by Marshall Scott-Bigsby | Aug 14, 2018 | Humour, Stories | Satire
“If it worked for the SFUO, why can’t it work for us?” Late last week, shocking allegations were levelled at members of the University of Ottawa’s student union (SFUO), as two university newspapers reported that both the SFUO president and executive director had...
by Marshall Scott-Bigsby | Jul 20, 2018 | Humour, Stories | Satire
We had our AI write this past issue for us, and here are some articles that didn’t make the cut! Inspired by screenplays written by AIs, which have been taking Twitter by storm recently, we forced our own deep-learning algorithm to read every article ever written for...
by Marshall Scott-Bigsby | Jul 19, 2018 | Humour, Stories | Satire
Canadian pop-art musician Grimes is expected to aid Musk in the coming discussions Elon Musk, the uncle of Peter Thiel, has gained something a cult following in the past few years due to the billionaire’s eccentricity and character resemblance to fictional...
by Marshall Scott-Bigsby | May 22, 2018 | Humour, Stories | Satire
The Martlet reaches out to marine life in Victoria poisoned by SSRIs and other medications We have all heard the saying “happy as a clam,” but we could never really measure how happy mollusks were until high doses of antidepressants began showing up in their nervous...
by Marshall Scott-Bigsby | May 22, 2018 | Features, Stories
A statistical breakdown of the latest UVSS election As the elected and acclaimed Envision candidates are readying themselves for a year in the public eye at the UVSS, we at the Martlet believe it necessary to review and evaluate a certain pertaining topic. Namely, in...