Nightlife: drivers for hire
In the rush to get to a party or catch a train, it can be easy to ignore the person behind the wheel of a last-minute cab.
But Carleton students are well-known to Ottawa taxi drivers for both good and bad reasons — and the drivers have some advice for their customers on how to make the ride smooth and respectful for everyone.
On the good side, taxi driver Macbel Abdullah says he has driven some courteous students and has showed the same courtesy to them.
Nightlife: the gatekeepers
Webster’s Dictionary defines “bouncer” as: “A person whose duty is to throw troublemakers out of a bar or public meeting.”
The alternate definition is “a boaster, a bully.”
This reflects the complicated nature of the term.
On the one hand, a bouncer should be a person who represents safety; on the other, they can carry the negative connotations of an aggressive bully who uses physical size and strength to throw out patrons.
Nightlife: classmates running the show
Strength, charisma, composure, rapid-decision making — all on little sleep — are all-too-often what make up a typical shift for many service industry professionals among popular nightlife venues in Ottawa.
And student patrons may be surprised to learn many of the bars and clubs they frequent are staffed by their own classmates.
Major league starcraft
When looking back on his professional career, Guillaume Patry said there are a few moments that really stand out.
“When I first started [competing], there was a match where I was losing badly. I was nearly down when I made a comeback. No one expected me to win. Those are the kinds of matches that I like,” he said in an interview with Heart to Heart, a Korean talk show.
The video game Olympics
Nic Brownrigg, 23, adjusts his headset and takes a drink of iced water from a glass.
At one point, his bedroom door opens behind him and an orange tabby walks in before he closes the door. Wearing a white hat and a T-shirt, he looks as comfortable behind a computer screen as one might think a professional gamer would.
It’s somehow fitting to conduct an interview through Skype with a Canadian gamer set to represent his county in the World Cyber Games (WCG).
