University life can consist of a constantly rotating to-do list of readings, essays, memorization, group work, et cetera - if you let it. There is an expectation that once we arrive at tertiary level education, we should succeed on a…
It’s Resolution Time Again!!! (yaaay???)
As 2010 drew to a close, a lot of us were thinking about the things that we'd like to achieve in the following year. I for one, have always had about a 50% completion rate on goals for the new year,…
Breaktime!!!
Folks do some ridiculous, but necessary, things during exam time. Like (I've heard) staying up for 48 hours at a time, running exclusively on energy drinks, coffee, and energy bars. These are the times when I often hear folks complain…
In The Middle of Midterms??? Really?!?!
LAPPY D. LAPTOP September 2009 - December 2010 It is with great sadness, wailing, and nashing of teeth that I woefully announce the Death Of Lappy, My Laptop. He was a great little laptop. Sometimes. He served me well, enabling…
Learning Though Service
Toronto is a volunteer's city. I remember saying this to a friend who happens to be a new Torontonian. What I mean by this is that any time I've met someone who is holding down a great job - the…
Aaahhh… the Holidays :-)
Midterms and finals for half courses will be upon us very soon. The pace has picked up on campus, and I can definitely feel it in the air. Robarts is packed once again, as is almost every one of my…
Feeling Kind of Snackish…
Being on OSAP means learning ways to stretch your budget so that you can make it through the semester. A big part of being creative with my budget rests in navigating how I eat on a daily basis. I tend…
Long Walk ;-)
With all of the rushing we all do from class to class, how often do any us of get a chance to appreciate just how pretty our campus is? For a place that I spend so much of my time…
The Bridge Called Academic Bridging
Wow. It just dawned on me that I'm in halfway through my undergraduate degree. It was just the other day that I was excited about beginning the university’s Academic Bridging Program – and being a second year student seemed light years…
Oh Miserable Midterms, Why Won’t You Just Let Me Be Great?!?
I knew they were coming, but the ferocity with which midterms have arrived has jolted me as badly as if someone had risen me from slumber with an ice-cold bucket of water. Le sigh. Entering second year, I was still…