Reading Time: 2 minutesBy nightfall, the crew was seemingly trapped in the university square. Surviving members utilized paper copies of their syllabus, left in their bags since the start of the term, as kindling until the conditions improved.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesIn arguably the most important election in recent memory, the UOC voted to extend voting rights to rats on November 13. In a 20-19 vote split, the motion proposed by Councillor R‘Coon, a longtime rat ally, passed, after three hours of heated debate.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Tomato has been denied several attempts to interview the lead honesty officer at the university’s Investigation into Accountability Institute since last winter.
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: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa was emblazoned with controversy this Friday following a failed charity barbeque which resulted in flames.
Reading Time: < 1 minute“uOttawa is not doing a decent enough job with their construction projects falling on important academic events”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe’ve got our finger on the pulse of the most important news on campus. The talking frog living in the UCU sub-basement
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDon’t throw your ballot into the canal. It is not a wishing fountain. You’ll be polluting, not manifesting.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDuring the Oscars this past Sunday, the entire world saw Will Smith defend his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, following a joke by Chris about her recently-shaved head, a result of her alopecia.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe portal, which is the primary means of proposing and accepting residence offers for students, claimed that it was ‘overwhelmed’ following the high demand expected from it when it opened last Monday for newly admitted students.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Snow-Blowers, a U of O club with the goal of keeping sidewalks clean, ran into a rough patch following the failed tests of their sidewalk-clearing machine.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“We found out that the protesters’ favourite music was a mix of butt rock and bro-country, so from there we decided to put in some phone calls to see who was desperate enough to play for the protesters,” wrote Live Nation in a press release.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLooking for something to do with your time and skills? Want to make some money in a side gig? Look no further — we have a revitalized list of reasons to join the Fulcrum right here.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJack O’Lanhturn felt a bit ghosted during Halloweekend A first-year in residence is disappointed by the lack of trick-or-treating initiative on campus when celebrating his first Halloween at university. Jack O’Lanhturn, a first-year environmental engineering student was eager to walk around campus with his friend all in costumes. However, much to his dismay, the campus …
Reading Time: 2 minutesA newlywed couple had technical difficulties when it came to finding a way to involve their family and friends in their wedding — until Yubo came to the rescue.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBuzzfeed has rolled out a series of quizzes that brutally insult your life’s problems and then suggest appropriate resources to fix them, all based on your movie taste.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFull of charisma, enthusiasm, and great dance moves, team mascots always keep fans on their feet. They deserve a lot of thanks — and a name.
Reading Time: 2 minutesGraham wishes he hadn’t waited until the last minute to check up on this stuff, and regrets not paying more attention to prerequisites during his (admittedly wilder and more carefree) freshman years on campus.
Reading Time: 2 minutesRecently accepted to the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Science to study animal behaviour, the McDonald’s raccoon landed on campus this Thursday to figure out if U of O campus life is a good fit for him. But the visit left the raccoon, and students, questioning whether the U of O is truly the caring and inclusive campus it claims to be.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Fulcrum is hoping its high praises result in an OSAP amount constituted of mostly grants — like many students, the Fulcrum has no idea how to repay the government loans.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“I mean, I’ve been studying environmental science for almost three years now, and I’ve never come across anything that suggested the possibility of ‘warm weather’ in this city. Maybe I’d be inclined to believe them if this were somewhere like Toronto, but everyone knows that Ottawa just doesn’t have a spring.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesSince the eradication of pedestrian walk signal buttons from his ward, Menard has launched an attack on all buttons in general, with no trace of discrimination. The buttons on his office’s microwave, the buttons on all of his clothes, the buttons on his remote control, and the buttons on his home appliances, including his washer and dryer.
Reading Time: 2 minutesZuckerberg’s sample presentation featured fake news stories the Facebook team plans to promote this election cycle, including headlines such as “Trudeau Pressured Wilson-Raybould to Help Maple Syrup Industry” and “Andrew Scheer Literally Ate A Baby”.
Reading Time: 2 minutesCurrently, the SFUO is crashing on different friends’ couches and futons throughout the city until she can “get back on her feet.” According to one friend who wishes to remain anonymous, the SFUO is not a great roommate.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“It’s going to suck not being woken up to the sound of heavy machinery right outside my window,” claims Roberta Pebble, a second-floor resident of 90 University. “There’s really nothing like the sound of tons of gravel being poured on LRT track. I’ve grown to like it, I guess I’ll have to buy an alarm clock now.”
