Orientation week is a changing thing. Heraclitus would laugh at me, I’m sure, but it is intriguing to really experience the proverbial passage of time. To think that I am getting older, that I may be out of touch. For…
The Truth About TCards
So I had to replace my TCard. The little photograph of my face had turned into a blurred mess of white and blue. But visiting the TCard office at Robarts Library was an air-conditioned treat on a hot Monday afternoon…
A Part Time Job: Pros and Cons
Last Saturday I went to Hart House to work on a cover letter. A haven for the studious and the sleepy. When I discovered Hart House library in the second week of first year, I knew I was home. (#startUofT…
The Best of Life @ U of T (according to me)
Well I'm sad to say that this will be my last post for the Life @ U of T blog. What a crazily-awesome year it was and I honestly have no idea where the last 25 weeks went. I've had…
Life, leisure and graduation
When it came to writing this week's post, I must admit I had difficulty determining what exactly I was going to write about. As the semester draws to a close, "life at U of T" is more or less winding down…
Post-Grad Blues
My dad always says: "if you are too busy focusing on whats on the plate of another, then the food on your own plate will go cold" or something like that. Lately, I've been feeling like the ultimate loser. I…
carry on, leaders. carry on.
What's up U of T? How was this week - we had a snow day that turned into a slush day. For some reason whenever I see slush, I feel the need to go to 7/11 and get a slushie.…
creative expressions of soul
We’ve heard it all before. First day of lecture, a thousand or so young budding life science students walk into Convocation Hall. Inside, a professor awaits ready to distribute knowledge about pikas, DNA polymerases, and cis and trans double bonds. Needless…
Outgoing Advice
It's 2:47 AM, Sun Airway's "Put The Days Away” is blasting into my eardrums and I'm attempting to write a deep and meaningful post for you all to read, start this semester off with a bang, you know? Truth is, I…
A 5th year: should you do it?
With the school year in full swing, many of my upper year readers may be beginning to think about what it is you want to do after you graduate, or - perhaps more specifically for 4th year students - where…