I think sometime last week the driver of my train of thought started drinking and then she fell asleep. The train didn’t crash; it slowly lost steam and veered at a snail’s pace off course into some rather large bushes.…
Research project poster presentations
As I mentioned in an earlier post, the deadlines for undergraduate research courses are looming before us. Two related events - ones that could be really helpful for students thinking of applying to any one of these courses - are…
Be sustainable, be green!
"Hey Cynthia, can you come to the shop for 9:30 a.m. on Friday? We gotta move it to Hart House." "It" is the Blue Sky Solar Car team's baby, named Cerulean. I joined the team two years ago, but since…
Re-mark or not to re-mark? That is the question.
Last week I received a midterm mark back - an ouch mark*. You can imagine how upset I was. I have studied very hard this semester in an attempt to achieve a straight-A average (which, going by the ouch marks, I am falling…
Xxxtremely educational things to do on campus
McGill has its Playboy-ranked party school reputation. Western has its strippers unfathomable acts of promiscuity. Queen's has its infamous Homecoming craze. York, Ryerson and OCAD have their fair share of hot 'n' bothered bodies. And U of T has...Canada's answers…
Art! Dessert! Costumes! ESU’s Alice in Wonderland Cocktail Fundraiser
Around this time each year, everyone starts holding their end-of-the-semester-awesomeness events and I always find myself at Game Night in Computer Science Land. In the past I've poked fun at the 'English Student Union' (in quotes because at the time…
Get published as an undergrad: Journal of Young Investigators
Checking my emails over the weekend, I found one that described and linked to the Journal of Young Investigators (JYI), a peer-reviewed research journal that publishes original undergraduate research in science, math and engineering. JYI, established and still run entirely by…
Making sense of the U of T elections
You've seen the posters everywhere on campus - Vote for so-and-so! And somewhere in your subconscious, you probably realized there's an election coming up at the University. But if you're like me, you just don't care. It has nothing to…
How to learn outside the box
The best part of being in university also happens to be the worst. We learn so much every day and yet we learn primarily through one style - the classic, textbook learning which students complain results in a lot of…
U of T offers a program in what?! PoSt selection adventures with The Da Vinci Code, Star Wars and yoga
Are you a first-year student and clueless about how to choose your Subject PoSt (Program of Study)? Are you an upper-year student and unsure if your current program(s) is/are for you? Well, worry not, my friends, because lifeatuoft is here…