With a whole month of school behind me, and a whole bunch of assignments before me, the Thanksgiving long weekend was a welcome break to an already super busy year. Catching up with family and friends over some really delicious…
University Relationship Woes
Relationships can be hard in university, hell, relationships can be hard no matter what part of your life you are going through. They require work and time, and require you to actually like the person (yes this is important too…
The morning workout (and why it’s worth a shot)
I never used to be a morning person. Each year as summer approached, I looked forward to the days of no alarms and lying in bed for as long as I felt like. A typical morning went something like this:…
Indigenous Weekend, Hurray!
This week I’m writing more on a personal note in regards to an event that I attended over this past weekend. Being a First Nations student here at U of T I like to be involved with the First Nations…
Yes, I’m crying. Why do you ask?
Sometimes the best thing you can do about school is cry. I mean it. When you have three papers due within three days and your brain refuses to construct a single coherent sentence, crying is perhaps the only thing…
Being Peter Parker
With the Student Life Community Crew, The Ethics, Society and Law Students’ Association, The Underwear Club, Work-Study at the School of Public Policy and Governance, a service learning placement in the winter and a more-than-full course load—to say that I’ve…
The “Best” Me?
Lately, or at least since the school year started, I’ve been going to bed by reviewing the day I’ve had. Time and time again, I've been find myself coming back to the same question of if I'm being the best…
Tweeting your way to student engagement
Are you on Twitter? If not, you should be. To me Twitter is more than just another dumb social network (although it can totally seem like it sometimes) but a way for a person to stay constantly informed and up-to-date…
getting my bbq on.
WARNING: this post does contain Carly Rae Jepsen and Owl Man, please proceed with caution. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Agluuflcpos First off, welcome to all our new bloggers! Looking forward to working with all of you! 🙂 If you're like me, you like…
Day Use Lockers — A Practical Remedy for Book Hoarding
I used to live ten minutes from off campus, but last April my family moved out of town to greener pastures. I got alot of “the commutes going to kill you” and “you’ll be wishing you never moved after you…