Author Archives: Meghan

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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