How to Procrastinate Properly: The Art of Study Breaks Let’s be honest: it is difficult to not procrastinate during exam season. “My exam is on Monday! I don’t have to study really until Friday.” BOOM it is Sunday night. However,…
Amnesty International U of T: Cities for Life
The other week I attended an event put on by Amnesty International U of T at Hart House. The event was called Cities for Life, and was their annual event for the abolition of the death penalty world wide. The…
Another Year Wiser
December has finally arrived! I always love this time of year. December is a special time when we welcome winter into our lives and focus on getting away from the cold crazy world out there and curl up inside where…
T’was the week before finals
T’was the week before finals, when all across U of T Students were cramming, for the sake of their degrees They read all night, unable to sleep in their beds With visions of 4.0’s dancing in their heads IT’S HERE…
Internet and Outernet
For more than the last eight weeks, I have had no internet access at home. It's been a difficult time. Undertaking research projects for credit, applying to grad schools, blogging here... all while not having internet access was difficult. No…
Guest Post: Farah from the Career Centre
Hey, U of T! My name is Farah, and I’m a guest blogger from the University’s Career Centre here to tell all about my semester tweeting, posting and liking away as the Career Centre’s Social Media Ambassador. When I decided…
Impulse Control Disorders: A Cheerful Post For the Holidays
It's been a long time since I've had a class in Con Hall, but next semester I'm going to be in there a lot. I am really excited. I am looking forward to counting the number of first-years who spend…
Accommodations for Exchange Students
Depending on how familiar you are with your host country and its language(s), finding accommodations abroad might seem like a daunting task. But it doesn't have to be. The University of Tokyo, for instance, offers three categories of housing to its…
Getting Crafty at Hart House!
On Thursday Api and I dropped by Hart House Get Crafty to take a little break from essay writing and make some bath bombs and lip balms! Get Crafty runs every Thursday from 11-1 in the Hart House Reading Room…
Studying: Gluttony 101
We've all been there before. You know the feeling right? You've been sitting on your laptop for hours and hour on end (and by that, I mean an hour and a half), and you begin to feel like your life is…