Reading Time: 3 minutesIf the CBC were an NHL team, the fans would be calling for heads to roll because they got cheated.
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Reading Time: 4 minutesWith assignments due like crazy, and exam season on the horizon, it’s easy to forget that it’s actually becoming warmer and more bearable to get outside and explore Ottawa. Here are some great ways to give yourself some fresh air and a study break in the coming weeks.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor instance, last I checked I couldn’t view a single Stanley Kubrick film, a shame for any student or lover of quality cinema with works like Full Metal Jacket, A Clockwork Orange, and 2001: A Space Odyssey. Mel Brooks is also incredibly unrepresented with only The Producers and Young Frankenstein available, and good luck with obscure directors who were pioneers in their field, like Federico Fellini or Ingmar Bergman.
Reading Time: 2 minutesRussia is in the wrong. Not just on this issue, but also in the government’s actions against political opponents and the LGBTQ+ community. Extended Russian power means a world with less freedom of speech and affiliation. How to best respond should be debated endlessly and acted upon relentlessly. Canada has more than a million people of Ukrainian ancestry. Make no mistake this crisis involves us.
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhile some events may offer an open bar, don’t treat it like the booze cabinet in a frat house. Conferences should be considered professional scenarios where it is best to keep a clear mind. There is nothing worse than waking up the next morning after what you thought was a student pub night, only to be reminded that you (unsuccessfully) hit on the CEO of the firm you were hoping to score an internship with.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’m the guy behind you. And I’m here because I want to succeed in my courses, and your online shopping experience is making that decidedly difficult. Who knows, you might even find the lecture interesting if you cared to look up from your screen — what a novel idea.
Reading Time: 3 minutesNow let’s tone down the melodramatics. A moral decay of society and community? Really? While Sandy Hill is home to a number of embassies and historical buildings, it is also home to a much higher number of students.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf the NFL truly wants to eliminate discrimination from the field and the locker room, it still has a long way to go. Penalizing players in a game for their language to teammates, not in anger at the opposition or to a referee, sets a dangerous and hypocritical precedent for a league mired in controversy.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf universities have one purpose, is it not to put us in contact with as many ideas and perspectives as possible? More intellectual and cultural diversity on campus will promote collaboration, awareness and tolerance of those around us.
Reading Time: 2 minutesI still don’t know if I will be able to disassociate Allen’s personal life from his movies. With these accusations against him, I don’t know, if one day I have children of my own, whether I would be comfortable showing them his films. But I’ve learned that sometimes the first step to finding morality comes from challenging my own bias and assumptions, something I think everyone needs to do before watching another Woody Allen film.
Reading Time: 6 minutesWhat is the most pressing issue for students at the U of O? Food services need to get better Kate Cornick | Staff Contributor Let’s be honest here. If you’ve had the displeasure of eating at our university’s cafeterias, you’ll know that our food services desperately need a re-haul. Our current offerings are mostly overpriced, …
Reading Time: 2 minutesOf course, because bitcoin is so young, it is still stabilizing, so using it at stores and restaurants that accept it can be risky. There are always risks of extreme fluctuation, system collapses, and hackers. However, this in no way detracts from its validity as a currency. Every single currency in the world faces different risks (inflation, runaway speculation, imbalanced trade, etc.)
Reading Time: 2 minutesMcMorris might be an asshole, or he might be a really nice guy, but I don’t really know anything about him, outside of the fact that I like the way he snowboards.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere must be something that makes Canada worth being proud of though. Perhaps our health care? But in fact, most other democratic countries have similar or better levels of national health care. Despite our constant bragging, we’re thirtieth in the world for health care. Twenty-ninth is Morocco.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThat is the purpose of debate: to provoke thought and to promote understanding. Suppressing debates for fear of alienating voters might be politically strategic, but it might also leave a millennial wondering how valuable federal politics are in creating social policies. If the federal government can’t speak to the issues that concern millennials, we may see the continuation of a trend toward community-based actions and grassroots initiatives.
Reading Time: 3 minutesWith me, it was only when I realized that there was an entire person hiding behind the illness that I was able to recover.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe message? Unless you’re a professional with a large fan base that can increase viewership of the games, your accomplishments somehow mean less. Although I doubt any of us truly think this way, it’s sadly the underlying message when all the attention is given to the pros.
Reading Time: 3 minutesRules and regulations about how meat is served in Canada is done by the government, which hires highly educated scientists to inspect food and make sure it won’t cause bodily harm. Let us trust the scientists employed and regulated by the government to tell us what beef we should eat, rather than one of the companies trying to sell their product.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn an interview with the Globe and Mail, Qu Tanzhou, director of the Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration, said Arctic resources should “be allocated according to the needs of the world, not only owned by certain countries” and that “we cannot simply say that this is yours and this is mine.”
Wait—can’t we? Isn’t the “this is yours and this is mine” mentality crucial to international cooperation and peace? A refusal to see that is dangerous and could send us down a dangerous path where sovereignty means very little.
Reading Time: 2 minutesConcerns of millennials aren’t reflected in political ideologies We’ve heard it before. The millennial generation is apathetic and occasionally pathetic. We’re narcissistic and entitled. We can’t get good jobs, we’re living with our parents, and thanks to high housing prices and the rising cost of education, we’re delaying entry into adulthood. We’re politically disconnected, disenchanted, …
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe logic behind the test is extremely short-sighted, since it is primarily concerned with gauging the quantity of female representation in a film, while offering absolutely no judgment whatsoever on the quality of this representation.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMalala is not alone. She is one child among hundreds victimized in conflict zones year after year. However, this girl’s determination and devotion to education allowed her to transform what could have been a symbol of a child’s weakness and of woman’s oppression into a symbol of contestation.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe are constantly trying to understand who we were, who we are, and who we want to be. For better or worse, the media is a part of that process.
Reading Time: 4 minutes“Sometimes the truth isn’t good enough. Sometimes people deserve more.” When it comes to rejection, Batman has never said truer words.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDue to its long and complex history, English seems to have developed a resilience and flexibility that has allowed it to emerge as the most universal language in the world. Its presence on the global stage makes it particularly susceptible to new words and formulations, but this trait also makes it more adaptable and likely to remain a linguistic power.
