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NEWS

Meet Carleton’s “niche internet microcelebrities”

News Elissa Mendes - March 31, 2023

The pandemic era of university life at Carleton University has been defined by an influx of quirky Instagram accounts targeting students, which seem to...

Do NOT try this at home: Dangerous and weird TikTok trends

World Wide What? Faith Greco - March 31, 2023

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.

Features Isabel Harder - March 31, 2023

“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

Sports Jayden Dill - March 31, 2023

Meet Rankd, the tennis matchmaking app for lovers of the game. Rankd Tennis North America aims to create matches for tennis players.

‘Beth-Anne’ creatives horse around at undercurrents festival

Arts Natasha Baldin - March 31, 2023

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

Arts Hannah Wanamaker - March 31, 2023

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...

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National

Online communication not as anonymous as it seems

admin - September 26, 2009

York University won a court order earlier this month requiring Google Inc., Bell Canada and Rogers Communications to reveal the identities behind individuals who sent e-mails accusing the university’s president of academic fraud, proving online anonymity is not guaranteed.

In January, York University president Mamdouh Shoukri named Martin Singer the inaugural dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies. In Shoukri’s press release, he called Singer “a scholar of Chinese history and a veteran academic administrator.”

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