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Last weekend, five Fulcrum editors took part in a collaboration with the Gee-Gees cheerleading team. We were invited to a cheerleading practice where coach Nailah Taylor and her team taught us basic cheerleading maneuvers. It wasn’t all pretty but fun was had by all — here’s what the different editors had to say about their experiences.

The Guelph Gryphons and Algoma Thunderbirds gave it their all this weekend but it wasn’t enough to beat the No. 3 nationally ranked Gee-Gees. Calvin Epistola, Borys Minger, and Kevin Civil had themselves a nice weekend on the court as the Gees overpowered Guelph 88-70 and Algoma 88-67.

Nieve Seguin is a four-year veteran on the U of O’s women’s volleyball team. Hailing from the small Franco-Ontarian village of Casselman, she looks to help a struggling team come back to relevance while balancing a tough med school schedule.

The men’s basketball team opened their regular season with a big test on Friday night at Montpetit Hall. The Gees faced the No. 6 ranked program in the country, the Wilfred Laurier Golden Hawks, in what promised to be a heated affair.

The University of Ottawa women’s basketball team opened up their season on Friday night with a strong performance on home court. Head coach Andy Sparks’s troops dominated the Laurier Golden Hawks in a blowout win.

Underdog candidates all over the country will hope Monday is their lucky day as they cross the finish line on grueling campaigns. For most, their campaign objective was simple: find an effective way to get your name and ideas out in the community to convince people that you deserve their vote on election day. But as an underdog up against a better-funded and better-known opponent this task can be near-impossible.

Loss to McGill sets up must-win against Sherbrooke on Oct. 20 The Gee-Gees men’s rugby club faced the McGill club down at Matt Anthony Field on Thursday. McGill sat in third place of the RSEQ before the game with a 2-1 record, while the Gee-Gees sat in fourth place with a 2-2 record. McGill took …

The U of O fastball club came very close to pulling an impressive upset this weekend at the Ontario championships hosted by McMaster University in Hamilton. Beating two fastball powerhouses to make it to the finals, the Gees faced a Western Mustang team on a streak of nine championships in a row.

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