Reading Time: 2 minutesThe idea of going vegetarian, even for a day, can be terrifying to the average meat eater. Even if they are aware of the health benefits of avoiding meat, some find it hard to say no. Vegetarian food can seem boring, complicated, or better suited to your rabbit’s hutch than to your dinner plate.
Reading Time: 3 minutesWebsites like Stickk.com allow users to set a personal goal such as losing weight or exercising a certain amount per day. If you’re not successful, your money will be sent to a charity, an anti-charity (one you don’t like), or a friend/family member.
Reading Time: 4 minutesIt’s often said that your weight and body shape is determined 10 per cent by genetics, 20 per cent by working out, and a whopping 70 per cent by what you eat.
Reading Time: 2 minutesRecently, minimalist shoes have become extremely popular. The belief is that with little between your feet and the ground, your running style will improve. These shoes are designed to make you run slower, which gives you a better workout but can also be hard on your joints and feet.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe tofu in this dessert shouldn’t scare you; it’s not only an ingredient used in savoury dishes, and this sweet treat is sure to please. And don’t tell your friends it’s healthy—between the cheesecake’s creamy texture and light lemony taste, they’ll never know!
Reading Time: 2 minutesNot only were my new yoga-mates highly attractive stay-at-home moms and gorgeous fitness-crazed men, the instructor was the fittest, most beautiful woman I had ever seen in a sports bra. It was at that moment I knew I wanted to become an instructor.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOntario Premier Dalton McGuinty shocked his caucus during a surprise meeting on Oct. 15 by resigning as premier and Ontario Liberal party leader.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTo resign or not to resign, that is the question. For the Conservatives, the answer is no resignations from the cabinet, and since Harper was elected in 2006, he has kept resignations to a minimum.
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn Oct. 10, the Ottawa city council voted in favour of a motion to allow the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) to seek private-sector funding for a casino in the nation’s capital.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Schwarzenegger might be a little too [much] muscle for some parts of the sport! He’s just too buff for us.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe goal of the varsity recognition program is to increase the national recognition of the university through student-athlete success. The program committee claims this recognition will benefit the university by increasing national visibility and attracting top-quality professors, students, and student-athletes.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn arguably their most crucial home game of the regular season, the Gee-Gees football team kept playoff hopes alive by shutting out the University of Waterloo Warriors 61-0.
Reading Time: 3 minutesStrength training not only improves your body’s shape, but it also increases your energy [and improves] your posture, your power output, and your confidence! By adding weights to your fitness routine, you burn a surprising amount of calories, while shaping out your shoulders, your midsection, and your lower half as well.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUniversity of Ottawa physics PhD student Christopher Smeenk demonstrated his pet project, the Laser Musicbox, at the 2012 Electric Fields festival on Oct. 12.
Reading Time: 9 minutes“I’m very comfortable with my personality and my sexuality,” he would tell me later. “No subject is taboo to me.”
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe University of Ottawa chapter of Building Walls of Wisdom (BuildWoW) competed in Smoke’s Poutinerie’s campus edition of the world poutine-eating competition Oct. 13. The reward is a $2,500 sponsorship from the poutine restaurant that the chapter would donate to help fund the building of a school in Nicaragua.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Oct. 13, the U of O men’s hockey team schooled the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières Patriotes (UQTR) in front of a packed crowd on their home ice.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa will play host to students from around the country for a four-day conference that promises to, according to its website “build an environmental and climate justice movement that can transform our society, so that our future can be enjoyed by everyone, not only those who can afford it.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe ban on the sale of water bottles on the University of Ottawa campus makes no sense.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Saturday, Oct. 13, just over 100 idea-seekers gathered in the Alumni Auditorium to participate in TEDxUOttawa, a conference of ideas.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you want to work in the sports industry, you’re going to need more than a degree.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSunday’s cold, wet weather didn’t seem to put a damper on the Gee-Gees’ spirit.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“What is the point of education if the information is available to all?” – Mark Salter, professor of political science
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Biggest Loser is one of the more controversial reality shows on TV these days, and most people either love it or hate it.
Reading Time: 3 minutesDespite the Prime Minister’s strategy, northern citizens are ignored, and because people have the greatest sway in enforcing sovereignty, they should be the government’s focus.
