NEWS

Meet Carleton’s “niche internet microcelebrities”

The pandemic era of university life at Carleton University has been defined by an influx of quirky Instagram accounts targeting students, which seem to...

OPINION

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

I was in middle school when I tried the Kylie Jenner lip challenge. After watching my favourite influencers suck the air out of a...

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

“You have to go to Kettleman’s.”  When I moved to Ottawa for my undergrad in 2019, one of the first restaurant recommendations I received from...

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

Meet Rankd, the tennis matchmaking app for lovers of the game. Rankd Tennis North America aims to create matches for tennis players.

ARTS

‘Beth-Anne’ creatives horse around at undercurrents festival

For Beth-Anne, the best way to work up the confidence to ask out her crush is to turn herself into a horse. This fast-paced,...

Carleton alumna embraces ‘weirdness and uniqueness’ with Oddball Art

For Ottawa-based abstract artist Emma Maddock, art is all about presenting her unique reflections to the world. She draws and paints abstract art pieces...

LATEST ARTICLES

Musicians in the house for Crashing

The first time I heard Bridge and Tunnel was on a free CD that The Fest put out in 2007.

When I saw an acoustic performance of the band online, I knew I'd have to check them out if they came by Ottawa, which they did.

I convinced my friend to come with me, so I locked my bike by her house in Vanier and we walked over. I got the set times wrong so we showed up two hours early.

Musicians in the house for Concerts

Normally heading over to a stranger’s house is not encouraged.

But as I recently discovered, there are exceptions to the rule.

After wandering around Ottawa’s suburbia in vain, I finally, albeit with some help, entered the warm confines of a home to the sound of a piano playing.

That evening, through Westboro House Concerts, Nicole Colbeck was hosting a gig by Toronto folk artist Jory Nash.

Wait a second. . . . A formal, paid concert in a living room?

Film Review: A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol
Robert Zemeckis
Walt Disney Pictures

4/5 stars

A Christmas Carol centres on the visitation of three spirits to the bitterly petulant, penny-pinching Ebenezer Scrooge.  The spirits of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come convince him through various visions to live his life to the fullest and become an amiable patriarch.

Favorite Christmas Movies

 

“Jingle All the Way . . . because a movie with Sinbad and Schwarzenegger has to be good.” -Alex Sirois

 

CUAG’s latest exhibit spans the globe

Before a gallery-goer hangs a black and white print of a penguin with a human penis.

“Polar Night of the Ordinary Penguin” is one of the many pieces in the three exhibits currently on display at Carleton University’s Art Gallery (CUAG) that are far from ordinary.

Edward Burtynsky: China Photographs, “Inuit Piqutingit/What Belongs to the Inuit”: Videos and Films by Igloolik Isuma Productions, and Revolutionary Acts: Fifty years of Printmaking in Cuba are on display at CUAG until Feb 7.

POPULAR ARTICLES

Sports Blog: Canadian athletes to watch at the 2018 Olympics

The greatest sporting event on earth, where 2,925 athletes from 92 nations compete in 102 events, got underway on Feb. 9 in Pyeongchang, South...

Alleged hazing within a Carleton University Greek letter sorority

A Charlatan investigation ‘I didn’t want to do it’  Alleged hazing within a Carleton University Greek letter sorority WARNING: SEXUAL MISCONDUCT, HAZING This story contains mention of sexual...

Opinion: We are too privileged to demand free period products

If a man had a uterus, his bloodshed would be holier than the Ganges. But my blood is clearly something to be ashamed of,...

Review: ‘Apocalypse Now: Final Cut’ captures the film’s best bits, and then some

If I say it is fun to watch this final cut, it is fun to watch this final cut! Apocalypse Now, one of the greatest...
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