“We are currently experiencing delays due to a passenger assistance alarm activated on a train at Rosedale Station. Your travel time may be longer than expected. We apologize for the inconvenience.” Again? Oh, the joys of commuter life. The constant…
ASSU and You: an interview with Katharine Ball
Despite the fact that the Arts & Science Students' Union (ASSU) represents approximately 23,000 full-time undergraduate students I have found that not many students (myself included) actually know all that much about ASSU or how it functions as a part of…
Born to Run
So a few weeks ago, I decided to put my name in the running for an executive position on the Arts and Science Students' Union (as Don Cherry would say, the pinkos in Sid Smith!). I was told there was…
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…
Be More Professional–Like, Totally.
Remember the presentation I had to get over with last week? Well the results are in and my professor thinks I need to work on being more professional. Obviously, I did not present in a clownsuit...but I intentionally tried very…
Campus Media
Oh media, how I love you. Not in like a high-school-luv kind of way where your initials would be inscribed on every desk and notebook, but in a truly madly deeply kind of way. While I’m not quite majoring in…
The Back Door to U of T – The Millie Rotman Shime Academic Bridging Program
I was sitting in a hallway the other day waiting for my prof’s office hours to begin when another person sat down beside me. We got to talking and when I told her that my college was Woodsworth she immediately…
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…
October Is…
Conveniently (almost too much so), while I was feeling down about myself, a friend of mine was hosting a mental health talk and so I decided to check it out. It was both enlightening and humbling, to say the…