I'm sitting uncomfortably on a stool, while a camera with a blinking red light stares at me mercilessly. "Do you have any video editing experience?" "No." "Do have any onscreen experience?" "No... Wait, I was like, a news anchor in…
Your club, your way: How to start a student group on campus
Dear Blogosphere, I'm going to divulge a secret about myself: I've always felt that I was meant for greater things than the simple hum-drum life of a U of T undergraduate student. I dream of having fancy business cards, a…
Impersonating Zuckerberg: Lessons on faking it until you make it at CUTC
One of the lecture halls in the Medical Science building is illuminated with red spotlights and pumping with club music. It's approximately 9am on a Saturday, and if it weren't for the fact that the place is packed with keen…
“The Medium is the Message:” Hanging out with Marshall McLuhan’s ghost at St. Mike’s
Dear UpbeaT readers, I’m Emily, your blogger for the summer months. Thanks for having me! Late yesterday afternoon in the name of passion and blogging, I visited the Marshall McLuhan Centre for Culture and Technology. It’s a diminutive brick building…
Goodbyes, hellos, and an invitation: UpbeaT makes its seasonal shift
Hello everyone: Chris Garbutt here, manager of the UpbeaT project at Student Life. You've probably read all the goodbye posts from this year's bloggers. It's been a great year at UpbeaT. Week after week, our bloggers told you about the…