Ah, networking. Never before had I heard a word so many times without fully understanding what it was all about. From my first year, networking has been a concept that I’ve been encouraged to do as much as the chance…
The Magic of Con Hall
Ah, another year, another frosh week! What a week it’s been, everything from getting woken up by the lovely engineers at 3am - I’m lucky enough to be next to three different colleges, so their chant was inevitably inscribed in…
Ready? Set, Move!
I know we hear a lot about what to expect about living in res, including the wonky looking bathrooms and feeling like Bear Grylls at 2am when your Ramen is done. However, a lot of the time we seem to skip over…
oh look free things.
Being a student isn't that bad, since ya know : mo money mo problems. If you're a student at U of T chances are you aren't made of money. In fact, despite the hipster Starbucks stereotype spread by people and…
Dear Fourth Year Me
Dear Fourth Year Me, I know, you made it! Lucky for you that Mayan Calendar-end-of-the-world thing was just a phase right? As you gear up to say goodbye to what were the most eventful years of your young adulthood, let's…
Book Hunting
In my last year of high school, all my teachers reminded us that this would be the last year we would be getting our books from the library. After we leave the safe halls of grade school, we're going to…
Residence 101
Ah residence, how we’ve grown to become good friends (okay unless the shower roof is temporarily missing) since I first encountered you two years ago! Prior to entering the U-of-Tverse, I didn’t quite realize what to expect from living on…
life through the doors of union station and con hall
I spent my first year at U of T, like most students commuting to school. I'd love to say commuting is cool, but it isn't. On a scale of coolness, commuting is Charlie Sheen and living in residence/extremely close to…
You Major in What?
Throughout my time here, one of the very first things people ask you - also a common ice breaker during frosh week - is what you’re studying, as there are more than a few things out there to major, minor,…
Club Transition and What You Should Know
Student life is alive and kicking on campus. More new clubs are sprouting each year, and, contrary to popular (dis)belief, students at U of T actually go out and do things like - no, not study - like... Like go out!…