Raise your hand if you noticed that Blackboard got an upgrade in the beginning of last semester. When I first logged onto Blackboard in September, my thought was, "pretty"! And then I spent the next half hour playing with the…
Waitlists and the Dean’s promise
Today is January 17th. Did you know it's Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the U.S.? For us U of T students, today is the day the waitlist drops and it's an all out dog eat dog world where you…
It’s New Year’s, time for resolutions!
Happy 2011, dear readers! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday filled with fun and food and friends and family. We all know what most people make during this time of year: the New Year's Resolution. It's the time of…
Finals + Finals + Finals (ad nauseam) = Polyphasic sleep?
Exams. Sleep. These two words really don't go together in a sentence during exam time. I had four exams in three days last week, and the week before, a paper due in every class. I'm still working my three part-times,…
Loading up for winter!
Winter! A time for frolicking in the landscape, making angels in the snow, drinking hot cocoa and marshmallow by the fireplace... Or as most commuter students can probably sympathize, carrying an extra load of stuff to and from school. I…
Roaming the world with free and safe internet
Hi readers! It's Monday. I'd like to ignore all the nasty stuff that I'm going to have to deal with this week. I feel like a chained escape artist with four walls closing in who just found out the key…
Harry Potter and U of T?!
Any Harry Potter fans out there? If you are, then I am sure you know what happened this weekend. Yesssssss, Deathly Hallows (part 1) was released in theatres! I grew up with Harry Potter. I remember devouring the first three…
Emergency funds == Very Important!
Dear readers: over the last week, I learned the importance of keeping an emergency fund. Let me share with you a story: Cynthia is at a bustling restaurant, enjoying the food from a birthday dinner. Her iPhone is at her…
It’s Fall Break! To write or not to write?
It's November! Which either means Movember, NaNoWriMo or for the rest of us, essays. Before I start on a rant about that, happy Fall Break everyone! That's right, no classes today or tomorrow. It's a new change the University of…
Healthy, tasty and cheap food on campus? It’s possible!
Happy All Saints Day, dear readers! Did you dress up yesterday? For once, I didn't dress as myself this year; I was a Professional Procrastinator! ...I'll be in the corner ducking bricks now, thanks. But if my Halloween was any…