Reading Time: 2 minutesMcMorris might be an asshole, or he might be a really nice guy, but I don’t really know anything about him, outside of the fact that I like the way he snowboards.
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Reading Time: 3 minutesWater is a human right, a notion backed by the UN General Assembly and the UN Human Rights Council. Since water is essential to human life, the needs of people and the planet should take priority over profit.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) elections raised a number of talking points among candidates as one slate was penalized, another raised some concern about vacation use, and the General Assembly (GA) referendum took on more forceful opposition.
Reading Time: 2 minutesGees basketball forward Terry Thomas has cemented himself in University of Ottawa history by breaking the record for most points scored in a single game.
Reading Time: 3 minutesFollow the swim team’s performance at the OUA with day-by-day coverage of their performance.
Reading Time: 2 minutesStudents from across the city gathered in Tabaret Hall to take part in the University of Ottawa Public Relations Association’s first-ever Let’s Grow Together conference.
Reading Time: 3 minutesMany U of O students are growing exceedingly anxious every day with the continuous posting of images of faces all over campus.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa’s student federation may have voted against it, but the Sochi 2014 Olympics are streaming on campus regardless.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe like music. You like music. Let’s like music together.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMen’s and women’s basketball roundups for Friday, Feb. 7.
Reading Time: 11 minutesInfo on the candidates running in the 2014 SFUO election.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere must be something that makes Canada worth being proud of though. Perhaps our health care? But in fact, most other democratic countries have similar or better levels of national health care. Despite our constant bragging, we’re thirtieth in the world for health care. Twenty-ninth is Morocco.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThat is the purpose of debate: to provoke thought and to promote understanding. Suppressing debates for fear of alienating voters might be politically strategic, but it might also leave a millennial wondering how valuable federal politics are in creating social policies. If the federal government can’t speak to the issues that concern millennials, we may see the continuation of a trend toward community-based actions and grassroots initiatives.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThey picked this mountain for the second year because they were so successful raising funds last year. I think next year they will do a different mountain, maybe Everest. They pick the mountain, I pick to climb.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Ottawa Sports Awards (OSAs) recognize amateur athletes as well as senior and veteran coaching members for excellence in their respective domains in sport, and have been operating annually since 1953.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn arbitrator has ruled against former professor Denis Rancourt’s bid to reclaim his job at the University of Ottawa.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Our top eight on the men’s and women’s are as good as anybody. Now it’s just a question of seeing how the rest of the team stacks up against the best in the OUAs,” he said. “That’s the fun part. We don’t know and we’re going to find out.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesDirector excited to show international, award-winning films on campus Photo by Mico Mazza Jith Paul is trying to use international award-winning films to fund local filmaking. Indie Koala and Treepot Media’s Kickstarter Film Festival, featuring international, award-winning short films, will present a double screening on Feb. 8. Beginning at 6 p.m. in the Alumni Auditorium, …
Reading Time: 2 minutesStudent performs for the first time at Soulful Expressions on Feb. 8 Photo by Julia Riddle “People don’t understand,” says Sakinna Gairey. “I get a lot of questions during February like, ‘Why can’t we have a White History Month?’ and I’m just like, ‘Because the whole rest of the year’s about you.’” Gairey, a first-year …
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa will offer a master’s in bilingualism studies program beginning in September 2014, in an effort to promote the bilingual and Francophone presence on campus.
Reading Time: 2 minutesU of O finalists prepare to compete in inter-university challenge Photo courtesy of Myriam Hugron Saffron, crab, artichokes, vanilla bean, and mushrooms make for a strange combination of recipe ingredients. For the University of Ottawa’s Iron Chef Challenge winners? Not so much. On Jan. 25, Three professional chefs judged a two-hour competition at SITE as …
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Our response was two weeks of training,” said Gees-Gees head coach Lionel Woods, explaining their strategy after previously losing to Ryerson. “This match was the result of our response; we got together, talked about it together, and figured it out together.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesTabaret Hall’s construction was completed to reveal a new student lounge on Jan 20. Separated into three rooms on the first floor, the space seats close to 150 students and comes equipped with fireplaces, microwaves, sofas, chairs, and counters with plugs for laptops.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe University of Ottawa Health Services has cut its two on-staff psychologists in what it has called a “reorganization” of mental health services offered by the university.
Reading Time: 3 minutesWith me, it was only when I realized that there was an entire person hiding behind the illness that I was able to recover.
