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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

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Where they break it down

Six-steps, swipes, windmills, air flares and freezes are just some of the terms thrown around in conversation and then put into practice when a bunch of B-boys meet together on Monday and Thursday nights in the Carleton tunnels just outside the Oasis.

Breakers Andrew Sampson, Allister Xavier and B-boy Kamikazi and B-boy Lids, who prefer to be known by their B-boy names, all represent different breaking crews across the province.

“We all come meet here together for the love for the art of breaking,” said B-boy Kamikazi.

Would-be captain benched

Would-be captain of Carleton’s men’s varsity water polo team, Gordon Cameron, found himself unable to play the sport he loves this year when an eligibility issue forced him to hang-up his bathing suit and watch from the sidelines.

“Obviously it sucks,” said Cameron, “This was supposed to be my last year and now instead last year was my last year.”

Swimming to a solid seventh

The Carleton men’s and women’s varsity swimming teams found themselves in the fast lane, racking up a number of personal bests after competing in the Campbell Division championship hosted by the University of Guelph Nov. 14-15.

The two teams finished with a combined score of 183 for an overall seventh-place finish.

The Ravens were represented by 10 swimmers, including Katie McClean who placed fourth in the women’s 200-metre butterfly, and Kaitlin Swales who placed sixth in the women’s 200-metre breaststroke.

Game Review: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Infinity Ward


As one of the most anticipated games of 2009, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 needs little introduction, and suffice to say, it lives up to every bit of the hype it generated.

MW2’s developer Infinity Ward has done a spectacular job in sticking to the formula that has made the Call of Duty franchise successful, while at the same time innovating the game to offer something entirely new to veteran players.

Art Exhibit

On Monday night, art in Canada’s capital took on a meaning beyond simply aesthetics with the exhibition Back Burner.

Back Burner is a collaboration of 29 local artists who have come together to celebrate Yann Martel’s vision of stillness in his work, What is Stephen Harper Reading? Surrounding Martel as he addressed his readership, art in many different media from artists of many different backgrounds expressed this common theme.

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