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…
#Foodie – The Off-Campus Food Scene
To be completely honest, I don’t even know what the exact definition of a foodie is, although you’ll often find me claiming to be one. Urban dictionary had way too many varying explanations, so that didn’t help much either. I…
Star Tunes
I’ve always been fascinated with space (as a kid I owned a cassette called “Star Tunes” that taught me the names of the planets in catchy songs that I can still sing today). There’s so many cool things to learn…
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.…
Navigating the Maze of Extracurriculars
I spent much of my first year in a daze of lectures, coffee and homework, so I wasn’t as involved as I would have liked. But eventually, I was able to participate in some clubs and now I’m even a…
A Musical Treasure Hunt
I spent this past Sunday on a musical treasure hunt on Toronto Island. The Poor Pilgrim Island show has been running for seven years, and I’ve made it a summer tradition for the past three. After a brisk ferry ride,…
Digging into Campus Grown Food
I wasn't quite sure what my post would be this week Monday when I woke up and checked twitter to find my feed looking like this... That afternoon I wandered over to 41 Willcocks Street and went around to the side…
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…