Reading Time: 4 minutesLike with COVID-19, when we were all hesitant to admit anything was wrong, neither does our leading man. He is reassured by his mother and neighbours and treats the rats as nothing more than annoying pests — and he listens, because they tell him what he wants to hear.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPlot eight, row E, grave seven: the plot in a French cemetery that was the former resting place of an unknown soldier who died during the First World War.
Like many Canadians who served, died and fought in WW1 in France, we will never know this soldier’s identity — whether he left behind a widow, a child, a mother, a father. Hopes and dreams. A profession. We don’t even know his name.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe same artist two weeks in a row? I know it’s bad, but hear me out Record of the week: Valentine — Snail Mail, 2021, Matador Records The same artist two weeks in a row? I know it’s bad, but hear me out. Valentine is a particularly potent album that has made a huge, rose-coloured …
Reading Time: 2 minutes“The theme of the novel, if you can ascribe a message to it, is that of urban ennui mixed with nihilism,” writes Zofka Svec, the Fulcrum’s arts editor.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Each year, the award recognizes three outstanding Canadian photographers under the age of 35. This year due to COVID-19 six were recognized — two years’ worth of winners — three from 2020: Noah Friebel, Curtiss Randolph, and Katherine Takpannie, and three others from 2021: Dustin Brons, Chris Donovan, and Dainesha Nugent-Palache.
Reading Time: 6 minutesListen up as we review a bunch of Oasis classics!
Reading Time: 5 minutesIt’s worth the effort: satisfaction guaranteed.
Reading Time: 5 minutesOttessa Moshfegh’s works usually expose and gently pull apart the same themes: feelings of deep, seemingly incurable loneliness, usually from a female perspective. Her works feature women in incredibly unique situations but somehow manage to make them accessible and universally applicable.
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis week in Fulc Music, we reiterate the Fulcrum’s official position that both Coldplay and BTS suck and take a look at Lil Nas X and Liz Phair.
Reading Time: 3 minutesAfter over a year of sweatpants, messy buns and economic austerity, I am totally here for opulence and glam.
Reading Time: 5 minutesLike to bake? Here are some cheap fall recipes to make as a student.
Reading Time: 4 minutesTwo amazing performances that I count myself lucky to have seen.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAlack, I long for the advertised 24/7 dining hall.
Reading Time: 4 minutesTV to fall asleep to.
