Reading Time: 2 minutesU of O alumnus publishes ebook Run Charlie Run Emily Aube | Fulcrum Contributor Photo courtesy of John Wiber CHARLIE SEEMS TO be running from adulthood. He’s a 23-year-old University of Ottawa student who doesn’t quite know who he is, and struggles with first love, heartbreak, and the darker side of Ottawa. He’s also the …
Reading Time: 2 minutesA new app created by the makers of Angry Birds has enraged children and adults alike.
Reading Time: 3 minutesWomen’s rugby players bring home bronze medal from FISU World Games Maclaine Chadwick | Fulcrum Contributor SECOND ONLY TO the Olympics in number of participants, the International University Sport Federation (FISU) World Games brings together student-athletes from around the world every two years to compete for their country. The 27th Summer Universiade event was held …
Reading Time: 4 minutesDear Di, My girlfriend knew from a mutual friend that I used to have femdom sessions before we met. Now she has nothing on her mind but to join me in one. In fact, she is so serious about trying it that she’s checked a few websites and contacted some mistresses. Now she wants me …
Reading Time: < 1 minuteU of O student Boris Vardomskiy has pulled out every stop to maintain his right to practice his hobby: target shooting. Having already spent $15,000 in legal fees, a case against Vardomskiy may still be far from resolved. In one of his U of O classes, Vardomskiy wrote two messages on an exam paper which …
Reading Time: 6 minutesAs a child, there was nothing more thrilling or mildly terrifying for me than leaving the comfort of my own home to go away to residential summer camp.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA long-standing tradition held at Lansdowne Park that began in 1955, the Panda Bowl was a rivalry held between the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees and the Carleton Ravens men’s football teams.
Reading Time: 2 minutesLike in pro sports, the naming rights of sporting facilities have become a lucrative business at the university level
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn increasing number of undergraduate students at the U of O has led to plans for a new 165-bed, $12-million residence that could be converted to condominiums in the future. The project, dubbed the “Henderson Residence,” is to be located at 206 Henderson Ave. and plans indicate that it will be a “suite-style residence” with …
Reading Time: 3 minutesUniversity of Ottawa students protesting a proposed tuition hike forced the school’s Board of Governors to shut down its meeting on May 27
Reading Time: 2 minutesYouTube the Musical, performed at Alumni Auditorium on April 6 and 7, tells the story of four people who get sucked into YouTube after excessive surfing on the site.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat can you do with all those books you’ve collected over your years of school? Here’s what you can do.
Reading Time: 2 minutesStudents at the University of Ottawa have found a new way to flirt with each other: through “Spotted at uOttawa,” a Facebook page that allows users to anonymously post missed connections that occur on campus.
Reading Time: 3 minutesRick Ross’s upcoming concert in Ottawa has been met with criticism by the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) and Carleton University students.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMissing a pet back at home? The University of Ottawa’s Student Academic Success Service and Health Services have teamed up with a solution in the form of “pet therapy.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesEvery year, Canadians look to the groundhog to forecast the end of winter. At the University of Ottawa, students look to their own seasonal forecaster: the hot dog man.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA record breaking number of participants, over $30,000 raised, and new friends taking a stand against cancer
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis year’s VERSeFEST provided opportunity to showcase the work of the U of O’s Undergraduate English Students’ Association.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Phi pledge class of the U of O’s Omega Theta Alpha fraternity spent 24 hours outside on a bench March 14–15 to raise money for Roger’s House.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSara Lauzon, a third-year history student at the University of Ottawa, has made a name for herself in her hometown of Cornwall dealing with many issues of the city’s past that most have neglected.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa’s student-run organization Unity for Action performed a play put on to raise awareness about bullying and help fund education in Kenya
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa found its place in the vast archive of viral YouTube sensations as students joined in on the popular Harlem Shake on Parliament Hill.
Reading Time: 3 minutesA proposed update to the University of Ottawa’s liquor policy that would have banned shots of hard liquor and restricted pitchers in its student-run bars has been scrapped.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa’s English-language improvised comedy team took home first prize at the University of Toronto’s improv summit Jan. 26.
Reading Time: 2 minutesLast year’s cry to lower tuition fees caused a stir across Canada, but the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) opted not to organize a National Day of Action in 2013.
