As a graduating student, here is my personal list of things I want to complete before the end of April. 1. Visit all 40 libraries at U of T Over my six years of being a student, I have visited…
Weekly School Sports Lookout (Oct. 2–7)
Hey, Varsity Blues fans! It's time to show your school spirit and mark your calendars for an exciting week of home games at the University of Toronto from October 2nd to 7th. Whether you're a die-hard supporter or just looking…
Why you’ll wish you went to an online event
Try to explore and find something that floats your boat.
5 Things You Didn’t Know About Varsity Sports Games
When the term “Varsity” arises on campus many things come to mind—The newspaper, the iconic Varsity arena, and often the Varsity sports players themselves. While U of T isn’t known to be extremely athletic, I was astonished by the level…
The Job Chronicles: Slaying Second Year
After last week’s post that detailed the hoops I jumped through to secure part-time employment during first year, I thought it would only be appropriate to discuss my developments over the past two semesters. In second year, I moved to…
Are Baseball Players Actually Aliens?
Unlike last week, my activity this week involved a sport I actually like! On Sunday afternoon, I watched the Varsity Blues baseball team play their last game of the season. They played against Wilfred Laurier University for the Ontario University…
GO SPORTS, YEAH FOOTBALL
This week, I watched a Blues football game at Varsity Centre. Despite having grown up in the American South, where I attended a fair share of Super Bowl parties and football games with my marching band, I know next to…
Read all the things… or not
Ah, that precious time off that I (and no doubt many of you!) have been looking forward to all term is finally here: Reading week!! Now I know that for most of us, the fate of our reading week depends…
go blues go
Some families are really into soccer, others baseball or basketball. With my family, our sport is football (the American version). We play backseat referee, quarterback and commentator every Saturday. That's right, Saturday, not Sunday is game day at my house.…
True Blue – the search for school spirit
For the time that I have been a student at U of T, I’m sad to say that my blood has never bled blue for U of T’s Varsity Blues. School spirit is few and far between on our campus…