Reading Time: 3 minutesWhile Ghomeshi’s firing from the CBC is unfortunate, especially since it will most likely result in the loss of the best arts and culture program we have in this country, it was absolutely necessary.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa Student Emergency Response Team (UOSERT) officially became the 12th service of the SFUO in a referendum.
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Reading Time: 4 minutesShould we sacrifice our collective student culture to fight the rising cost of tuition here in Canada, or do these cultural elements represent what university life is all about?
Reading Time: 2 minutesPumpkin spice related debauchery has hit record levels at the University of Ottawa.
Reading Time: 13 minutesIf we were to describe a group on campus whose job and financial security changes month to month, whose members don’t know if they’ll have a job from semester to semester, who don’t know if they can afford to pay their bills or rent, and who are often forced to work 60-hour weeks to make ends meet, you’d probably assume we’re talking about students.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA group of six University of Ottawa engineering students have returned from a prize-winning bout at the Valeo Innovation Challenge in Paris, where they showed off their designs for a hybrid vehicle.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe fifth-ranked Gee-Gees won their way to the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) finals Oct. 23, where they faced the eighth-ranked Concordia University Stingers.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe UNB student union website is back online after it was overtaken by an organization supporting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) for a short time Oct. 13.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe next event for the SFUO’s Bike Co-op involves a lot of music, glow sticks, and Halloween spookiness.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThanks to a new set of bylaws that were unanimously passed by city council this fall, police officers have been handing out fines, community service, and even jail time to those who sport costumes deemed lazy, douchey, or in very poor taste.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAt least 18 faculty members are calling on Ryerson University to stop sourcing Ryerson-branded clothing from American Apparel because of what they call the company’s sexist advertising.
Reading Time: 3 minutesHong Kong has undergone the most turbulent period of mass protests since 1967 as students have played a decisive role in a fight for real democracy.
Reading Time: 2 minutesGonthier-Dubue and Plunkett were both named all-stars and Caleb Agada was crowned the tournament MVP.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter starting off in ringette and excelling as a hockey player due to strong family support, Paquette has become a key player for the Gee-Gees’ success in hockey thus far.
Reading Time: 2 minutesGroups on campus hope an upcoming lecture by jes sachse, a Toronto-based disability artist and activist, will bring about a push for greater accessibility at the University of Ottawa.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA new group at U of O allows students to watch opera by demand.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen I raise my right arm, it is an act of free will or simply a biological impulse? This question, posed by the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, is an example of an age-old debate in modern philosophy: Does free will exist?
Reading Time: 3 minutes“When I told people to please follow lockdown procedures, I don’t know if it’s just because they didn’t take me seriously because I was technically a student, but none of them even seemed to know what exactly that meant,” he said.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFour U of O students make way for a new festival coming next summer, the International Indigenous Festival.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter a trying week, the Gee-Gees football team closed the regular season with a secure finish against the third-ranked, undefeated McMaster Marauders Oct. 22.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteKing Tuff’s latest album Black Moon Spell hits it’s sophomore slump.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe new effort from Mike Hadreas, a.k.a. Perfume Genius, provides more of the emotionally charged singles he has produced in the past, but this time with a good deal of new sounds added to his usual sultry piano playing.
Reading Time: < 1 minute“We were well organized in the box and have players who will challenge in difficult situations. I was pleased with what we were able to do against a team that is very good on set pieces.” -Steve Johnson
