Trying to figure out what career I want, or how to get there makes me feel like Alice. Yes, that Alice, the child who fell down the rabbit hole into the abyss of oddities. Except my confusion isn’t make believe,…
Culture Shocked!
U of T plays host to students from all around the world including the Far East, the Caribbean, Central America and Africa. Now while I've not been to all of these regions, I can say with some certainty that Toronto…
Teleportation and other things that would make commuting easier
If you spend any time on the east side of campus, you know how beautiful it is. The east side of campus makes me feel like I’ve been transported back in time…that I’m a student of a bygone age. Everything…
“I From Foreign!”
In the dialect of my home country, this phrase — in more ways than one — says that I’m not from around here. These would have been the words spoken from my mouth four years ago as I arrived in…
Part 2: Fire! Fire!
I admit that was a cheap trick to capture your attention. But rest assured, danger lies ahead and I promise that fire (and knives) will make appearances in this post. Last week I posted about my ENG434 Cook the Books…
Part 1: The Fruits of our Labour
It’s Saturday morning and ten students from ENG 434HF: Cook the Books: Modern Food Literature also known as "the English class where students cook" (and thereby learn useful life skills as some naysayers of the humanities may insinuate) are huddled…
How I got a semester’s worth of credits and didn’t set foot on campus for eight months
I need to let you all in on a little secret. I’m a travelaholic. At any given moment, my desk has more guidebooks than textbooks. I dream in maps and mountains and UNESCO world heritage sites. Dropping Introduction to Archaeology…
The student goes cheep-cheep, saves a buck…
I've found that finding free and cheap stuff on campus can be a bit of a chore, so for the last week, I've been rummaging through U of T's student societies, colleges and local hubs scouring for everything free and…
Looking for Allies In all the Right Places
Hello to all the lifeatuoft readers. I’m Desiree, and I will be blogging about a wide variety of student experiences on campus. As I walked to class the other day, passing by the faces of you, my fellow students, I wondered…
Our Own Theatre on Campus
Hey everyone! This is my second blog posting, and I thought I would share with you a treasure I have found on campus; Hart House Theatre. This past Friday, I attended the opening night of The Great American Trailer Park…