In a time filled with assignments and exams, I can’t help but be thankful for the few moments I can take out of my schedule to meet up with my friends to de-stress. A recent girls’ night out has made…
Half is More
Half the course, half the time, half the work right?...WRONG! Why didn't anyone tell me beforehand that half courses are U of T's method of killing student grades/happiness? As if U of T wasn't hard enough already. Now maybe I'm…
Surviving the Winter: Tips for Commuters
You may have noticed some changes on campus recently. It's a lot colder than it was a mere few weeks ago, it's also a lot darker with the sun pretty much setting as we sit in our late afternoon classes...…
Dear Professor
UofT is the largest research institution in Canada. From history to science, philosophy to engineering, UofT churns out new breakthroughs and discoveries every year. And that means big opportunities in research for undergraduate students. UofT offers research courses in second,…
Let them eat cake!
This week I met with a professor about nothing. It was like a Seinfeld episode, entitled “office hours”. The great thing about Seinfeld is that even though it was the show about nothing, something always happened. I feel the same…
sitting in the front.
First of all, I'd like to say happy Tuesday to those students who are on break (myself included). Hopefully, this weekend was productive and relaxing for all of us. My first year was spent sitting in the balconies of Convocation…
Socially Awkward Sarah
With everything going on in my life, I feel like I have forgotten how to be 21 years old. Most of my free time is spent on reflective withdrawal or dialogical soul searching. I have four time slots in my…
A&S Urban (and not so Urban) Legends
For Arts & Science students like me, there are a lot of things you hear, some of them real and some of them legendary. These legends (or maybe even myths) are always the kinds of things you hear about, but…
My intramural experience
On Saturday I played my last soccer game for the outdoor season. And then I realized – I haven’t even mentioned a word about soccer to you guys all semester! I mean, we won almost every game we played! How…
It’s Movember! So What?
It’s that time of the year again: the month when we suddenly see an exponential skyrocketing of the number of moustaches that suddenly pop up on the street, on campus, at the gym, and everywhere else in between. But what’s…