Reading Time: 2 minutesWith their extremely attainable goals set in place, the team seems prepared to face whatever this season might throw at them.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesThinking back, my Frosh week was a total blur of activities and meeting people, so much so that presenting it in a long form simply wouldn’t do it any justice.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAt the University of Ottawa, varsity tryouts—where any student can show up in the hopes of making the final roster—are in large part declining in popularity and effectiveness.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Gee-Gees football team takes to the field at Lees Campus in the beating sun to evaluate and condition for their upcoming make-or-break year.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe game got out of hand quickly for the Excalibur, who registered only two shots on goal in the 90-minute match.
Reading Time: 2 minutesJust in time for back to school, Fulcrum staffers give you some suggestions on the different types of athletic shoes you can pick up to start your semester off on the right foot.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s best to perfect something that is healthy, quick, and easy to dish out in a pinch.
Reading Time: 3 minutesLate summer is a period of time in flux for many teams, but some are already making waves with various news and notes.
Reading Time: 2 minutesConsistency is key in sport, and it’s hard to expect a team to struggle when they haven’t done so for the better part of two decades.
Reading Time: 4 minutesFour former Gee-Gees donned the red and white in Brazil, one received a medal, while one missed out on hardware, but was a member of a winning squad.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor those worried that four years studying sociology will get you nowhere, think again—a new U of O study says that graduates from post-secondary institutions are earning high wages after all.
Reading Time: 2 minutesRenowned for its dazzling productions and invaluable use of comedia dell’arte, or comedy using dramatic masks, the Odyssey Theatre company is living up to its reputation with its most recent production, The Servant of Two Masters.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn many ways, she chronicles her maturation process knowing that life can end at any minute. This is represented by the skull in the cover art—death is always hanging just over her head.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe new policy includes definitions pertaining to the policy and sexual violence, including a detailed definition of “consent”, campus resources for reporting sexual violence, provisions on the formal complaint process, and more.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe University of Ottawa has announced that Sue Hylland will take on the top-ranked director of Sports Services role, which has been vacant since January, effective Aug. 22.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA large sinkhole has formed in the Sussex-Rideau intersection, just east of the Rideau Centre, causing evacuations of the surrounding area, power outages, and a gas leak
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile construction of the new light rail transit (LRT) campus station might be inconvenient for commuters, it also introduces a new set of challenges for the University of Ottawa Faculty of Science’s Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) facility, which houses millions of dollars of research equipment.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAnthony Brodeur, a 20-year-old former NHL draft pick from Newark, N.J. headlines the 2016 class for the Gees.
Reading Time: 3 minutesLast month the chairperson of the CRC Program published an open letter on behalf of the program’s steering committee, which urged university presidents in the program to make a “concerted effort to address the under representation of the four designated groups (women, Aboriginal Peoples, persons with disabilities and visible minorities) in nominations for Canada Research Chair positions.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesKÄSE is a three-piece jazz-fusion rock band, but Cam Buie, fourth-year piano performance student and the group’s pianist, says that he would describe their sound more as “punk rock for sissies.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe term culture is in no way controversial; it is just a word that denotes customs, traditions, and beliefs held by a sub-population. However, when someone specifies “rape culture,” many become defensive or simply incredulous, even to the point of denying its existence.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWith the summer approaching, focus has shifted to the next season for Gee-Gees varsity teams.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter his breakout year, Stewart would become the go-to option of new starting QB Derek Wendel. The pair would soon become one of the most deadly offensive combinations in the nation.
Reading Time: 4 minutesTwice every school year, the Fulcrum gives out Cavalry Awards for the best Gee-Gee that varsity athletics have to offer. Here are this semester’s winners:
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs any student knows, the last thing we need is to lose money. I’m not talking about tuition, student loans, fees, the cost of books, and everything else; but keep that in mind when you find out that some students will lose $3,000 on top of all this.
