Specters and Phantoms and Ghouls, Oh My!
In the spirit (tee hee, see what I did there?) of Student Life’s fifteen-minute leaf walks on campus—and also in the spirit of Halloween—I have decided to create a walking route of my own. Autumn leaves may be a tad more picturesque in terms of dead things you can observe on a walk, but ghosts are cool too.
Without further ado, I present to you my campus ghost walk!
Three Cheers for Careers!
I always look forward to Thanksgiving. This time around, I had a very productive time; I cleared out my closet of all the old clothes that I never wear anymore, I baked several pies, I caught up with friends from high school, I enjoyed the lovely wilderness that I REALLY miss when I’m living downtown, and I caught up with my little sister and my little canine sister.
Tackling the Big Bad Reading
Why did my professor do this to me? Why is she making me read this overly dense, buzzword-ridden, thinly veiled torture device of a book? We are repeatedly told never to make our essays too “wordy.” We’re told to keep…
Letting go of that other significant other
Have you ever heard of the “turkey dump”? It’s that phenomenon where a high school couple go to different post-secondary schools, they inevitably change and grow and forge new relationships there, and when they return to their hometown for Thanksgiving,…
How the Dojo Shaped My Attitude Towards Fitness
Martial arts have demonstrated to me the incredible capabilities of the human body –of my body. They have changed my perception of where my limits lie and what I can and can’t achieve. They have shown me that progress is…
The Mellow Multitasker
When I think of multitasking, I usually don’t equate it with being mellow. In fact, to me, multitasking looks a bit like this: I kid, I’m not actually a busy octopus—I actually just draw that badly—but multitasking feels like that…
The Cold Weather Countdown
I was reading “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest” today—amid my mountain of course readings, I like to have at least one book of my own choosing on the go at all times—and I stumbled across a quote that really…
One Blogger, Two Introductions
Hello Internet! My name is Emma and I am a new member of the Community Crew this year, writing for CTSI (Centre for Teaching Support and Innovation). I am going into my fourth year (eek!) double majoring in Ethics, Society,…
Lessons learned from my first year in the Life Sigh stream
Did you know: If you take a full course load for all years of undergrad leading up to med school applications, the U of T Faculty of Medicine will drop six half-courses with the lowest grades from your admission GPA?…