After my guide to meeting people in first year last week, I thought it would only be fitting to discuss my experience as a second-year student. Firstly, a question to the audience: Should second year students (or any upper years for…
Finding Off Campus Housing
It’s mid way through the semester and for first year students in particular, that means it’s time to start looking for places in which you would like to stay for next academic year, whether if it’s off or on campus.…
Gettin’ Caffeinated around Campus
This semester I’ve found myself with a very spread out class schedule that leaves me lounging on campus for a good portion of every day. Since I’ve officially hit my Robarts tolerance quota for the month and my luck at…
Commuting: The Multitasking Edition
Like most students here at the University of Toronto, I am a commuter student. As such, I spend a large portion of my time every day on our city’s treasure: the TTC. Unlike many of my peers though, my commute…
#Foodie – The Off-Campus Food Scene
To be completely honest, I don’t even know what the exact definition of a foodie is, although you’ll often find me claiming to be one. Urban dictionary had way too many varying explanations, so that didn’t help much either. I…
Ondiek’s Declassified Non-Res School Survival Guide
You’re finally done high school! But you have one “problem”… and no, it’s not that Ariana Grande song. The problem is that you’re not living on residence next fall. You’re probably experiencing a major case of the FOMO. Well, don’t.…
Housing, Housing, Everywhere…
So lately I’ve been pondering what my future is going to look like as I get set to graduate in…. 8 weeks, 2 days, 8 hours, 32 minutes, and 12 seconds, 11, 10… But who’s counting? Regardless of how excited…
When rent is not an opera, but a tragic comedy
We are moving. Again. This is the second time in one year. Our problems started three weeks before my boyfriend and I moved in to our current apartment. Our landlords, a husband and wife couple, had promised us that by…