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.

The Charlatan is Carleton University’s independent news publication. Run by students for students, the Charlatan has been providing the Carleton community with news and entertainment for more than 75 years.

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

Turning trash into treasure

 

At the workshop, OPIRG respresentatives gave several examples of how to dumpster dive safely (Photo: Talbert Johnson)

 

Teens tell truth

“It is more interesting to find out who you are yourself then who others think you are,” said an individual recovering from an eating disorder while documenting her daily life and struggle for the third installment of the Teen Truth series Teen Truth: An Inside Look at Body Image, directed by Ehram Christopher.


This movie had its Canadian premier screening organized by Hopewell Eating Disorder Support Centre, Sept. 24. This movie can best be described as an extremely powerful 22-minute documentary that wastes no moment.

Zero-tolerance drug policy revoked

 

MUN has adopted more lenient punishments for residence students in possession of illegal drugs (Photo: Adam Dietrich)

 

Bringing art to B.C. commuters

On Sept. 30, two unlikely networks — the BC Rapid Transit Company and the Emily Carr University of Art and Design — collaborated in welcoming an ongoing project that would bring forth talented new artists beyond the walls of the art galleries. Six graduates from the university were chosen to display their pieces in the Burrard and Waterfront SkyTrain stations in downtown Vancouver for a minimum of one year.

MUN and D-O-double-G don’t minx

 

Less than half of the seats to a Snoop Dogg concert were sold during MUN’s orientation week (Graphic: Stacey Poapst)

 

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Sports Blog: Canadian athletes to watch at the 2018 Olympics

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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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