Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter decrying the university’s lack of support for fair trade coffee, students took their disagreements outside. Across campus, spontaneous melees erupted as students hurled beverage cups at one another.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesCandidates will be expected to submit their nominations and platforms no later than five days in the past.
Reading Time: 3 minutesA report by La Rotonde was released on Oct. 17 detailing incidents of a highly sexual nature as part of a bar crawl event called Vet’s Tour, hosted by the Science Students’ Association at the University of Ottawa.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe fear that the GA won’t meet quorum shouldn’t discourage you from bringing motions forward—they can pass either way.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe SFUO has 3,283 page likes on Facebook, and a whopping 4,015 followers on Twitter, which it uses even less than Facebook. If used effectively, these tools could really keep people involved in student politics.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMoody’s Investors Service, which provides credit ratings and risk analyses to organizations around the world, released a report on Sept. 29 that characterizes the University of Ottawa’s recent debt issuance as “stable.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesRecently, the federal government announced that it will regulate e-cigarettes within the coming year. While regulation is an important step, it must be done properly.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIf you want your voice to be represented at the highest levels of the SFUO, voting for an effective faculty director is the quickest and easiest way to do it.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen asked about what he thought about the wall’s erection, Richard Head, a first-year sociology student, replied: “Haha, erection.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis is not to say that the university should mandate that all classes must use open textbooks, as that would be untenable at this point. However, there are concrete steps that can be taken.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe meeting covered a wide range of topics, from finances to the recent Student Academic Success Service (SASS) security breach.
Reading Time: 2 minutesInstituting mandatory Indigenous history classes would help ensure students are prepared to make equitable decisions as they start the next chapter of their lives.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUniversity of Ottawa associate professor of physics Andrew Pelling does more than just teach. Outside of his day job, he also runs the Pelling Lab at the U of O, where he grows human ears using apples.
Reading Time: 2 minutesClubs are an integral part of the university experience, and this is why the SFUO cannot settle for poorly managed clubs going forward.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Sept. 13 the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law teamed up with Amnesty International to present “Keep the Promise”, a seminar on the Site C dam—a hydroelectric dam being built near British Columbia’s Peace River—and its impact on local Indigenous communities.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe first thing to bear in mind is that most music—pop music especially—can hardly be called original. It’s not necessarily a bad thing. After all not all chords sound good together.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAny report done by the SFUO needs to really examine what benefits are provided by the CFS. It can’t stop at superficial terms like “lobbying”—it must dive into the data to see if CFS services are working.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSome faculties took preparations more seriously than others. The engineers dyed themselves purple to intimidate their foes, while the history students opted to read up on tactics used at past 101 Week skirmishes.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe match wasn’t a blowout victory, but it was a showcase for the team’s commitment to defence.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“What excites me the most is Paris’ insight on the current government’s bilateral relations with foreign powers. In other words, I want more details on Trudeau’s bromance with Obama!” —Larry Finkelstein, third year arts student.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter all, there are other drugs in Canada that can cause long-term harm, yet remain largely ingrained in our culture—perhaps the best example is alcohol.
Reading Time: 3 minutesFans are hoping this will lead to more coverage of other Canadian university sports. If networks are smart, that may just be exactly what happens.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s important to make sure that all communities across the country are well informed on the issues at hand—this means bringing proper discussion beyond big urban centres.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMany are saying that this new residence is an outright necessity, especially since this year’s U-Pass line has already claimed the lives of 57 students who have died of starvation, burst bladders, and sheer boredom.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) recently released its approved budget projections for 2016 online, following its adoption at the Aug. 16 Board of Administration (BOA) meeting.
