I am the first person to admit that I have a problem. More accurately, an addiction. My name is Rachael and I am addicted to my cell phone. Not in the unhealthy “I’m going to cry if my cell phone…
TIFF: The Student Edition
The arrival of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) means a couple of things; All the Starbucks in the city will suddenly be filled with people clad in all black and over-sized sunglasses. There will be groups of people waiting in Yorkville, often…
Last-Minute Orientation Week Events
As you walk around campus today, you will notice something profoundly different. Hoards of people dressed in the same colour shirts are walking around screaming and cheering. Campus buildings are dressed in their newest and brightest banners, advertising different events…
Orientation Week Survival Kit
Your expectations for your first year probably come from the stories of your family, your campus tour (if you were lucky enough to take one) and inevitably, the hundreds of Hollywood movies based around college life. I’m here to tell you, as…
My Summer Bucket List
I think that we’re all inevitably guilty of using the phrase “oh, I really want to do that this summer.” Try that new class at the gym? I’ll do it when I have lots of free time over the summer.…
Choosing Your Courses for the First Time!
It was only a year ago that I was an incoming freshmen, so when I say I “remember feeling anxious and nervous about choosing my courses” I actually mean it. It was literally only twelve months ago. I remember the…
Summerlicious: The Student Edition
As University students, I think most of us could agree on three things; We like to save money We like to eat We don’t like to cook Forms kind of an oxymoron doesn’t it? Last week I decided to explore…
Top 5 #UofT Twitter Accounts
In my last post I talked about how following different U of T twitter accounts was one of the best ways to feel like you were still on campus, even when you’re hundreds of miles away. But it’s come to…
Surviving Summer Outside the City
Like many other first year students, this summer I answered the beck and call of free rent, home cooked meals, and a steady job back in my home town. Living just in the GTA, I didn’t think that moving back…
Whoops, I Did It Again
I’ve made a lot of mistakes in my first year at university. I’ve walked into the wrong lecture hall, walked into the wrong exam room, almost forgot to go to an exam all together. This one however, might take the…