In July of 2011, students wishing to access the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa website were greeted by the Nyan Cat.
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The Fulcrum, which was supposed to move temporarily to 631 King Edward Avenue for two years, has occupied the offices for now over 33 years.
Editors of the Fulcrum watched nervously as the student union Board of Administration voted unanimously, with one abstention, on Jan. 9, 2004, to transfer ownership of the paper to the newly created Fulcrum Publishing Society (FPS).
The academic hall is still an elaborate lecture hall, and not a theatre built for university level drama…
Last week I matched with this person on a dating app and they are clearly out of my league but want to hook up. I am hesitant as this person is not in my bubble and there is a chance I contract COVID-19 from them. I was wondering if wearing masks and even sunglasses or goggles while we have sex will eliminate the risk of transmission?
All of my friends are in happy, serious, committed relationships… Do I need to be in a serious relationship right now? Am I behind?
Asserting dominance does not just start in the bedroom, it’s a process.
It can be hard to become second fiddle to your partner’s Xbox.
Steve Johnson on winning the OUA title in 2014: “It truly was a team effort,” he said. “We are more of a team this year than perhaps other years. Other years we may have had more individual talent, but collectively this team has really performed well all season.”
In 1951, the Fulcrum was head-on facing bankruptcy due to the SFUO’s mismanagement of its budget. Douglas Roche was tasked with writing the Fulcrum’s obituary, but in the end, the Fulcrum survived and carried on despite the federation’s financial challenges.
In 1992, it wasn’t COVID-19 that was responsible for the cancellation of Gee-Gees varsity sports programming it was meningitis as the city of Ottawa fought an outbreak that left at least six dead and led to the decision to vaccinate approximately 155 000 children in the National Capital Region.
I’m in my second year of a STEM major at the University of Ottawa, and it feels like everyone else is getting laid but me. Do you have any tips to help me attract some cute engineering students my way?
Live from the archives this week goes back to 2002 when the SFUO pulled the plugged on its struggling bar “The Nox” after losing hundreds of thousands of dollars due to high rent and strong off-campus competition notably by Father’s and Sons. The Nox was replaced by the 1848 student bar a couple of years later.
This week we go back to 1996, when boy bands, Britpop and Gangsta Rap ruled the airwaves and the University of Ottawa accepted donations from questionable sources.
Work on 10 maintenance projects at the University of Ottawa is set to resume next week. This follows Friday’s announcement from the Government of Ontario that essential construction and maintenance projects on the province’s post-secondary campuses will be permitted to resume their activities starting Monday
Here’s our opinion on some Gee-Gee’s favourite pump-up songs. What are yours?
“These are the things I hold close when I remember that while growing up I contended with some things that no ten-year-old should.”
“It’s an amazing workout, an extremely efficient form of self-defence, and if you want to compete, pretty much all the gyms offer that avenue. So I would just say show up, work hard, have fun, and bring a good attitude.” —Sacha Hijazi, owner/instructor of Muay Thai, Ottawa Fight and Fitness.
According to his roommates, Michael DiMarco had gone to Minto Sports Complex for an early morning workout and hadn’t returned.
Short story by Jean McLarney.
The gym was packed with ropes to climb, walls to scale, nets to jump from, and exercise equipment. It was like a children’s playground on steroids.
“They advertise bubble tea a lot, that’s for sure … (There are) definitely something(s) I can relate to when they mention Asian parents, and stuff like that”—Cornelius Choo, a second-year accounting student at the U of O.
Take a walk with us through the world of ASMR.
“I just… I just wanted to do my best to help these kids you know? I try so hard. I roll out of bed and come and stand in front of 300 students and ramble on about bonds and elements. But I didn’t know that my bond with the students was so non-existent” he sobbed.
Thankfully for the world, there is even video footage.
