At a press conference held on Tuesday morning, Pedro the Panda announced that he was cancelling any appearances outside of Sunday’s homecoming football game.
Amira Benjamin
Over the 2023-2024 year, many clubs experienced significant delays and miscommunication with their expected funding from the UOSU. With a new team tackling a new year, have the issues been properly addressed?
Engineering professor Braughken Axel sent out an email to his ENG1104 students on Aug. 31 to inform them that the first week of classes will be held in an O-Train car.
For the 2024-25 year, the U of O has combined your student ID card and your U-Pass into one saucy little card. But here’s a step further: why not virtual ID cards?
On a warm Tuesday evening, hip hop-infused country conquered Bluesfest’s RBC stage, thanks to DAX, Shaboozey and Jelly Roll
Student protesters and community organizers from the University of Ottawa encampment held a press conference on June 27th, calling attention to the slow progress of negotiations and threats of trespassing by the university administration.
In the early afternoon of June 1, INSAF and PSA published to Instagram an update of their negotiations with the U of O administration, ahead of the university’s disclosure.
The student sit-in-turned-encampment at the University of Ottawa has officially entered its second week. Organizers met with university representatives May 6 and will meet with administration again this week.
U of O encampment joined by community protesters despite rain; protesters forcibly removed from encampments at two universities in Alberta.
As the U of O student encampment nears the end of its second week, community support grows and educational events continue.
As the weekend arrives and warm weather flourishes, day 6 of the U of O encampment sees large numbers of community supporters — including MPP Sarah Jama.
Originally beginning as a sit-in on Monday, April 29, INSAF, the PSA and protesting community members have been present on Tabaret Lawn for nearly a week.
The fourth day of University of Ottawa’s protest saw an increase in the momentum and organization of the encampment. The number of tents had increased to over 30, from approximately 20 the day before, with formal stations being set up for first-aid, art, and food.
On the evening of April 28, the night before a planned student-organized sit-in on Tabaret Lawn, associate vice-president of student affairs published a statement on Instagram.
PinkPantheress has an endless reservoir of musical creativity and innovation — it’s what she’s known for — but her ability to completely redraw the lines of a song or even a whole genre is nothing to underestimate.
Motions concerning committee assignments, updates to union policies, elections code and timelines. and the buying of a new business, all discussed in a six hour meeting of the BOD.
In an interview with the Fulcrum, history professor Jan Grabowski discussed his research of falsified Wikipedia editing, the phenomenon of Holocaust distortion, and entering his 30th year of teaching.
The University of Ottawa Student’s Union (UOSU) held its Board of Directors meeting on May 28, the second of the term. The six-hour meeting included appointing the recently hired interim executive committee commissioners, debates on a controversial motion regarding the Black History Month gala, and making a statement in support of the ‘Enough is Enough’ campaign.
The Union is protesting budget cuts by the University that have reduced TA contracts, expanded class sizes, and affect Francophone programs and courses.
I’ve been at the Fulcrum for four years now, half of those as its editor-in-chief — it’s time for me to move on. However, before I do, I think it is worth reflecting on my five long years in student journalism. Apologies in advance, as this may get a little sappy.
As another academic term wraps up, so does another publishing year for the Fulcrum. For some of us on the paper’s 82nd editorial board, this is a ‘see you later’, but for others, it’s a long ‘thank you’.
To celebrate the Fulcrum’s 80th anniversary, I’ve taken a dive into the archives to highlight some intriguing features over the publication’s history.
The portal, which is the primary means of proposing and accepting residence offers for students, claimed that it was ‘overwhelmed’ following the high demand expected from it when it opened last Monday for newly admitted students.
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the University of Ottawa’s Ukrainian Students Club (USC) has been gathering resources for Ukrainian students while staying in touch with family about the situation.
The Snow-Blowers, a U of O club with the goal of keeping sidewalks clean, ran into a rough patch following the failed tests of their sidewalk-clearing machine.
