If you are reading this, fall break has more or less come to a close and I hope it was as productive, relaxing and fun as everyone planned it to be. I usually get Tuesdays off and go to work anyway, so…
You can call me Ferdinand
Actually, you might want to call me Chris, as in Christopher Columbus. My original idea for this post was an experiment to prove that you can navigate the St. George campus by bathroom graffiti alone. I had in the past…
Are you first in the family?
I still remember when I got my acceptance letter to U of T. Most of my friends have gotten theirs already but I had nary a peep from any of my choices. I applied to just three places, confident that…
Are you getting sleepy?
Hello dear readers! This is my back-up post. What is a back-up post, you ask? Well, we update UpbeaT everyday, right? But we're all U of T students, so what happens when school hits and we don't have time to…
Soundtracks and Study Music…
Music has always been pretty important to me. I can usually be found walking around campus plugged into my iPhone. At Robarts my studying is usually aided by the rhythmic nodding of my head. When I get home on evenings,…
U of T’s planetarium: zoom in from the edge of the universe!
I remember when I was a wee little thing, I'd lie in my bed at night and stare at the ceiling, wishing I could somehow transform the white paint into the night sky. Years later, a friend came back from…
The Story of Willcocks Commons: a car-free pedestrian-only zone
It was a calm and breezy evening as I walked down St. George when something shiny caught my eye. I stopped near the hot dog stand and stared at the stretch of road between Sid Smith and Lash Miller. It…
“Can’t manage without …”
New School-year Resolution Le Deux. This year I will… 2. Manage my time better … Though I really, really don’t want to jinx myself, I usually do pretty well in school. And I should… after all, as any of you…
Happy New Year!
I’ve always thought of the New Year starting in September. Maybe it’s to do with my cultural background (in Judaism, we celebrate the New Year in the fall... actually, right now). But I suspect it has more to do with…
Leader of the pack
When I was packing for university, it was more like I was packing for The Island than Canada’s capitalist capital. I would stress out that I had to buy, like, a stapler before I left, and my mother would tease me mercilessly: “You do realize there may be a few stores in Toronto, Lizzie?” or “Yes, if need be we can ship you deodorant, but I think you’ll be OK just buying 17 sticks for now.”
As a jaded fourth-year, I can happily say that I was both right and wrong in my packing technique. Here’s my philosophy: you can buy anything you need in Toronto. Or, at least, if you can buy it elsewhere in Canada, you can probably get it here. That said, when you’re new to a city with so much to adjust to, it’s comforting to already have everything you really need. If you don't take it from me, take it from her. (I was going to embed the link, but the words "storage," "spruce" and "dorm room" lost their meaning.)