The pandemic era of university life at Carleton University has been defined by an influx of quirky Instagram accounts targeting students, which seem to...
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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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...
The BQE, Sufjan Stevens’ latest album, is quite simply an orchestral ode to one of North America’s most poorly planned freeways.
Stevens is known for drawing his musical inspiration from an array of sources, thus it’s not surprising that The BQE is a celebration of New York City’s Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
Carleton student, Charlie Taylor, will be performing with the Charlie Taylor Banned at the Mayfair on Dec. 10. The Charlatan’s Larissa Robyn Johnston spoke with the comedian/musician about eating off silver platters, running around in briefs and a bowtie, and Ho Ho Hos.
The Charlatan (TC): Quite a few of your song titles – like “Never Been Too Drunk Too Drink” and “Eternal Hangover in Hell” – are about booze. Describe your relationship with alcohol.
There’s a hair-raising film coming to Ottawa this week.
It features an issue is so widely discussed, so socially relevant and so fascinating, it won the Special Jury Prize at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
It is a documentary about hair.
Good Hair, opening Nov. 27, is a deeply funny and insightful documentary, which examines the love-hate relationship that African-Americans have with their hair.
I can’t stand people who talk on their phones, text and frig around in their car while driving. I can’t even count the number of times I have almost gone over the hood of someone’s car while biking, only to see that the person was talking on the phone and too distracted to check his or her mirrors while turning right at an intersection. The new Ontario law against using electronic devices while operating a vehicle is a step in the right direction to decreasing distracted – and dangerous – drivers.
It has long been a sad tradition of the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) to shut out as many students as possible from its annual general meeting. The federation only invites a small list of student delegates, mainly student government representatives, and one student reporter to attend on behalf of all its members.
A Charlatan investigation
‘I didn’t want to do it’
Alleged hazing within a Carleton University Greek letter sorority
WARNING: SEXUAL MISCONDUCT, HAZING
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