Author: Alyssa Ottema

Arts & Culture

Book Review: Amy Poehler, Yes Please

Comedienne extraordinare Amy Poehler offers hard-hitting advice with humour I have come to find that my favourite genre – when I have the opportunity to read for pleasure and not for work – is the humorous memoir. I spent much of my summer reading and re-reading the wise words of […]

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Preparing your space for the holiday season Hallowe’en lasts for one night, but the winter holiday season seems to encompass two full months. So, now that All Hallows Eve is a whole two weeks behind us, it must be time to start decorating your home-away-from-home for whatever winter holiday you […]

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CBC cuts ties with Jian Ghomeshi On Sunday, Oct. 26, the CBC announced that it was ending its relationship with Jian Ghomeshi, the host and co-creator of Q, a cultural affairs radio show. “This decision was not made without serious deliberation and careful consideration,” said the network in an official […]

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Oscar Pistorius begins jail sentence   Judge Thokozile Masipa sentenced Oscar Pistorius, the South African athlete who shot his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentine’s Day of 2014, to five years in prison for culpable homicide. Pistorius, 27, was driven to Pretoria’s Kgosi Mampuru prison shortly following the sentencing. Prosecutors had […]

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Nice Girls Finish Last

It’s commonly assumed that Nice Guys finish last; that we of the female persuasion only want the Bad Boys who don’t give a second thought to us. All the while, these Nice Guys sit there, patiently waiting for us to notice that they’ve been there all along, loving us as […]

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International Day of the Girl at U of G

Third annual event celebrates “what it means to be a girl” On Thursday, Oct. 9, the University of Guelph hosted their third annual International Day of the Girl event. Grade 10 and 11 students from around the city attended the event to discuss and celebrate “what it means to be […]

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Dozens arrested in Ferguson protests Nearly 50 people were arrested at protests in Ferguson, Missouri, which have continued in response to the shooting of Michael Brown, 18, at the end of August. The protests were a part of the four-day event deemed “Ferguson October,” a movement that calls for an […]

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 Nurse in Spain diagnosed with Ebola Investigations continue at the Carlos III Madrid hospital after a Spanish nurse became the first person worldwide to be known to have contracted the Ebola virus outside of West Africa. The auxiliary nurse, a 40-year-old woman who remains anonymous, treated two Spanish missionaries who […]

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Pumpkin recipes just in time for fall It’s that time of year again, when the weather begins to drop and the level of things it is appropriate to put pumpkin in begins to rise. By this point, throwing pumpkin into muffins, pie, and coffee is second nature. But pumpkin pie […]