If you’re looking for a bar in ByWard with an upscale feel, sans the pretentious patrons or wait staff, then look no further than Atari.
David Campion-Smith
We can all picture the perfect summer bar—a place with a nice patio, available seats, and a drink menu that boasts a long list of summery selections. Waller Street Brewing doesn’t have a patio, but it does create a unique summer atmosphere all its own.
The 2015-16 year has been tough for the Student Federation University of Ottawa (SFUO) which ended the year heavily reducing summer staff to avoid bankruptcy. Here’s the SFUO’s report card for the last year in four important areas: event promotion, communication, staffing and student engagement.
Anti-poverty group is right to push for cheap, basic plans We live in a digital world. For most people the Internet, whether for recreation or for work, is an essential part of life. Anti-poverty group ACORN and advocacy group Open Media, among others, are currently lobbying the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to force Internet …
Social media addicts, and they even use their legs! For decades, Canadians have been suffering under the leadership of several unrelatable prime ministers. Harper, Martin, Chrétien all spring to mind as older, and completely unconnected with most Canadians. Justin Trudeau, however, clearly has something those leaders never had—relatability. The Trudeaus are the most relateably, relatable …
The source told the Tomato that proposed ideas ran from the plausible, like setting off a fireworks display from the top of the Desmarais building and charging ticket fees, to the truly ridiculous, such as ensuring that SFUO fees are adjusted for annual inflation.
Making downtown easier to manage for cyclists and others who don’t commute by car makes it easier for more people to come into and enjoy downtown. This means more money being spent by Ottawa consumers, which allows businesses to grow and become better, in turn providing more incentives for people to come downtown.
Instead of working slowly and piecemeal towards the end goal of free higher education, let’s just skip right to it and give more Canadians the chance to sharpen their minds. In the end, it will be more than worth it for our nation.
With the upcoming induction of Jacques Frémont as the University of Ottawa’s new president in July, we take a look at some on-campus changes that Fulcrum contributors believe should come with this transition.
Limiting grad students’ right to work hampers the ability of many to pursue graduate degrees as a whole. The policy may be intended to ensure that students focus on their academics, but it also nearly guarantees that more students take on higher levels of student debt, as they are hamstrung in their ability to fund their own education.
The University of Ottawa’s environmental awareness has been formally recognized, with the most recent recognition in the UI Green Metric World University Ranking, where the U of O placed second in Canada and 27th in the world. But regardless of our international standing on the issue, seeing litter everywhere speaks volumes about our poor attitude towards the environment.
Despite the dismissal of these promising motions, it seems that this fourth installment of the GAs has inspired students to put forth their ideas to keep our campus at its best.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau got quite the welcome when he was in Washington for the state dinner last week. While his relationship with American President Barack Obama was well documented, the real bromance was with Canadian musician, The Weeknd.
Funds will do more good for students spent on projects under university control In a recent Board of Governors (BOG) meeting university president Allan Rock announced that the university plans to take faculty surpluses to help pay off the university’s $7.6-million deficit. This money given to the faculties by the university to pay for their …
If St. Patrick’s Day was really about celebrating Irish culture then perhaps some outrage could be forgiven, but the reality is that for many it is a day for largely uninhibited drinking and vague shouts of “Kiss me, I’m Irish.”
Leo’s long anticipated win awakens world to environmental phenomenon Leonardo DiCaprio finally did what so many people had thought was never going to happen for him—he managed to become even more successful and well known than he already was. The actor, and former dad bod and man bun ambassador, won Best Actor for his role …
Increase in funding means more jobs, but still no solutions beyond summer Earlier this month Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that the government will be doubling its funding for the Canada Summer Jobs Program. Expanding this program is good news for students, and a much-needed recognition of the fact that the current job market isn’t …
Shortly after the news that campus station would close for the last three days of exams came a not-so-shocking announcement from university administration. In a press conference about the closure the university admitted they have been actively trying to make students’ lives miserable and more difficult for the past few years as part of a …
Proposed bill cuts down on landfill waste, frees up government funds The Waste-Free Ontario Act is an excellent step forward in dealing with a world that is increasingly seeing the effects of environmental degradation. The proposed law, currently under public consultation, would shift the cost of recycling products that currently go into the black or …
Movie ratings focus too much on sex, rather than violence The latest Marvel release, Deadpool, broke several records for R-rated movies, including highest grossing opening weekend for an R-rated movie. With the release of such a successful movie, that wears its R rating as comfortably as Deadpool wears red spandex, it’s the perfect time to …
Last week the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) in the United States released a statement advising the 3.3 million women who are sexually active and not on birth control that they should stop drinking entirely due to the risks it poses to a potential fetus. This is a policy based on hypotheticals—being pregnant, that the …
Focus on better testing, not limiting potential donors We’ve all heard the slogan “It’s in you to give” or the idea that just one pint of donated blood can save a life, now especially at the U of O as Canadian Blood Services was on campus this week collecting donations while reminding students of the …
Soon the City will decide on how to use LeBreton Flats, and Fulcrum writers believe some options better than others—here are a few of the many options, brought to you by this week’s forum.
Rapper’s arrival sparks creation of many new campus clubs Rapper and flat earth theory advocate B.o.B is in Ottawa this week to use LeBreton Flats as a testing ground to prove to the world his belief that the planet is flat. City officials invited B.o.B to come to Ottawa because “It’d great for the city …
Suspended police still make sunshine list The Ottawa Police Service spent more than half a million dollars in salaries on suspended officers last year, according to the sunshine list, a database that lists all of the public servants in Ontario that make over $100,000 a year. “At what point do we stop?” said Ottawa Police …
