As an amateur aesthete and a history specialist, I tend to take note of the older buildings on campus. I've found myself on a number of occasions walking past the Louis B. Stewart Observatory. In some of my less stressed-out…
NRUFBSA: Scrabble Night In Canada!
My letters: N1 R1 U1 F4 B3 S1 A1 On the board there's one E to work with, and it sits directly next to a triple word score. Holy cow. F4A1R1E1S1 : 24 points. B3R1A1N1E1S1 : 24 points. S1A1B3R1E1 :…
Act One: The Magic of Rare Books
Before I had gone there, this is how I pictured the Thomas Fisher Rare Books Library: The student walks onto the stage, through the revolving doors of the Thomas Fisher Rare Books Library. In front of her is a grand…
When rent is not an opera, but a tragic comedy
We are moving. Again. This is the second time in one year. Our problems started three weeks before my boyfriend and I moved in to our current apartment. Our landlords, a husband and wife couple, had promised us that by…
Une petite fromagerie
When I moved to Toronto about five years ago, one of the first things I noticed about the city was its self-contained neighbourhoods. In Ottawa, where I grew up, there is a central downtown complete with food markets and boutiques;…
Rise Over Run: Testing Slopes in Real Time
Being a student taking primarily history classes, I had forgotten all about rise over run equations until just recently, when in a biology lab I had to graph and calculate the extinction coefficient of chlorophyll. I'm still not really sure…
The Coming of the End: How to [Messily?] Wrap up Loose Ends
Like most other U of T students, I have just finished the fall term for 2008 (and boy does it feel good). Unlike the majority of other students, however, the end of this term signifies for me the beginning of…
How To Avoid A Giant Pain In The Backside
I like U of T, I really do. But being a good student here sometimes turns out to be a real pain in my back. It's exam time, which normally means that for the last month and a half, thanks…
The I’m-Applying-To-Grad-School Saga Part I: How To Get A Reference Letter
So you've decided that you're going to apply for grad school, as I have done. You've looked through the programs offered by a number of universities, and have narrowed down your choice according to the area of research that you're…
Get a little literary
Last weekend I got a little literary on myself, and before I went to work on Saturday, I walked down to Hart House and went to the Stories That Bind Festival, a free event celebrating multicultural writing, dancing, and performance…