This year, in my commitment to stay fit and get involved in physical activity on campus, I've tried activities I'd never imagined I could do. I've learned throws at Tae Kwon Do, gotten my groove on at Zumba, pumped iron…
The Benefits of Mentorship…
The value of a good support system cannot be stressed enough. This university feels so huge at times – there are so many different and interesting things going on simultaneously, that new students may feel either overwhelmed by it all,…
Party in the Peacock – The Robarts Revitalization
If I was a millionaire, I would buy myself a mansion. For now, being the poor little undergrad student that I am, the only mansion I have banked on is the Robarts Mansion – where I invest countless hours in…
Give me a W!
And then an o-m-a-n. That’s right, woman! March 8th is International Women’s Day. And there has never been a better time to celebrate our presence on campus. The long history of female progression within the university hierarchy is a great story.…
Indulge…in a campus spa day
Readers, how was Reading Week? Did any of you take advantage of the (fingers crossed) last dump of snow and go for a skate or a cross-country ski? Instead of spending my Reading Week writing my sociology paper, I had…
A Perfect Storm
I find it particularly worrisome that tax time and exam time mesh so intimately; the period from the end of March to mid-April transforms into a perfect storm of anticipatory stress. The time of year to give or, more rarely,…
On The Summer Job Hunt…
Don’t allow yourselves to be fooled by how miserably grey it looks outdoors – summer will soon be upon us. Well, by “summer”, I mean the end of the 2010-2011 school year. And with the end of this semester comes,…
What exactly are you running for?
"If I don’t even pay much attention to our own country’s elections, why should I bother with my school elections?" This is the common excuse that I have received when asking around about the upcoming end of year elections. I’m…
No Reading Week plans? Try cross-country skiing
Readers, how was Valentine's Day? Did you have the courage to invite your secret crush to Skate Date? If you haven't already had a chance to hit the ice, Reading Week's just around the corner and if you're staying in…
The tiny plate debacle
"The world was my oyster, but I used the wrong fork." -Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde and I, we have a lot in common. Let me set the scene: formal dinner, Hart House, Great Hall, white linens, gleaming silver ware, and tiny…