Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter a disappointing end of the season last year when they were eliminated in the quarterfinals by the Queen’s Gaels in penalty kicks, the Gee-Gees women’s soccer team is off to a good start.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter a disappointing end of the season last year when they were eliminated in the quarterfinals by the Queen’s Gaels in penalty kicks, the Gee-Gees women’s soccer team is off to a good start.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAlexandre Touchette, a former member of the University of Ottawa’s men’s hockey team is reportedly playing in France in hopes of salvaging his career.
Reading Time: 2 minutesResidents of Sandy Hill were on high alert after a gunman was arrested in the 500 block of Chapel Street on Aug. 31.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLopez was arrested in the early morning hours of Aug. 29 as a result of a month-long undercover investigation
Reading Time: 3 minutesDuring the dog days of summer, a relative veil of silence falls upon the four major professional sports leagues: Major League Baseball (MLB) is in the thick of their season, but the National Football League (NFL) is in pre-season stages; games in the National Basketball Association (NBA) seem far away; and no one wants to think about the cold winter season associated with the National Hockey League (NHL). Although it may be a slower time of year, there are always storylines being played out on the field.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFormer men’s hockey coach Real Paiement has signed a two-year coaching contract in France.
Reading Time: 6 minutesWhen your potential employer Googles you someday, what do you want them to see: a locked-down Facebook profile with nothing but your name, or a picture of a dedicated young professional who’s active, engaged, and enthusiastic?
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Fulcrum interviews Ottawa Folk Fest director Mark Monahan, and U of O alumni band Pony Girl to discuss this year’s festivities.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Ontario branch of the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) unanimously voted to boycott Israel at their latest general meeting following ongoing conflicts in the region.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHave a sweet craving? Try Purdy’s for a chocolate delight. The Fulcrum reviews the new chocolate shop.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTORONTO (CUP)—Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) will allow post-secondary schools to give female hockey players full-ride scholarships in an effort to keep more talent at home.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGeneral Manager Andrew Hawley shows you how to make the perfect summer drink, the Tequila Sunrise.
Reading Time: 2 minutesJessica Eritou proves how two award shows can change the media’s perception of women in a matter of 12 hours.
Reading Time: 4 minutesSo, is this a practical alternative to “till death do us part,” or is this fixed-term model an insult to the very idea of marriage?
Reading Time: 2 minutesJessica Eritou reviews Obvious Child, the romantic-comedy that pushes beyond it’s typical cliches.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA fish available at your local pet store may hold the secret to how water-based vertebrates were able to climb onto land and evolve into the species—including humans—we know today.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn a move that has shocked the world, the United States government has officially separated from Florida, effectively severing all economic, political, cultural, and even geographical ties with the country’s now former fourth-most populous state.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOver the summer months workers have been busy revitalizing the iconic Grande-Allée in front of Tabaret Hall—until work was halted in late August following a striking discovery.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf A Clockwork Orange scared you, we suggest you try it again.
Reading Time: 2 minutesABBOTSFORD, B.C. (CUP)—Spectators are often envious of professional athletes. The player has gotten to make a living out of doing something they love, and they’re also getting way overpaid for it. However, they may now groan at doing what used to be something they loved in the morning after their routine sawdust-flavoured power shake. This is what we call intrinsic and extrinsic motivation.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWith an endless number of university clubs and organizations, and an overloaded engineering schedule, Elias Fares wanted a tool to know just what was going on.
Reading Time: 2 minutesLast season the Gees posted a 5-3 record that led to a squandered playoff berth with a first-round exit. Their offseason was one of change, as they lost their starting quarterback to graduation, and their star running back to the Canadian Football League draft.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Fulcrum takes a further look into band promotion. If you know someone who’s in a band, or you’re in one yourself, you probably know how hard it is to get discovered.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Burger King-Tim Hortons merger is another sad chapter in a series of defects and defeats Canada has suffered at the hands of corporate America, on par with the departures of Wayne Gretzky, Paul Anka, the Montreal Expos, and Ryan Reynolds’ abdominals.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe women’s fastball club has struck out on national playoffs this year, not because they didn’t make the cut—but because they can’t afford it.