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What are you doing Valentine’s Day?→
On Valentine’s Eve we asked what you had planned for the big day of sweethearts, chocolate and slightly disturbing teddy bears. We tracked down some lovely ladies who call Ottawa home to see what they got up to on the …
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I choo choo choose you→
It’s Valentine’s Day Eve and we’re decking the halls with…candy? Without a doubt, Valentine’s - or Saint Valentine’s as purists would have it - is one of the most polarizing holidays of the year. While its practitioners point all the …
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OOHLALA cracks iTunes Top 50!→
It’s an exciting day for the OOHLALA team as we’ve been listed at #44 in iTunes’ Top 50 Education Apps. If you haven’t already, now’s a better time than ever to check us out. OOHLALA is free - and always …
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Point of Order! The story behind Robert’s Rules→
In our day-to-day lives, we don’t do much in the same manner as we did in 1876. To be sure, we still use the telephone, an invention for which Alexander Graham Bell filed a patent in 1876. And we still …
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Up all night→
Student life and sleep deprivation go hand-in-hand, but at what cost? “If you leave it to the last minute, it only takes a minute” was a favourite motto of mine during undergrad. Well, perhaps I shouldn’t say “favourite” so …
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New study finds students not huge drain on public coffers→
According to a new study from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, postsecondary students do pay the full cost of their post-secondary degrees. The study flies in the face of many critics who often claim student tuition is heavily subsidized …
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Navigating the email age→
From “netiquette” to an “Email Charter,” web gurus are prescribing the do’s and don’ts of communication in the 21st century Think of history’s great love stories, and what comes to mind? (Well, apart from all the brooding looks and intrigue …
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The Invention of Waterloo→
By all accounts, Canadian tech darling RIM has a grim future ahead of it. Fallout from the network crash and dismal sales of its Playbook tablet are just two of a growing number of setbacks cropping up for the Ontario-based …
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We got deadlines to meet→
It’s January, and that can only mean one thing for fourth year students: grad applications. That’s right, just when you thought you could pat yourself on the back for completing four years of all-nighters, Kraft Dinner and endless readings, you …
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The year ahead: bendable screens, Sean Parker, and a final farewell→
When we think of the year 2011 two decades from now, what will come to mind? RIM’s fall from grace? Social media and the Arab Spring? #Occupy? The late, great Steve Jobs? My vote is for Apple’s visionary co-founder – …
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