Reading Time: 2 minutes“I’m just really excited to be at an institution of learning that understands that I’m different from everyone else,” said Runt. “It’s been hard to deal with professors who dismiss my breadth of knowledge just because I only have a basic understanding of everything I claim I’ve read.”
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Selling out” by allowing Apple to use your music in a commercial or by accepting a popular award isn’t a negative thing at all. In fact, it allows musicians to reach more people with their words and their lessons.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTelfer School of Management professor Richard Clayman is set to host Unlocking the Leadership Door, his own show on Rogers TV.
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: 4 minutesWe like music. You like music. Let’s like music together. Shad Flying Colours | Black Box One can undertake a lot of self-reflection in three years, the timespan between TSOL, Shad’s 2011 Juno-winning album, and his latest, Flying Colours. The album is a complex take on the meaning of success and …
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Canadian Medical Hall of Fame will induct six new scientists including Ronald Worton and Adolfo de Bold who have both worked in close collaboration with the University Of Ottawa.
Reading Time: 3 minutesDon’t miss out on the week’s sports events with the Highlight Reel! This week: Women’s Hockey, Men’s Football and Women’s Rugby!
Reading Time: 2 minutesUniversity of Ottawa professor and Telfer School of Management director Michael Miles said he’s lucky to be alive after crashing a small plane while on a fishing trip with his grandson.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Sandy Hill Community Health Centre held a mock safe injection site Sept. 30 to raise awareness about its importance before submitting an application for a permanent site.
Reading Time: 7 minutes Before you pay your tuition fees again, research your options thoroughly, meditate in a quiet place, separate hype from reality, and understand why you are making your educational decisions.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUniversity of Ottawa professor Abdulmotaleb El Saddik is pushing the boundaries of haptics, the study of tactile feedback technology, by transmitting the sense of touch over the Internet.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat you need to know about attending Ottawa’s October beer festival Photo by Tina Wallace GUTEN TAG, OKTOBERFEST! Beau’s All Natural Brewing Company is once again taking Oktoberfest by storm. Hosted at the Vanleek Hill fairgrounds, Oktoberfest 2013 will take place Oct. 4 from 4 to 11 p.m. and Oct. 5 from 11 a.m. to …
Reading Time: < 1 minutePremieres Sept. 27 Don Jon tastefully covers the issue of porn addiction. The movie has a great plot with pristine symbolism and camera work. The script was a little dry, as is often the case when one of the main actors—in this case Joseph Gordon-Levitt—writes the script. The ending also seemed abrupt but did …
Reading Time: 2 minutesMEET CENTRE-MIDFIELDER Julia Francki, a third-year communications student, and forward Lili Wong, a fourth-year human kinetics student; both play for the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees women’s varsity soccer team. These two dynamic women have a great friendship on and off the pitch that began due in part to their love of soccer.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn its beginnings, the college team had many years of success. It joined the Quebec Rugby Football Union (QRFU) in 1894 and ended its first season in the union with a perfect 4-0 record.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIN ORDER TO accommodate the University of Ottawa Heart Institute’s upcoming expansion, the Civic Hospital is building a multi-level parking garage, to contain up to 700 new parking spaces, much to the frustration of its neighbours.
Reading Time: 2 minutesLumsden, who was born in London, Ont. and grew up in Toronto, enrolled at the University of Ottawa in 1972 and began playing for the Gee-Gees’ varsity football team.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt was not supposed to be like this for Dr. Mark Lowes. The University of Ottawa associate professor of communications never planned to become a professor; his hope had always been to become a professional football player.
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs a preamble to the hockey season which begins on Oct. 11, the Fulcrum talked to Réal Paiement to get a sense of how the team is shaping up.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe event is an annual all-night arts exhibit open to the public that displays art installations, performances, and other artistic events like stick ‘n’ poke tattooing. While the movement has been held in cities around the world for more than a decade, this is only the second time it’s been to Ottawa.
Reading Time: 3 minutesResearchers who are trying to pinpoint causes for rampant cheating in high schools and universities are wasting their time.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUniversity of Ottawa associate psychology professor Daniel Coulombe is helping to bring accessibility to education in Cameroon by providing high schools in the village of Djohong with books, computers, and money.
Reading Time: 2 minutesBand takes up one-month residency at Café Nostalgica Photo by Isaac Vallentin IT’S NOT OFTEN you find international groups spending a month or more in Ottawa, but Dutch electric duo Dialoog has come to town for a month-long residency at Café Nostalgica, playing every Wednesday evening from Oct. 2–30. Ottawa isn’t just another stop on …
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa is set to launch a new $15-million fundraising campaign aimed exclusively at improving Gee-Gees sport programs. .
Reading Time: 8 minutesThough pets can be great companions, there are many aspects of pet ownership that don’t seem daunting until you’re forced to deal with an animal you may have purchased on impulse.
