Reading Time: 2 minutesStudents need a fair shot at getting tickets back home, Carleton students being given a two-week advantage isn’t right. The U of O and Carleton should come together and coordinate when they’ll be posting exam schedules, for the good of the students.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt seems Health Canada is being run by toddlers. Names have been changed to protect the identity of the minors involved.
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Tomato talks with students concerned about the new trans fat ban and what effect this will have on their late-night binges.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis back to school season marks the last year all university first-years were born before 9/11. In the following testimonies, contributors express how they believe 9/11 shaped their generation and their lives.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“We used to buy regular lettuce for our weekly salads. Nowadays, you can’t walk into a store without bumping into mountains of kale and boxes of organic arugula. What’s wrong with regular ol’ lettuce?”
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s safe to say that Air Canada is going the extra mile in making Olympians’ dreams come true.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf Algonquin College’s mission really is to “transform hopes and dreams into lifelong success,” it can start by showing more compassion to their teachers.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOur capitalist society needs to relax on the idea of squeezing consumers dry as early as possible to fulfill their shareholders’ interests. We, as shoppers, also need to take a stance and make our complaints heard where they can really be heard, with our wallets.
Reading Time: 2 minutesConsidering Macdonald’s policies on Indigenous people, it’s likely he wouldn’t be too pleased about sharing a space with someone who actually has a Blackfoot name.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIf you’ve got the travel bug, but can’t decide on a place, check out these books and movies for some instant inspiration.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“I’m so excited to learn everything about this important issue. I haven’t been able to find a job for nearly three years and now I understand why.”—Colleen McCafferty, third-year political science student.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThese vacation spots may not show up on TripAdvisor’s annual Top 25 travel destinations, but that doesn’t mean they should be ignored entirely.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSocial 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 …
Reading Time: 3 minutesTraveling isn’t just good for the soul. According to some experts, the benefits of traversing the globe are much farther reaching than that.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPaulina picks more diverse nominee list than actual academy The Academy Awards are just around the corner and, in response to the criticism the Academy’s received for its lack of diverse choices for its acting nominations, it has decided to enlist the help of a mollusk medium. Paulina the Octopus has been brought onto the …
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile it seems like stark religious lines are being drawn in the sand this time of year, Fulcrum contributor Nadia Helal talks about Muslim and Christian holiday traditions.
Reading Time: 2 minutesStunt videos needed to keep ownership of user content Photo: CC-Ed Gregory, Edits by Kim Wiens This week Facebook announced its decision to collect user photos, videos and information beginning early next year to steal users data for their own use. This move has lead to a high volume of legal declarations on Facebook feeds, …
Reading Time: 3 minutesIf you’re stuck on campus studying and find yourself hungry, don’t just settle for cafeteria food. Here are some great options to grab a quick bite, all within walking distance from campus.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe new novel, titled Dan of the Dumps, looks into the life of Daniel Chester, one of Anne’s great-grandchildren who survived the recession of the late 1980s and started selling nickel stocks in magazine and book clubs.
Reading Time: 4 minutesAre plastic bags that big of an environmental issue? Photo courtesy of Tina Wallace Point: We should focus on more important issues Jasmine van Schouwen | Fulcrum Staff Companies who claim they are curbing pollution by reducing plastic bag production are misleading and short-sighted. Plastic bags are a problem, there’s no doubt about that. According …
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere is a secret that the tourism industry is hiding: you can easily find other, less expensive ways of remembering a trip.
Reading Time: 2 minutesHaving lots of free time, little or no concern for school, and no one to answer to is the recipe for a potentially delightful holiday season. Here are just a few suggestions of activities that can be enjoyed in spite of your lonely circumstances.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s so great to see the administration actually doing something about making learning a more positive and environmentally responsible experience. No one is just idly sitting by bragging about a green wall in one building alone, or comforting themselves that the campus was ranked as the most sustainable in Canada.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“My family will always be grateful to this country and town for entrenching the beliefs of religious tolerance and multiculturalism into fundamental rights for citizens,” said Jaameh. “It’s too bad Quebec didn’t agree to do the same.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesNext time you’re driving, can you at least take it easy on us cyclists? All we want is to share the road in peace.
