, a U of O graduate, sat down with the Fulcrum to talk about what it means to train for one of these events and then actually go through it.
Reading Time: 2 minutesKellie Ring did not injure any other ligaments, but suffered a complete ACL tear. She is hoping to have surgery soon, and will then have a six- to eight-month recovery process before hopefully being able to return next season.
Reading Time: 4 minutes“I went into the game really not knowing what to expect from myself and my players, but by the time the third quarter came around, I really wanted that bronze medal.”
–James Derouin
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe team will travel to nationals with five all-star nods on top of Sparks’ coach-of-the-year honour. Gilbert and Kellie Ring were named to the OUA East first all-stars team, Stephen represents the Gees on the second team, and the duo of Traer and Julia Soriano were named to the all-rookie team.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn their third match of the season, the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) East Division finals, the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees women’s basketball team fell 50-43 to the Carleton University Ravens.
Reading Time: 3 minutesAfter having a phenomenal season of 14 consecutive wins and making it to the top 10 in Ontario University Athletics (OUA), the Gee-Gees earned this weekend’s success. The championships gave them the opportunity to play against western conference teams they hadn’t had the chance to play before.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThomas White was the sports editor of the Fulcrum in 1955, and he wanted to share his story about the origins of a tradition that will surely make a comeback in the 2013 football season after the resurrection of Carleton University’s football program. A week after the phone call, I received a handwritten letter from Thomas in the mail (complete with an Anthony Calvillo postage stamp), sharing the following memory, written in the third person:
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere was a lot on the line for the University of Ottawa men’s basketball team at the Wilson Cup tournament—namely an Ontario University Athletics (OUA) gold medal and three spots at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Final 8 tournament.
Reading Time: 2 minutes I’ve eaten like a vegan, tried the slow-carb diet, and spent a few months incorporating key “superfoods” into my diet. The latest fad I’m following? Switching to organic.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThree members of the men’s hockey team have been given the all-star nod, representing the University of Ottawa in all categories: the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) East’s first, second, and rookie all-star teams.
