Raise your hand if you noticed that Blackboard got an upgrade in the beginning of last semester. When I first logged onto Blackboard in September, my thought was, "pretty"! And then I spent the next half hour playing with the…
In the gym, now what?
Readers, can you believe it's already the third week of January? It's the time of year when I usually realize that my ambitious New Year's resolutions have failed epically. But this year, I actually seem to be developing a routine…
!! SNOW !!
For the past two years, we Torontonians have seen little to no snow. There has scantly been enough snowfall in the past two winters to build a snowman with a stature even close to that of an average human. The…
Get involved: The extracurricular path to becoming well-rounded
University life can consist of a constantly rotating to-do list of readings, essays, memorization, group work, et cetera - if you let it. There is an expectation that once we arrive at tertiary level education, we should succeed on a…
Student Savings and Money Matters
As the holiday season had come and gone, I couldn’t help but notice the same trend happening with my Christmas cash and the money I had saved up in my bank account. I blame a combination of exam stress and…
Waitlists and the Dean’s promise
Today is January 17th. Did you know it's Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the U.S.? For us U of T students, today is the day the waitlist drops and it's an all out dog eat dog world where you…
It’s Resolution Time Again!!! (yaaay???)
As 2010 drew to a close, a lot of us were thinking about the things that we'd like to achieve in the following year. I for one, have always had about a 50% completion rate on goals for the new year,…
Just dooooo it!! Turn those resolutions into healthy habits
This year, I will get to the gym more. I'll confess, that was last year's resolution too. But I was teaching in the UK and traveling most weekends, so it was hard to get into a routine. Well, that's my…
Mmmmm…books!
I hope everyone enjoyed their holiday! I did. The best thing about the break was that I finally had some spare time to read for pleasure. I love reading. I read all genres, whatever the book - as long as…
There’s nothing wrong with change
Most college students will change their major at least once during their academic career, if not several times. I thought I was so sure about my ambitions and would never fall under this statistic, but rest assured – it’s nothing…