Reading Time: 2 minutesU of O improv team to compete at Cracking up the Capital comedy festival Photo courtesy of Kristine Shadid It takes a special kind of performer to work without prep time and the pressure of having no idea what’s going to happen until it’s happening. The University of Ottawa improv team handles this pressure all the …
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn an interview with the Globe and Mail, Qu Tanzhou, director of the Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration, said Arctic resources should “be allocated according to the needs of the world, not only owned by certain countries” and that “we cannot simply say that this is yours and this is mine.”
Wait—can’t we? Isn’t the “this is yours and this is mine” mentality crucial to international cooperation and peace? A refusal to see that is dangerous and could send us down a dangerous path where sovereignty means very little.
Reading Time: 8 minutesIn a larger sense, Starbucks epitomizes North American food culture in the 21st century. It’s modern, hip, and allows customers to personalize their order from an extensive menu selection. It also professes to use the best, high-quality ingredients and to conduct its business responsibly and ethically.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe company behind the Bixi bike share system, which has two stations on campus, has filed for bankruptcy.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis game marked the second Capital Hoops win for the U of O women since it began in 2008. Although the Gees do not have a great record for the Classic, the U of O has finished ahead of Carleton in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) finals and at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) nationals for the past several years.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA campaign by the Graduate Students’ Association (GSAÉD) aiming to create nursing and breastfeeding spaces at the University of Ottawa was launched with a panel discussion Jan. 22.
Reading Time: 3 minutesFollowing the game, I asked myself, “Why isn’t that school spirit present on our campus?” I then told myself that our passion for the Gee-Gees brand is just as good as ever, it was just an uncommon occurrence.
Reading Time: 3 minutesDoes Ottawa have a player who can score 20 or more points at will like athletic Thunder front-court James Harden? The Gee-Gees have multiple Hardens.
Reading Time: 2 minutesConcerns of millennials aren’t reflected in political ideologies We’ve heard it before. The millennial generation is apathetic and occasionally pathetic. We’re narcissistic and entitled. We can’t get good jobs, we’re living with our parents, and thanks to high housing prices and the rising cost of education, we’re delaying entry into adulthood. We’re politically disconnected, disenchanted, …
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Nobody is talking about important issues such as toilet paper reform on campus, or the broadcast of the Olympics, because they are all too busy studying,” said King.
“We’re going to have to change our strategy from a focus on peripheral student issues that really affect only those already invested in student politics to arguments about expanding study space during the school year.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe logic behind the test is extremely short-sighted, since it is primarily concerned with gauging the quantity of female representation in a film, while offering absolutely no judgment whatsoever on the quality of this representation.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMFA program increases studio space Photo by Chantal Jiang Although the Visual Arts building is the oldest on campus, the master of fine arts (MFA) program was only founded in 2007 and has had just 30 graduates up until now. With a newly expanded studio space, the two-year program will be able to expand its …
Reading Time: 2 minutesMackenzie Valley pipeline revisited through portraits and interviews Photo courtesy of Linda MacCannell “If you want to have a political debate, this is a good place to do it, ” said Drew Ann Wake. An art exhibit exploring the landmark 1977 Berger Inquiry into the building of the Mackenzie River Valley River Pipeline is coming …
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAgainst Me! Transgender Dysphoria Blues | Total Treble Music This is the first album Against Me! has released since lead singer Laura Jane Grace came out as a transgender woman. Given the title, it’s hard not to listen to the album as a personal confession. The album title may imply a wallowing confessional, and a …
Reading Time: 2 minutesMany strongly worded letters were written to the FAAMT about the inappropriateness of bringing a cellular device into a movie theatre. While it is a second amendment right in America to own and carry a cell phone, the majority of writers agree that the movie-texter used their device in a manner that was simply uncalled for. In most cases, people felt that the presence of the object in a public area violated their basic safety rights.
Reading Time: < 1 minutePerhaps Mary Shelley, gargoyles, and the battle of good versus evil were not a combination fit for a movie.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe SFUO elections committee has released the official list of candidates for the 2014 elections and referendum.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSaturday night’s basketball games resulted in a line in the history books in this Jan. 25 edition of the Highlight Reel.
Reading Time: 2 minutesCatch up on Friday’s basketball action with the Jan. 24 edition of the Fulcrum’s highlight reel.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt may now be more crucial than ever for young people to really analyze their media consumption.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe family of a man who was killed in September’s collision between an OC Transpo bus and a VIA Rail train has filed a lawsuit against the City of Ottawa and the estate of the bus driver.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Some people think that students are too loud or their parties are too wild,” said committee member Jane Doh. “We realized the real issue is that Sandy Hill is located too close to the University of Ottawa. If we didn’t live so close to the university, we wouldn’t have these problems.”
Reading Time: 2 minutes“But because of the amounts of people at last week’s meeting we switched to a format of one person going up to the front of the room and complaining into a microphone while the rest of the group had to listen quietly. It really took away the organic feel of weather talk.”
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Student Appeal Centre (SAC) has awarded its third Iron Fist Award to Julie Beauchamp, vice-dean of undergraduate and professional programs at the Telfer School of Management, for allegedly academically penalizing students for non-academic infractions.
Reading Time: 2 minutesEven more troubling than these cases are the many one-bedroom apartments and completely vacant houses that are female preferred. There is no reasonable explanation for this other than sexism.
