Reading Time: 2 minutesYouTube the Musical, performed at Alumni Auditorium on April 6 and 7, tells the story of four people who get sucked into YouTube after excessive surfing on the site.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesSummer eats Spencer VanDyk | Fulcrum Staff With summer fast approaching, fun and fresh recipes are everywhere. Here are some that are not only quick and easy, but also pretty good for you. The trick is to find salads that are simple to prepare but taste out of this world, and pair them with cool …
Reading Time: 3 minutesOttawa has a lot to offer for each one, but if you still can’t decide, maybe one of these student accounts will sway you toward some of the many trails and paths located around the city.
Reading Time: 4 minutesHere is a rundown of how the Gee-Gees performed in their winter 2013 season, followed by the winners of the prestigious* Cavalry Awards.
*not actually prestigious
Reading Time: 2 minutesTo present a well-rounded and fully formed argument in front of a panel of legal experts is a challenge for any lawyer.
Reading Time: 2 minutesGood ideas deserve to be celebrated. Read how U of O has been rewarding the brains behind the betterment of your campus.
Reading Time: 2 minutesHave fun and try to relax!
Reading Time: 2 minutesAllan Stone, the president of the university, believes these new regulations will enable students to relax more. “We were just tired of hearing so many complaints from students about how difficult their lives are in April, so we decided to change the whole basis for success at our school,” said Stone.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“I mean, I could keeping going and get a doctorate or something—become a doctor of English and save people’s lives with my analysis of medieval literature,” Hayes said. “But I figured hey, if I’m going to be paying out my ass for tuition, I might as well learn and contribute something valuable to society.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhenever anyone asks, “What are you going to do after school?” I can now bravely tell them I’m going to be a journalist. (If I’m being 100 per cent honest, though, , I want to be Oprah. Seriously, I’m not joking.)
Reading Time: 2 minutesGo forth, dear students, and turn your fantasies into realities. If you run into trouble along the way, ask yourself what I would do. Then get on your computer and email me at deardi@thefulcrum.ca and I’ll tell you explicitly what I would do
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCheers from the 2012-13 Fulcrum staff! Look out next year for more style and swagger from your fellow students.
Reading Time: 4 minutesCompleting a doctorate can’t be that different, can it? The Fulcrum sat down with U of O grad students to find out.
Reading Time: 2 minutesGone are the days when it’s acceptable to be tagged on Facebook holding a Pabst Blue Ribbon or a Smirnoff Ice. No, you need something that communicates just how sophisticated you and your taste in alcohol are.
Reading Time: 3 minutesFulcrum critics take on a comic book and a graphic novel for those who know there’s no shame in reading books with pictures.
Reading Time: 2 minutesConcert review: Sigur Rós performs in Ottawa
Reading Time: 2 minutesA recent graduate of the University of Ottawa has entered a travel contest where entrants describe their “bucket list” for a chance to win a six-month all-expenses-paid trip around the world to check off a good chunk of that list.
Reading Time: 3 minutesGrowing your own organic vegetables is a labour of love, but it’s easier than you might think.
Reading Time: 3 minutesRick Ross’s upcoming concert in Ottawa has been met with criticism by the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) and Carleton University students.
Reading Time: 2 minutes According to Oblak, he updated his Facebook profile multiple times over the weekend, taking care to craft elusive statuses that hinted at his popularity and newly adapted devil-may-care outlook.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTo prepare for the game of their lifetime, TuneSquad leader Bugs Bunny—alongside basketball superstar Jordan—coached the team from pitiful to kind of acceptable.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat made me the most confused about all this was that I had no intention of replacing her as my best friend; we still talked on the phone and video Skyped so I could show her my new digs. But when I would miss a call she would accuse me of neglecting her, and I soon became sick of it. Have you ever heard of a self-fulfilling prophecy? This was fast becoming one.
Reading Time: 2 minutesNot sure what to do this weekend in Ottawa? The Fulcrum’s got you covered with the weekend rundown. We’ll fill you in on the hottest restaurants, the coolest shows, and the exciting things going on around town so you can make the most out of your weekends.
Reading Time: 7 minutesThe African-Canadian teen filed a complaint against the Ottawa Police Services, bringing them to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. Aiken said the only reason he was pulled over was because he is black—essentially, he believed the police officer in question was profiling him based on his race.
Reading Time: 4 minutes I’d like to avoid the “You’re a WHAT?!” confrontation as much as possible, but I also don’t feel obligated to say, “Hi, I’m your date, and I’m also a hooker.”
