Reading Time: 2 minutesIn a surprise appearance, the U of O President, Jacques Frémont has arrived to central campus as a means to greet students for the start of a new semester. His presence, however, has prompted students to ask, “Who the hell is this?”
Reading Time: 3 minutesAllie Brosh lets us into the last seven years of her life and beyond in her elegant and ever-funny new book.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“We’re hoping to have the Apple headphones be so sleek and refined that they don’t even exist—try losing that!”—Tim Cook, Apple CEO.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAre You Still Watching? turns the camera onto viewers Photo: Alamy, Creative Commons Netflix’s latest hit series asks its audience Are You Still Watching? and so far the answer has been a resounding yes. The show consists of a blank screen, silence, and a passive aggressive pop-up message that won’t go away–and yet is so …
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt took hours for the City to respond to fallen leaf Photo: Kim Wiens A young leaf’s death in the Ottawa neighbourhood of Sandy Hill in the early morning of July 20 has had a deep uniting effect on the community’s residents. The tragedy, and its aftermath has been compared to the Toronto community’s response …
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s simply wrong to give a review, good or bad, about a movie you haven’t watched, or tear down a book that you haven’t read
Reading Time: 2 minutesPlans are already being drawn up so that the City of Ottawa can take full advantage of all the hate energy that will be generated by West’s performance.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDespite these strict stipulations, droves of U of O students are still jumping at the chance to register for housing placements at Bytown.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis summer’s Bluesfest will be undergoing a radical thematic change now that event organizers are finally giving in to calls to incorporate more “blues” into the festival.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA new City of Ottawa program that looks to identify the worst potholes in the city is facing opposition from a cultural conservation group that wants to preserve these potholes as historical landmarks.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOne University of Ottawa professor is giving students the option to engage in a hand- to-hand fight to the death rather than write an extensive exam.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAn unidentified offender known as the “uOttawa man-spreader” has been raising hairs and turning stomachs all around the University of Ottawa campus.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWith warmer temperatures comes melting snow, and University of Ottawa students fear that formerly hidden dog poop may start stinking up their campus and blighting the bottom of their shoes.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAt a press conference that angered many but shocked absolutely no one, OC Transpo’s senior management team announced that Ottawa’s public transit service would be doing away with bus schedules altogether.
Reading Time: 2 minutesStarting this spring, local real estate agents will abandon their practice of selling houses and will focus most of their attention on selling holes in the ground instead.
Reading Time: 2 minutesStudents who regularly pass through the University Centre (UCU) are still reeling from a violent brawl that resulted in more than a dozen injuries.
The roughhousing involved the various groups that normally use the large hallways of the UCU to practise their funky dance moves. Reports vary on what exactly triggered the incident, but several eyewitnesses claim it was caused by a turf dispute.
Reading Time: 3 minutesDespite their tendency for political repression and human rights violations, dictators have always taken the fashion world by storm.
Reading Time: 2 minutesContinuing budget issues have led to the cancellation of a long-time institution at the University of Ottawa.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Society for Eating and Television (SEAT) has released new research showing that binge-watching Netflix while eating junk food is the best way to prevent a number of known physical ailments.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn a 500-page report titled “Staying Safe in a Cancerous World,” scientists have found an intrinsic link between cancer and literally every food, activity, and any other thing known to humanity.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs the year continues to unfold, students at the University of Ottawa are growing increasingly impatient with the lack of futuristic whimsy in their lives.
Reading Time: 2 minutesBeginning in March, anyone who uses the suffix in an article or social media post will be served a cease and desist letter by their Internet service provider.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor the second time in three years U of O’s improv team laughs off their first three-way tie.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen asked how he could possibly top the controversy associated with the “Animals” music video, Levine said he already has something in the works.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) has finally come into contact with the Internet.
