Reading Time: 2 minutesStudents of all ages spend a lot of time unwinding after class by playing video games. Kelsey Schmitz, a PhD student at the University of Ottawa, believes these video games have a place inside the classroom as well.
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Ottawa Police are looking for a 19-year-old University of Ottawa student who has been missing since Monday evening, 580 CFRA News Talk Radio has reported.
Reading Time: 4 minutesIf you don’t mind going to a new studio every month, studio-hopping is your best bet. There are usually monthly deals for first-time members. But if you’d rather find a studio you like and grow roots there, then here are some studios you can try.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOver the last 10 years, Ontario has increased funding to post-secondary education by 83 per cent, but student representatives point out that young people are still struggling to afford it.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteStudents at the University of Ottawa and across the province engage in discussion of various issues and in political party campaigns leading up to the Ontario provincial election on June 12, 2014.
Reading Time: 2 minutesGRADUATE STUDENTS AT the University of Ottawa will go to the polls to elect the executive of the Graduate Students’ Association (GSAÉD) and representatives to the University Senate March 19–21. Nominations closed and the campaigning officially began on Feb. 29. “The only contest that will be contested is the senate sciences seat,” said Peter Schalk, …
Reading Time: 2 minutesTHE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT body has spoken: They have elected Kate Hudson to be their vp student affairs for the 2012–13 school year. Preliminary results of the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) elections show Hudson beat competition Tasha Peters by 506 votes, with Hudson receiving 2,416 votes and Peters 1,910. Voter turnout in …
Reading Time: 2 minutesSTUDENTS PASSING THROUGH the Unicentre in December found themselves staring at large Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers advertisements. According to Caitlin Campisi, internal commissioner of the Graduate Student Association (GSAÉD), students filed several complaints, which resulted in GSAÉD and the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) gaining power to veto ads in the …
Reading Time: 2 minutesMARCO KUYU WITHDREW his candidacy for the position of Student Federation of the University of Ottawa vp student affairs after realizing the demanding nature of the job. Kuyu, a first-year common law student, said he is required by his program to take two mandatory classes, which he wouldn’t be able to commit to if he …
Reading Time: 6 minutes Kate Hudson The Fulcrum: Why are you running? Hudson: I’ve seen a lot of people maybe frustrated with the SFUO in previous years, but they don’t do anything about it, and I think that if you want to see change you need to do it yourself. I’m going to be here for a fifth …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Mayor Jim Watson discusses the city’s 2012 budget THE CITY OF Ottawa’s draft budget, released on Oct. 26, will take on necessary infrastructure improvements, said Ottawa mayor Jim Watson. The project, titled Ottawa on the Move, provides over $340 million in funding, providing the city with better roads, sidewalks, and bike paths. The city will also see changes in OC Transpo …
Reading Time: 3 minutesClothes can’t constitute consent A RECENT TREND in criminal justice may be of interest to our female readers—or anyone amused by the ridiculous decisions made by some of our fellow human beings. Apparently, in some countries, if a woman is wearing skinny jeans at the time of a sexual assault, then her rapist is absolved …
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt is possible to have a kick-ass one-day vacation YOU’RE BROKE, YOU’RE swamped with midterms, or your boss won’t give you time off. Whatever the reason, you’re stuck in Ottawa this reading week while your friends traipse around the world and, needless to say, you’re pissed. You could sit alone in your room, blogging angrily …
Reading Time: 10 minutesHere to help you out whatever your need may be Bike Co-op The SFUO’s mandate to make education accessible for all starts with being able to get to school—and one of the cheapest ways to get around in Ottawa is to bike. Born out of a referendum in 2010, the Bike Co-op saw a stellar …
