Sometimes being a student while being employed by the university can put you in a weird position. You can have all these frustrations with your institution, but then you get a job with them, and suddenly you need to look…
Why I Love Hot Dogs
Hi everyone. Nice to meet you! I’m Crystal, your new summer lifeatuoft blogger. I’m pretty excited – it’s not every day you can say you’re blogging for U of T. How’s that for a unique resume? I’m planning to explore…
It’s that time again…
This is always that bittersweet time of year when we say goodbye to the year's bloggers, and say hello to a new summer blogger. We're so sorry to see our bloggers go! Chad, Desiree, Erin, Jennifer, Jon, Laura and Lori…
Endings & beginnings
My final post could not have come at a more opportune time. In the torrent of change and conflict and joy that has come in the last few months, I feel as if I have at last been reborn. It feels…
A Stumble Down Memory Lane
My unofficial anti-graduation photo courtesy of Cry School Yearbook: I often think of a quote I came across by Pico Iyer in Room Magazine that began with "we travel most when we stumble." The writer expanded on the phrase, saying…
I’m going to tell you a secret
I carry some secrets with me, I mean, I think its only human to have things you wish to only share with your inner self, or those closest to you. But what I want to tell you is something that…
Goodbye sweet UpbeaT readers
It’s hard to believe the end is here! I can distinctly remember hanging at camp and applying for this job, preparing a fancy little sample post filled with tricks for how to “bench press” and an application detailing why a…
These are the things we’ll miss the most after graduation
Yesterday I received an email from the Office of Convocation. It's almost time. So, with the threat and/or promise of graduation becoming a clearer and more prominent figure on the horizon, I've compiled a list of essential U of T…
1, 2, 3, 4. My four-person seminar class
My favourite class this semester has been the severely underpopulated one. There are four students and one professor, so it's actually a five-person class but four sounds so much more impressive like The Beatles, or ABBA, or ABS 496! And…
Looking back on a great year; for me, at least.
For this week, my final post of the school year, I have decided to reflect upon my short time as a blogger, and some of the posts I have contributed. First off, I want to express how much of a…