All Hallow’s Eve approaches! My minions and I, mostly my minions, have gathered all the information we could possibly muster under the strains of the horrible, academic torturings of various professors of doom, who themselves are most likely enslaved by…
Swap Shop
Whoever coined the term “every penny counts” was surely a student, and most likely uttered these words in September, at the start of a new school term. Once a year, after spending a considerable sum on tuition, books, and first…
Ghost Hunt
I remember in Grade 5, when our class was in the deplorable portables, one day the lights in the hallway were turned off and we all ran about screaming and dancing and alleging the presence of a ghost outside our…
UofT Library Saga Part II: Protection
No. Not the kind of protection can be easily obtained from SEC (91 St. George St.). It's easy to see how those things can be associated with libraries...but in this post I'll be talking about something more serious. Having lived…
More Fish Stew: Heather is forced to investigate The Buttery
I don’t really like spending money at school on food, but at home there are just too many people in one small eating space. My grandparents are still here, still fixing “Cullen Skink” (smelly yellow fish stew) over-cooking meat, and boiling…
Clearing through the chaos
Every August, students come back to school with renewed energy, a positive mentality, and a promise that “this year is going to be different”. We swear to ourselves that we’ll keep up with all our readings, devote hours to disciplined…
My U of T Library Saga – Part I
People say that honesty is one of the best ways to help the writer connect to his or her audience. So, to briefly introduce myself to you, my dear readers, here's something about me: I am a conceited UofT snob…
“So…what’s your availability like…?”
* ...I really wanted to do a post about food, but my grandfather is downstairs doing something to a fish....and I don't know what exactly it involves....but it smells strong and horrible and it makes me never eat again/die. So there will be no…
Bikechain
As with most good things at U of T, Bikechain is initially a bit hard to find, hidden in the basement of the International Student Centre (33 St. George, just north of College). It has several entrances; one through the…
The Cynics’ Vote
Everyone everywhere is using all kinds of superlatives to describe the upcoming U.S. election; ‘groundbreaking’, ‘exciting’, ‘historic’… The only word that sums it up for me is ‘nail-biting’, maybe even ‘terrifying’. At time passes, the issues facing the planet are…