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Author: Lori (page 6)

To be or not to be…in summer school

Posted on: March 31, 2011 Last updated on: March 31, 2011 Written by: Lori Comments: 1
Last week, I had two term tests and two papers due. This week I have one term test and one paper due. Next week exams start. I want and urgently need a break. My brain is at maximum capacity and…
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Hello my name is ____________.

Posted on: March 24, 2011 Last updated on: March 24, 2011 Written by: Lori Comments: 8
I am socially awkward. I have always been this way. I can recall my first day of kindergarten, sitting on the mat in a circle as we each took a turn introducing ourselves. I can also recall my anxiety rising…
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Workouch!

Posted on: March 17, 2011 Last updated on: March 17, 2011 Written by: Lori Comments: 0
That hurt. My first encounter with Frosh Fit was a painful experience. As I type this, my biceps, thighs, abs, and calves are burning with the red-hot intensity of ten fiery suns. This may sound melodramatic, but I haven’t worked…
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Give me a W!

Posted on: March 7, 2011 Last updated on: March 7, 2011 Written by: Lori Comments: 0
And then an o-m-a-n. That’s right, woman! March 8th is International Women’s Day. And there has never been a better time to celebrate our presence on campus. The long history of female progression within the university hierarchy is a great story.…
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A Perfect Storm

Posted on: March 3, 2011 Last updated on: March 3, 2011 Written by: Lori Comments: 0
I find it particularly worrisome that tax time and exam time mesh so intimately; the period from the end of March to mid-April transforms into a perfect storm of anticipatory stress. The time of year to give or, more rarely,…
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The tiny plate debacle

Posted on: February 17, 2011 Last updated on: February 17, 2011 Written by: Lori Comments: 0
"The world was my oyster, but I used the wrong fork."  -Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde and I, we have a lot in common. Let me set the scene: formal dinner, Hart House, Great Hall, white linens, gleaming silver ware, and tiny…
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Raise your Green Shield!

Posted on: February 10, 2011 Last updated on: February 10, 2011 Written by: Lori Comments: 2
With winter in its hey-day, the sun’s free vitamin D has all but disappeared. However, viruses are available in abundance! There’s so many to choose from, how will I be able to decide? Maybe a cold, or flu, or a…
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Pro bono publico: a phrase I have been mintranslating for the past two decades

Posted on: February 3, 2011 Last updated on: February 3, 2011 Written by: Lori Comments: 0
As I sat at my table staring at the do-it-yourself will kit I had purchased at the bookstore, a thought went through my mind, “there has to be an easier way”. I don’t have the extra coin to pay a…
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I might be a masochist…

Posted on: January 27, 2011 Last updated on: January 27, 2011 Written by: Lori Comments: 6
masoch·ist n. A willingness or tendency to subject oneself to unpleasant or trying experiences. Exactly one year ago last Monday I embarked on what most of my friends and relatives believe is a mad journey. At the age of 31,…
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!! SNOW !!

Posted on: January 20, 2011 Last updated on: January 20, 2011 Written by: Lori Comments: 0
For the past two years, we Torontonians have seen little to no snow. There has scantly been enough snowfall in the past two winters to build a snowman with a stature even close to that of an average human. The…
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