My idea: EAT YAM. Brilliant. On December 6th, I was one of 100 lucky attendees of Tedx Hart House: "The Future of Food." TED, (Technology, Entertainment, and Design), is a nonprofit organization devoted to "ideas worth spreading." The evening focused…
Loading up for winter!
Winter! A time for frolicking in the landscape, making angels in the snow, drinking hot cocoa and marshmallow by the fireplace... Or as most commuter students can probably sympathize, carrying an extra load of stuff to and from school. I…
How free am I to express my freedom of expression?
In the past few weeks I’ve been musing over the notion of free expression. It must have started a few weeks ago when there were so many demonstrations on campus. Here’s my question: How free are we to express ourselves…
Roaming the world with free and safe internet
Hi readers! It's Monday. I'd like to ignore all the nasty stuff that I'm going to have to deal with this week. I feel like a chained escape artist with four walls closing in who just found out the key…
Eat your heart out Don Johnson…we’ve got vice too!
If I told you that there were plain clothed officers on campus, would you be surprised? I was. Don’t imagine Don Johnson in a white blazer, a pastel vee-neck, and penny loafers without socks. Think more of a someone who…
Make it a DIY Holiday
As I was roaming the aisles of the grocery store this weekend making my weekly food run, I couldn't help but find myself humming cheerfully to the tune of "Jingle Bell Rock". That's right, it's that time of year. No, not quite…
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…
Emergency funds == Very Important!
Dear readers: over the last week, I learned the importance of keeping an emergency fund. Let me share with you a story: Cynthia is at a bustling restaurant, enjoying the food from a birthday dinner. Her iPhone is at her…
The Bound Paper Thingy Affair
Empress Irene was playing hard to get. I had been trying in vain to research this stealthy 8th century ruler of the Byzantine Empire for five days and I was coming up empty handed. Last year I had gone on…
It’s Fall Break! To write or not to write?
It's November! Which either means Movember, NaNoWriMo or for the rest of us, essays. Before I start on a rant about that, happy Fall Break everyone! That's right, no classes today or tomorrow. It's a new change the University of…