What happens to cookies baked from dough that has not been cooled? Background Recently, I came across a recipe for chocolate chip cookies that called for refrigerating the dough before baking it, which I hadn’t done before. I made the recipe, refrigerated the dough overnight, and baked the cookies the next day, and they turned…
Escape rooms or locked rooms whichever name you prefer to give them is a fun way to test to see how smart your team, friend group, family etc. is. I love doing them because I get this rush of adrenaline as my friends and I try to gather the clues and figure out how to…
“This ship of civilization is going down…” Have you ever thought of the bright sides of one of the world’s most devastating tragedy – the First World War? It would surely take a hardy soul to see it. However, in his ever-so-distinctive essay, Gwynne Dyer challenges the preconception of the negative effects of World War…
Using Event Horizon Telescope observations of the center of the galaxy M87, scientists have obtained the first image of a black hole, an accomplishment previously thought of as impossible. The image depicts a bright ring formed from the bending of light due to the intense gravity around the black hole that is 6.5 billion times…
Have you every wondered what it would be like to have a friend in every city you travelled to? Have your voice heard in the House of Commons? Or simply just staying at Ottawa for a week? Well, if any of your reactions to these questions got you excited, Forum is the place for you. …
At last Spring Break! Whether you’re traveling somewhere sunny or relaxing at home, make the most of your time off and enjoy some literature. The following are seven of my personal favourite novels for your seven days of spring break, ordered by strength of recommendation. Happy Readings! 1) The Help “You is kind. You is…
Google Pixel 3 Trailer! At first the Google Pixel may not seem different from other phones around the globe, but as you look closer, it is astonishing what you will come to conclude. “With features like Super Res Zoom, Night Sight, a wide-angle selfie lens, and Google Assistant built deep into the phone’s OS, the…
To be weakened by war means to be unable to sufficiently sustain the country economically and politically. There is a failed attempt to deliver adequate services to the citizens, and often this results in a high mortality rate due to food shortages and a general decrease in public morale because of low development, which limit…
Last week, I finished reading the book Running with Lions by Julian Winters. The main character is Sebastian Hughes, a boy who’s about to go into his senior year of high school. The novel itself takes place during the summer, at Sebastian’s summer camp. He’s a goalie on his school’s soccer team, and the whole…
Dim Sum is the Chinese version of Sunday brunch: served anytime from mid-morning to late afternoon, with various bite-sized portions of food served in small bamboo steamer baskets and lots of tea. It’s a lazy, long meal. Most dishes are very light in flavour, portions are small, and each plate is shared by the whole…
A Guide for Canadian Youth In our modern day lives, much of what we do is dependent on our internet access. Whether we’re streaming our favourite shows on Netflix, chatting with our friends through an online service, or studying material posted by our teachers, we rely on our connection to the internet. We use…
American novelists and humourist Mark Twain wrote an autobiography called “Life on the Mississippi”. “Two Ways of Seeing a River is an excerpt from this book, and is Twain’s account of learning to be a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River. He delves into the changes in attitude he experiences concerning the river after becoming a steamboat pilot.…
I know I shouldn’t encourage this, but if you’re amidst procrastination season and are searching for a new show to start watching, take a look at these gems! They’re fairly short shows (only 1-3 seasons, but some aren’t finished yet) so you’ll still have some time left over to do your work after you’ve binge-watched. The…
Margaret Atwood November is almost over, and in honour of Canadian writer and inventor Margaret Atwood, who was born on November 18, 1939, I have compiled a list of Atwood’s best poems with a blurb on my interpretation of the meaning she was trying to convey. “Eventual Proteus” Relationships are short-lived because the problem that…
When I don’t have anything to do, I usually just Google “movies that give you the feels” and find a list to pick a movie from. After years of reading lists and watching those feel good movies, I have decided to make a list of my own. So, on that note, here is my list…