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

Suspension lifted, games resume

The Ravens’ women’s varsity soccer team will be allowed to play the rest of their regular season games this year after the university announced that the team’s suspension had been lifted.

My week on tour with BTMI!

 

Evan Graham (red T-shirt) befriended BTMI! by hosting them for a post-show sleepover (Photo Provided)

 

Concert Review: Kings of Leon

4 out of 5 stars



“I thought I would be painting houses my whole life, just drinking and writing music. And then we put a band together and we fucking took over the world,” Kings of Leon’s Caleb Followill shouted to the crowd at Scotiabank Place on Sept. 17.



And while they may not have taken over the world, that night they certainly took over Ottawa.

Paws and paint

From abstract paintings to sculptures, elephant artists to termite architects, the art on display at SAW Gallery’s Animal House exhibition is of avant-garde calibre. The show is light-hearted in nature, but therein lays the question: how much more do we have in common with our mammalian counterparts than scientific classification? Are animals capable of expressing themselves through art in the same way that humans do?

Though many of the pieces featured are abstract, abstract art is one of the best ways to connect with an artist as well as with your own self.

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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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