Since I have the pleasure of being short, in several large third-year classes, and possibly just unlucky, I often don't have much of a view in classrooms. Staring at the back of someone's head can be dull! And I've noticed…
What I call the Apocalypse U of T calls The Distinguished Lecturer Series: one way to deal with fear.
There's something about waking in the still-dark hours of the night that causes me to lapse into a temporary bout of intense anxiety, in which I worry about any of the following things: 1) whether or not I really am…
Crumpled Paper Magazine: Looking for Submissions. Draw instead of Facebook!
Sometimes I want the professor to goad the pretentious commentators in my classes just so I can doodle. I can't doodle at home. I can't doodle when I concentrate. Then my brain goes "Hey. This looks pretty good. Let's turn it into the…
LEARN Institute, Toolkit Conference, and Marketing and Promotions at U of T!
My hands were clammy, my stomach did flips, and my legs maybe even trembled. Cynthia, you ask, what did you do this time? Why, I co-facilitated my first workshop ever at the 2009 Toolkit Conference! If you're like me, you…
Honouring Our Professors
Professor (Latin): professor, person who professes to be an expert in some art or science, teacher of highest rank) - Wikipedia (yes, always a reliable source :)) Every year, students have the opportunity to nominate professors who teach undergraduate courses…
How to make the most out of campus recruitment sessions!
Are you graduating soon? Kind of clueless about what to do after? Fear not my friends--you are definitely not alone. I, too, have been having trouble putting a title on my future. Since September is usually the month for campus…
How To Get Peed On Twice In One Day
or U of T: the Field Trip Extravaganza Post Okay, so it wasn't me who got peed on twice in one day, but it was still fairly amazing: seventy-two hours into the fall term of '09, and I was standing…
Making Friends: Allegedly Possible
So I'm standing in this unending line at the registrar's office, reading a book while I wait, and... I guess that was my first mistake. There ae two people in front of me. One turns to the other, "You okay?"…
Greetings, Orientation Things, and Have Fun While You Still Can
(Backfilps were done, and thus this post winds up before you now as opposed to an earlier date when the Orientation events listed were still about to occur. Liesl was so enamoured with her 'hello' to you, that she asked…
Huh? Who/what is Georgie the Bot?
If you were at the Clubs Fair last last Friday on Orientation Day, you may have seen Georgie, the little Student Life robot moving about and handing out informational materials. Look at him standing in front of UTSU's bubble machine:…