"Counselling." What does this word mean to you? Do you believe that it works? Do you feel queasy when you consider getting help for your overall well-being in this manner? Many of my friends who are also in the "hardcore"…
The pursuit of knowledge
If you are lucky enough to have the opportunity to study something you really like, then you could enjoy your next four years as an undergraduate. But if you are like me and you want to study a lot of…
Students for Barrier-Free Access and a Game-Making Deathmatch
I've got two things for you that pertain to this, oh yes, this week. First, Students for Barrier-Free Access! Second, the Game Design and Development Club's yearly contest... thing! A failed* Robarts run last Thursday caused me to be a…
Education at its best: Limnology in Algonquin Park and ornithology in the Caribbean
I had always thought that my dream job (naive as it may sound) would involve being on-site somewhere, perhaps with my afternoons spent deep in the archives of a foreign library, scrolling over the brittle vellum of a medieval manuscript;…
Copyright and Ye, Part 2: H4ck3rn355, Courtney Love, and Liesl doesn’t want to get fired
So, at the end of my last post, I mentioned a lecture on-campus by Richard Stallman that happened last year. I found a transcript of a similar lecture of his, and I wanted to paraphrase it for you. It's way too…
I <3 the Library!
Happy Monday, dear readers! Reading Week is approaching, and if you’re like me, you’ve been hitting the stacks to do research for your papers. Have you noticed this poster? The Library is holding a video contest! It’s the perfect opportunity…
Blog your socks off!
I’m assuming you’re an lifeatuoft fan – after all, you’re reading my post. 🙂 But if you're clicking around lifeatuoft, then you might just be a blog fan in general. There are a lot of great blogs on the internet…
The Living Wall: a wall with personality
Walls have a thoroughly impressive past. They have been a lot of things: white, red or stuccoed; padded, fortified, divided and collapsible. They have been paper, wattle and daub, and myriad types of stone. They've been all around the world, witnessed…
So you want to write a good personal statement?
Being someone who claims to love writing more than most other activities in life, I was shocked to find myself incapable of composing a simple personal statement for my graduate school application. It wasn't just a challenge. No, my friends,…
Social Impact 101
One of the things that I resolved to try this school year was to attend lectures and seminars offered at U of T that weren't necessarily related to my subject of study. Luckily, this resolution was much easier to keep…