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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

Green youth activists fill the hill for Power Shift

More than 1,000 Canadian youth gathered on Parliament Hill Oct. 24 to send a clear message to the Canadian Government: immediate action to stop climate change and to create new green jobs must be taken.

This marked the largest youth gathering for climate change in Canadian history as part of Power Shift 2009, a four-day environmental conference of intensive social and ecological justice education, hosted by the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition.

An American Radical at Carleton

Carleton Cinema Politica (CCP) presented American Radical, a film on Norman Finkelstein’s trials in life, just two weeks after his lecture at Carleton.

The documentary, directed by David Ridgen and Nicolas Rossier, was viewed in the Kailash Mital Theatre on Oct. 28.

ON THE ROAD: Quidditch Cup quest, part II

Sun. Oct. 25, 2009
5:42 a.m.

ON THE ROAD: Quidditch Cup quest, part I

Sun. Oct. 18
9:00 p.m.

Last night I dreamt about Quidditch. Now this in itself is not unusual for me as I have spent many a night fantasizing about the wizarding sport. What made this dream interesting was that the players were not 50 feet above ground throwing, dodging and chasing enchanted balls. Rather, my dream-athletes were sprinting across a modified soccer field, clutching onto broomsticks.

Ravens battle back for first victory

 

Raven captain Tara O’Reily fought off the Stingers defence as she got into position to receive a pass from her teammate (Photo: Greg Mason)

 

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