Reading Time: 3 minutesBut as much as the Idle No More movement received press coverage, and as much as Attawapiskat First Nation Chief Theresa Spence’s hunger strike got people talking about issues facing Canadian indigenous people, nothing changed. It seems like the majority of Canadians have been comforted by a return of silence.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesOn March 24, Ethan Plato, president of the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) put forth three motions to change the SFUO election system that were later rejected by the Board of Administrators (BOA).
Reading Time: 2 minutesApril 10 marks this year’s International Day of Pink, an event that encourages people all over the world to wear the colour pink and help spread the message of tolerance, diversity, and equality.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMax Szyc | Fulcrum Staff THE SCORE TELEVISION Network and Gillette announced the return of Drafted: The Search for Canada’s Next Sportscaster and are looking for applicants within university communities. Now entering its fifth season, the show invites Canadian sports fans to audition for a one-year contract as a sportscaster for The Score, along with …
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMax Szyc | Fulcrum Staff A PROPERTY OWNER who is attempting to convert a Sandy Hill retirement home into rental apartments will likely go forward with construction following the approval of a proposed parking plan by city council’s planning committee. The retirement suites, located at the northeast corner of Friel Street and Laurier Avenue East …
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa is the 14th most sustainable university in the world. Check out how RecycleMania is helping to keep us there
Reading Time: 2 minutesA recent study by Dr. Darine El-Chaar and University of Ottawa professor Dr. Mark Walker explores the correlation between obesity and pregnancy and the health problems that can occur when an expectant mother is overweight
Reading Time: 4 minutesEvery year, the Fulcrum looks back on the ups and downs of the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees teams’ respective competition seasons…
Reading Time: 3 minutesEarlier this month, Gee-Gees fourth-year running back Brendan Gillanders and fourth-year wide receiver Simon Le Marquand participated in the Canadian Football League (CFL) Combine, the top training camp for football prospects.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMagazines like Essence and Ebony, both of which are black female interest publications, were created because of the lack of black representation in mainstream media. The articles found within the pages of these magazines are completely different from those in Glamour and Cosmo, and for the right reasons. Who else will report on the specific minority issues faced by black women if not black women themselves?
Reading Time: 2 minutesStrange roads on the path to health Sarah Doan | Fulcrum Staff How far would you go in the name of nutrition? We’ve all heard of the grapefruit diet, Atkins, herbal cleanses, and numerous fitness programs—and tried them with varying levels of success. But have you ever heard of these more unorthodox methods of improving your health? Warning: some of these might leave you feeling a little squeamish. Maggot therapy As strange and unsettling as it is to find larvae atop the food in our homes during the summer, maggots have been found to provide a lot of health benefits to humans—especially for those who suffer from infected wounds and …
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf Ross had come out and said, “put LSD all in her champagne,” I doubt the song would have even made it onto the shelf. The term “molly,” another word for ecstasy, explains why some people not well-versed in slang might miss the date rape reference.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWith exams coming up, your mind’s fitness is probably taking priority over that of your body’s. Even though school is definitely important (don’t worry, there will be plenty of time to prepare for beach season after exams are over), you should still take a few minutes every day for a bit of physical exercise.
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Reading Time: 3 minutes101 Letters to a Prime Minister: The Complete Letters to Stephen Harper Yann Martel | Vintage Canada 4 / 5 YANN MARTEL, THE author of Life of Pi, released another book in 2012 that was a polar opposite of his previous novel. 101 Letters to a Prime Minister is a non-fiction work that features the …
Reading Time: 2 minutesMissing a pet back at home? The University of Ottawa’s Student Academic Success Service and Health Services have teamed up with a solution in the form of “pet therapy.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesEvery year, Canadians look to the groundhog to forecast the end of winter. At the University of Ottawa, students look to their own seasonal forecaster: the hot dog man.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Computer Science Student Association hosted a Windows 8 hackathon to get a behind-the-scenes look at new Microsoft products.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhy tonight? As a student, you have free admittance Thursdays between 5 and 8 p.m. While this freebie doesn’t include special exhibits, there’s more than enough to see in the general galleries. You can easily spend three hours browsing premier Canadian, contemporary, international, and indigenous artwork, photography, and prints.
Reading Time: 4 minutesYou know when you really, really gotta go? When you’ve held it in all day and are just dying to piss? Lately, when that’s happened to me, I’ve been picturing peeing on my partner instead of into a toilet. I know golden showers aren’t thought of as sexy by very many people, but I think urinating on another person would be really pleasurable for me.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA private Christian university’s bid for their own law school has sparked protests from LGBTQ university communities nation-wide
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) dipped its toe in the pool of controversy this week when vp social-elect Pat Marquis was called out by the Indigenous and Canadian Studies Students’ Association (ICSSA) for a jab he made at the aboriginal community on Facebook.
Reading Time: 8 minutesSometimes people just need a reminder to take a few moments to appreciate life around them. They’re moments to learn more about patience, compassion, and responsibility. Those moments can last a lifetime. And people—young people, especially—can learn a lot from individuals with developmental disabilities.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOur online culture currently supports pro anorexic and bulimic behaviour—called pro-ana and pro-mia sites—and thin inspiration websites. Our society’s obsession with people’s outward appearance is harmful to our own well-being. Whatever happened to just eating right and exercising? Whatever happened to caring more about who people are on the inside than what they look like? There’s a reason eating disorders are on the rise among young people, and a lot has to do with our fat-shaming culture.
Reading Time: 3 minutesI’m not trying to imply that the guy selling you your bag of chips and chocolate milk is corrupt and untrustworthy; after all, corner stores have been selling tobacco products for a long time and they seem to be doing fine at that. But taking the power out of the hands of a regulated liquor control board seems to me about as smart an idea as taking the police off a case they are the best qualified to solve.
