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Reading Time: 2 minutesMidterms are fast approaching, and we could all use a break! Escape by watching A Royal Affair at the ByTowne Cinema at 4 p.m. It’s a costume drama that tells the true story of a physician who brought the Enlightenment’s values of reason over blind religion to Denmark in the 18th century. History comes to life on screen, plus there’s some bodice-ripping sex.

Reading Time: 3 minutes “The modern sugar daddy is a successful and generous man who is willing to pamper and offer financial help or gifts to a young person in return for friendship and companionship.” Oh, and don’t worry, boys, there are plenty of sugar mamas on the website too.

Reading Time: 2 minutesMy hair was too long to be short and too short to be long, and I looked more like Ashton Kutcher than I cared to admit. But is that any grounds for rudeness?

Reading Time: 3 minutesFor me, coming from a different country, I never felt lonely being here. I just love my team so much, and it’s amazing how we have each other.

Reading Time: 2 minutesI can say with authority that when it comes to whipping someone into shape, this guy knows what he’s talking about. He sat down with the Fulcrum and explained the most common mistakes that people make when starting a new workout regimen.

Reading Time: 2 minutes“If we look at the amount of sugar in a child’s breakfast cereal, you might as well be rolling up the kid’s sleeve and putting in heroin because [the strength of addiction is] the same.”

Reading Time: 3 minutesFrom Feb. 1–22, a large poster exhibition illustrating priceless Polish artifacts will be on display on the first floor of the University of Ottawa’s Desmarais building.

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe U of O has a team of eight students working with Leave the Pack Behind to promote awareness of the services they offer to support faculty, staff, and students who want to quit smoking.

Reading Time: 3 minutesEven though Zach Raynor has played for the Gee-Gees football team for the last four years of his life, he is now looking to pull off something that few of his friends or family expected: starting a career as the frontman in his own rock band.

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe U of O Jockey Club is only one example of a spirit group that is seemingly shrinking, though. Many schools—including some National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) teams that can draw tens of thousands of fans to games—have seen a decline in student participation over recent years.

Reading Time: 2 minutesA recent initiative called the First Responder Networked Vehicle Test-Bed would allow for first responders in emergency services—police, paramedics, and firefighters—to communicate over long distances, crossing provincial borders as well as national borders between Canada and the United States.

Reading Time: 3 minutesAn electoral system that encourages voter apathy is hardly what our country should strive for. So what’s the solution? Reform.

Reading Time: 4 minutesWe asked students to come up with some of the best lessons they picked up in first semester that they plan on carrying into the winter one.

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