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OPINION

Do NOT try this at home: Dangerous and weird TikTok trends

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I spent 24 hours in a bagel shop. Here’s what I learned.

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The longest top-row word that can be typed on a typewriter is 'rupturewort', a type of plant, and Peru is the only country that can be typed on one row of a keyboard.

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SPORTS

Tennis matchmaking app fosters love of the game

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ARTS

‘Beth-Anne’ creatives horse around at undercurrents festival

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LATEST ARTICLES

Taking care of our next generation

For those of us born within the last 20 years, our generation is the first generation to be born into a Canadian society where the Convention on the Rights of a Child was already firmly ratified and established.

I am convinced we can change the lives of kids by paying attention to them. When we find ourselves in positions of policy or government or influence, we can be their voice to stop violence from happening to millions of children every year in our cities.

Dreamin’ of a green X-mas

The Recycling Council of British Columbia released a study that says if every family in Canada reduced its weekly waste during the holidays by just one kilogram, 34,000 tonnes of garbage would be eliminated.

There are several ways to be green when celebrating the holidays that are affordable and easy.

Library snitching

Carleton has instituted a new policy that allows students to send a text message to library staff to complain about noisy students. While the need for this policy speaks volumes about the average Carleton student’s inability to understand the socially accepted practice of being quiet in a library, it does allow the option of bringing in the walkie-talkie-toting cavalry to stop the guy three study carols away from blaring Sean Paul on crappy laptop speakers.

Overheard @ Carleton

Girl 1: How goes she know who I am?


Girl 2: Cause you made out with her brother.



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Girl: I mean I have showered with lots of guys before and I don’t really mind it, but it’s awkward sometimes when there’s water and soap . . .


Guy: [silent]



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Guy: Did she just say Chris Rock won the Nobel peace prize?



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Guy: When I was young my parents told me a story to scare me away from

Voicebox

[screaming]


Guy: One, two, three. I love it.


[screaming in the background]


Girl: Voicebox, I love youuu.


Girl: Voicebox, I love youuu.



BLEEP!



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