Reading Time: 2 minutes“It’s not the drivers that cause problems on the roads,” he said. It’s everyone else.”
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Reading Time: 2 minutesFictional advice for getting your mind back at school Despite all of my efforts, the calendar turned to January and I grudgingly came back for yet another semester of school. Kraft Dinner, freezing cold walks to class, and silent floors of the library have replaced memories of expensive dinners, warm fires, and Christmas music. If …
Reading Time: 2 minutesfter a few consecutive weeks of stuffing your body with a whole lot of cookies, ham, turkey and all the trimmings, it’s time to get back into the swing of another semester. The average student diet can often seem like a relief from our holiday extravagances. Often students come back to residence, apartments, and roommates …
Reading Time: 2 minutesHack-y holidays! Make your life a little easier with these holiday themed life hacks.
Reading Time: 3 minutesSatisfying drink and food recipes to fulfill your tummy’s deepest desires
Reading Time: 2 minutesMalala is not alone. She is one child among hundreds victimized in conflict zones year after year. However, this girl’s determination and devotion to education allowed her to transform what could have been a symbol of a child’s weakness and of woman’s oppression into a symbol of contestation.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Gee-Gees fell short of the Carleton Ravens by five points on Nov. 30 with a back-and-forth lead change throughout the game. Ultimately, the Ravens pulled away and kept the lead with four minutes left in the game.
Reading Time: 3 minutesFirst-year public international affairs student Angela Tilk has moved to the capital this year for her master’s program at the University of Ottawa—and for basketball. Tilk had great success at Ryerson University during her undergraduate years. She was known as the strong undersized post across the province. In her first year, she was awarded the Ontario University Athletics East All-Rookie Team, and then in the 2011–2012 season she was given the Second Team East All-Stars award.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPerhaps the largest flaw of this request is that it creates the impression that you must dress a certain way to enjoy indie rock. Stereotyping is the death of any music genre. It narrows the fan base down to only those who are willing to conform to a certain style.
Reading Time: 3 minutesDear Di, My new partner has really been getting into our sex lately. She moans, sighs, and sometimes screams very loudly. There have also been many occasions when she talked dirty to a point where it turned me right off and I started to get soft. I don’t really know what to do at this …
Reading Time: 6 minutesy leaving the bubble of isolated textbook education, you have the potential to learn from your own friends. It could be about something as simple as a great movie, but it could also be about something as important as astrophysics.
Reading Time: 2 minutesCafé Nostalgica has temporarily stopped selling alcohol due to a two-month elevator technician strike, causing a construction delay, which led to their liquor license expiring.
Reading Time: 3 minutesBeer: a drink of the people Jesse Colautti | Fulcrum Staff Beer goes by many titles: sweet nectar of the gods, refreshing vacation in a glass, and the bringer together of friends, to name a few. To put it simply, beer is the best. While hard liquor excites before ultimately smashing you over the head …
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn university, playing for a varsity team is typically the highlight of an athlete’s career, however there are a few that go on to make their dreams a reality and play at a professional level.
Reading Time: 2 minutes101 week is a wonderful time to fill your social calendar with activities, your body with exciting and colourful beverages, and to forget to eat.
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.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA few of the Fulcrum’s own let you in on their favourite spots in the Capital
Reading Time: 2 minutesJournalists and psychologists have started talking about FOMO as a new type of social disorder—a consequence of the social media age.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA new study suggests Mother Teresa was far from a saint.
Reading Time: 2 minutesApril 10 marks this year’s International Day of Pink, an event that encourages people all over the world to wear the colour pink and help spread the message of tolerance, diversity, and equality.
Reading Time: 2 minutesNot sure what to do this weekend in Ottawa? The Fulcrum’s got you covered with the weekend rundown. We’ll fill you in on the hottest restaurants, the coolest shows, and the exciting things going on around town so you can make the most out of your weekends.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMax Szyc | Fulcrum Staff A PROPERTY OWNER who is attempting to convert a Sandy Hill retirement home into rental apartments will likely go forward with construction following the approval of a proposed parking plan by city council’s planning committee. The retirement suites, located at the northeast corner of Friel Street and Laurier Avenue East …
Reading Time: 2 minutesStrange roads on the path to health Sarah Doan | Fulcrum Staff How far would you go in the name of nutrition? We’ve all heard of the grapefruit diet, Atkins, herbal cleanses, and numerous fitness programs—and tried them with varying levels of success. But have you ever heard of these more unorthodox methods of improving your health? Warning: some of these might leave you feeling a little squeamish. Maggot therapy As strange and unsettling as it is to find larvae atop the food in our homes during the summer, maggots have been found to provide a lot of health benefits to humans—especially for those who suffer from infected wounds and …
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhy tonight? As a student, you have free admittance Thursdays between 5 and 8 p.m. While this freebie doesn’t include special exhibits, there’s more than enough to see in the general galleries. You can easily spend three hours browsing premier Canadian, contemporary, international, and indigenous artwork, photography, and prints.
Reading Time: 8 minutesSometimes people just need a reminder to take a few moments to appreciate life around them. They’re moments to learn more about patience, compassion, and responsibility. Those moments can last a lifetime. And people—young people, especially—can learn a lot from individuals with developmental disabilities.
