Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere are some things that movies will teach you about travelling that are absolutely spot-on.
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Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Cavalry Awards are a series of honours given by the Fulcrum to various varsity athletes for outstanding performances and sportsmanship or eye-catching moments. It’s a simple way to let the athletes know we recognize their talent and appreciate the struggle they bear, in addition to being students, to make us proud fans. Although we’d love to give each one an award, we only have so much print space, so we had to make some tough decisions. The candidates aren’t nominated, but handpicked by the sports staff and volunteers at the Fulcrum and reflect our opinions.
Reading Time: 4 minutes“I think it affected me a lot more on a personal level than it did the rest of the team,” she said. “Since I’ve been around for five years and every year we haven’t lost until now, and it being my last year playing against them, it was disappointing to have experienced that.”
Reading Time: 3 minutesRead the Highlight Reel to catch the Fulcrum’s sports coverage of the Nov. 29-30 weekend.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Nov. 22–23 hockey games were all but close in score, but went in completely differnt directions for the men and the women’s team.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Gee-Gees remain undefeated and seem likely to maintain their number two ranking following their two games on the Nov. 22–23 weekend beating Waterloo 98–60 on Friday and Laurier 89–68 on Saturday night.
The Gee-Gees women’s basketball team took on the Waterloo Warriors and the Wilfred Laurier Golden Hawks on the Nov. 22–23 weekend at Montpetit Hall.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the Nov. 28 edition of the Highlight Reel, we cover two women’s volleyball games as well as the men’s and women’s swim team at three different meets.
Reading Time: 4 minutesConsidering Franco-Ontarians are plenty in number but hugely underrepresented at universities throughout the province, it’s an important discussion to have.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis week’s highlight reel includes men’s basketball, women’s basketball, and women’s volleyball.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Gee-Gees spurred their hooves against Queen’s, Guelph, Waterloo, and Western on Nov. 16–17 in the Stratten divisional championship in Guelph. Although they only ranked third overall, their performance was exceptionally strong.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis week, the Fulcrum met up with Carling Nigul-Chown to find out more about the third-year social science student and power forward for the women’s hockey team. The British Columbia native stands at 5’10 with a presence that cannot be missed on the ice, regardless of which team you’re on.
Reading Time: 3 minutesGet your fill of this weekend’s sports with women’s volleyball, men’s and women’s basketball.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn this week’s issue we have women’s volleyball, men’s hockey, women’s hockey.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa men’s and women’s swim teams participated in and won the Go Kingfish Invitational on Nov. 1, where they hosted swim clubs from the University of Guelph, Queen’s University, Carleton University, and the Go-Kingfish swimclub. Although the meet hosted a variety of universities, the points were tallied in terms of duals.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Hightlight Reel covers men’s football in OUA quarterfinals, women’s hockey and Cross-country in the OUA championship this week.
Reading Time: 2 minutesInternationally, a proposed solution to solving gender inequality in canoeing at the Olympics is to terminate the sport altogether.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe ever-competitive Gee-Gees women’s volleyball team began its season with two victories this weekend, against Queen’s University on Oct. 25 and Royal Military College (RMC) on Oct. 27.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMeet Carolyn Cook, a first-year student in ethics and society and a rookie on the swim team. Cook grew up in Canada and has moved back home after attending high school in New York State. Here, she’s already making Ontario University Athletics (OUA) times.
Reading Time: 4 minutesGees give up first loss to Ravens in 20 years, but end the historical season in loss to Queen’s in OUA quarterfinals.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“It was a great win for us,” said fourth-year U of O science student Elyssa Dobson. “Almost enough to make the season. Winning provincials would’ve been nice too.”
Reading Time: 6 minutesRead sports coverage over the reading week from Oct. 11- 20.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile his mind was focused on dividing and conquering the food, I was focused on pacing myself and readying myself for the final hurdle. It takes about 20 minutes for your stomach to tell your brain that it’s full, so if you eat too quickly in the first five minutes, by the 25-minute mark you’ll be choking.
Reading Time: 3 minutesBeer: a drink of the people Jesse Colautti | Fulcrum Staff Beer goes by many titles: sweet nectar of the gods, refreshing vacation in a glass, and the bringer together of friends, to name a few. To put it simply, beer is the best. While hard liquor excites before ultimately smashing you over the head …
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Panda Bowl’s return was nothing short of exciting. The stands were filled, since the event sold out the 4,000-seat capacity by Friday at noon, with more than 800 standing tickets sold in surplus. The game was preceded by a reunion of alumni players from both Carleton University and the University of Ottawa’s football teams, who led the game with an honorary kick-off. The air was full of cheers from both Gee-Gees and Ravens fans.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDrinking water before you exercise, especially in the two hours preceding a workout, is essential to staying hydrated.
