Reading Time: 2 minutesI’m not suggesting you go to Morisset and run up and down the giant, echoing staircase. I’m talking about the public library.
Sports
Reading Time: 3 minutesIf you just can’t imagine winter without the game, check out the Gee-Gees hockey teams for your puck fix this season.
Reading Time: 3 minutesYou may have heard of it as the “lemonade diet”, but no matter what it’s called, I have one word to sum it up—gross.
Reading Time: 2 minutesBut if you’re sensitive to their pungency, here’s a fun way to sneak radishes into a sweet fruit smoothie.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor the first time since 2007, the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees women’s soccer team has been named the number one team in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport soccer rankings.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“It’s just an awesome feeling to start off the season this way,” she said. “I’ve played this tournament five years now, and we’ve never even come close to being this solid at the beginning of the year. It’s an ideal situation: you start the year with a win, you end it with a win.”
Reading Time: 3 minutes“I think that this move will do nothing but put us in a better position to win on all sides of the ball.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen we are above water and get to breathe, we have to make it all look easy and as if we are having the time of our lives while performing.
Reading Time: 3 minutesI trained. Trained! Me, the girl whose co-worker asked incredulously, “Wait—you’re athletic?” as I explained to him I was running a 5K while simultaneously using my teeth to rip into a tub of Ben & Jerry’s.
Reading Time: 5 minutesLoved, hated, and feared, “bad boy” professional athletes have popped up in sports history more times than we can count.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe relationship between sports and homophobia seems to be taking two steps forward, one step back.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“It’s obviously disappointing not making playoffs, but you still wake up every Saturday looking forward to playing.”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere are plenty of ways to get your puck fix this winter; just follow the flow chart below to figure out which is best for you.
Reading Time: 3 minutesLouise Goddard is a hypnotherapst, but no, she isn’t going to swing a pendulum in your face and tell you you’re getting sleepy.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s easy to see how kale can be intimidating—it’s large, leafy, and near impossible to stuff into a plastic produce bag—but you won’t regret picking up a bundle at the grocery store.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“We don’t come here to have moral victories; we come here to win on the scoreboard. That’s disappointing, but I like the overall belief in ourselves”
Reading Time: 2 minutes I am a 115-pound girl who needs to control every movement of a 1500-pound animal with a mind of its own. Think about riding a bicycle with a brain.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe women’s rugby team suffered an unfortunate 29-14 loss to the Université Laval Rouge et Or this past Sunday, Sept. 16, breaking their two game winning streak.
Reading Time: 3 minutesYou win some and you lose some, as the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees rowing team discovered this past Saturday, Sept. 15 when they competed in two consecutive races against the Carleton Ravens at the P.D. Ross Regatta.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIf you’re flirting at the gym, chances are you’re hovering alongside the machines, lingering on the mats, or chatting at the water fountain for a prolonged period of time. Essentially, you’re getting in everybody’s way.
Reading Time: 3 minutesI sat down with Kaylee Sparks, fourth-year translation student and co-captain of the women’s Ultimate Frisbee team, to learn about one of the newest competitive clubs at the University of Ottawa. Fun fact: in summer 2010, Ottawa was the Ultimate Frisbee capital of the world.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSo I got thinking about other fabulous females in sports and came up with a few of my favourites—both real and fictional—who have said “Screw you, gender norms” and played with the boys. If you’ve been struggling to find some inspiration to get moving, check out the following chicks who kick ass at their sport.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs flip-flop tans fade and thought patterns begin to shift to deadlines and exams, it is not uncommon for students to experience symptoms of low serotonin in the brain—commonly referred to as anxiety or depression.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDiMeglio is not the first female high schooler to play football in her state—records indicate 523 teenage female Floridians have donned football gear since 1973—but no other woman has ever held the prestigious position of decision-maker for her high school team.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“We had dead legs. I don’t know whether it was the transition from our training camp, or maybe it was a combination of the long trip and the humidex, but this week we don’t expect to have the same lack of explosion that we had in virtually every component of our game against Windsor.”
