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FEATURED ARTICLES           Wednesday, March 10, 2010                                Email to a Friend

Tips on Staying Upbeat During the Winter Season
Trekking mountain climber style as gusts of howling winds pierce all uncovered skin. Permanent salt stains, frost bitten...

From pothead to psychologist? Why not!
A self-confessed "pot head" at 14 years of age, today, at the age of nineteen, Ariell Foran...

Tips For Valentines   Don't make him sweat on the hot seat?
What's a surefire way to close down communication? Put your mate on the defensive. Every relationship...

Tax Time can be rewarding for students
ost secondary students may be thinking about midterms and Spring Break at this time of year but...

Campus Eating Know-How:With Some Help from the Experts
Which resident student has not heard the following familiar grumblings at their native mess hall: “This food sucks”.

Holiday Shopping Guide '07
Campus Life get you the info on all the best gifts for friends and family for this holiday season.

Sweaty Coverage of the Sauna World Championship
Zooming the video camera lens, the sight of four flabby, nearly naked men and one scrawny guy forces me to zoom out—way out.

Riders with a Cause
Do you worry about the current state and future of our planet, or humanity? Are you one of those people who is scared by Al Gore’s vision of the world...

Internship Profile: Stephanie Ullman, CTV Newsroom
Attending murder trials, interviewing famous Canadian singers like Michael Buble, and covering breaking news...

HECTIC! You’ve got a million and one things to do and there are only 24 hours in a day. Sometimes you get bogged down with everything and just need some advice on relationships, large purchases, personal finance, gifts, etc.! You can find all of that information right here.

The New iPhone: A Preview


You’ve heard the hype, you’ve seen the hype, perhaps you even know someone who’s imported the hype; well, fellow Canadians, as of July 11th the hype officially crosses the border, as the Apple iPhone hits retail stores country-wide...

Street Performing: Can Anyone Do It?


“Hit me baby one more time!” Newbie busker David Fallarme belts out a familiar tune on his guitar, entertaining downtown Toronto’s Queen Street. Fallarme, a marketing student at the University of Guelph, experiments...

MMVA Madness: MuchMusic Awards to Take Over Toronto on June 15th


The MuchMusic Video Awards have come a long way since their inception way back in 1990, when the coveted Best Video award went to Cowboy Junkies and the ceremony took place on - get this - a train.

C’est Si Bon!


School’s out, the birds are singing, and this year marks the 400th anniversary of the founding of Quebec City, the oldest city in North America! I, for one, am definitely planning a trip there this summer...

First Dates


In the 1989 love comedy “When Harry Met Sally,” after consoling her single friends, Marie turns to her fiancé and says, “Please tell me I will never have to be out there again!.

Tips on How to Stay Upbeat During the Winter Season


Trekking mountain-climber style as gusts of howling winds pierce all uncovered skin. Permanent salt stains, frost bitten body parts and snow piles that make you re-consider...

From pothead to psychologist? Why not!


(NC)—A self-confessed "pot head" at 14 years of age, today, at the age of nineteen, Ariell Foran is 'clean' and pursuing her dream, a career in psychology.

Tips For Valentines:Don't make him sweat on the hot seat?


(NC)—What's a surefire way to close down communication? Put your mate on the defensive. Every relationship is different, but there are some universal things women do...

Tax Time can be rewarding for students


(NC)—Post secondary students may be thinking about midterms and Spring Break at this time of year but completing a tax return could mean a few extra dollars in their pockets..

Campus Eating Know-How: With Some Help from the Experts


Which resident student has not heard the following familiar grumblings at their native mess hall: “This food sucks”, “I’m not satisfied”, “Who wants to grab a shawarma?”.

Holiday Shopping Guide 2007


Campus Life takes you through the list, including all the gift's you'll need for family and friends this Holiday Season.

Sweaty Coverage of the Sauna World Championship


Zooming the video camera lens, the sight of four flabby, nearly naked men and one scrawny guy forces me to zoom out—way out. Crammed into the world’s teeniest Speedos, these unsightly middle-aged males are about to become scorching hot..

Riders with a Cause


Do you worry about the current state and future of our planet, or humanity? Are you one of those people who is scared by Al Gore’s vision of the world, but isn’t sure what to do about it? The Otesha Project may be able to help you..

Insure Yourself – Students Get the Scoop on Auto & Home Insurance


s millions of students head off to college this fall, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) strongly urges these young adults – and their parents – to get smart about insurance.

When the Glass Is Half Empty


Recently, I was driving home from work, seething in my usual traffic road rage, when an annoyingly perky voice started counting off the many reasons why pessimists generally live a much harder life.

Live Like You Were Dying


What would you do if you received the news that your days were now numbered and fleeting? How would you live the remainder of your life? What kind of person would you be?

Top 6 Love Tests


What It’s About: Yes, it doesn’t make sense for someone who likes you to intentionally try to hurt you through mean pranks, public humiliation, insults, and so on and so forth.

Too Much Romance?


Sitting on the bus on my way home plugged into my iPod, I noticed a young man standing by the driver holding a flower in his hand, something that looked like and orchid..

Virtues and Vices: Ryerson’s Annual Student Fashion Showcase


Virtues and Vices was the theme, title, and prime exhibition of Ryerson’s annual fashion showcase. Fashion Design students created designs for several mini fashion shows....

Abercrombie & Fitch: What’s Up With That?


The Abercrombie Summer 2006 Campaign video showcases: swimming, wet females and males, a bicycle… but clothes? They’re practically non-existent.

Desi Live: A Voice for the South Asian Community


The South Asian community has always struggled for a space on the radio airwaves and for a voice in the media to express their diverse experience and culture.

Spring Break: An Annual Tradition


Cabo, Cancun, Daytona Beach, Panama City, and even Montreal – during this time of year, these places ring only one bell: Spring Break! This marks a transition from early morning classes to...

PROTECTING POCKETS – 5 Fool Proof Ways to Save


Life is just not fair for us students! For a month of eating, days of sleeping, hours of playing and seconds of studying, all we get is an empty pocket.

African Orphan Babies: Altrusitic or Trendy?


It was your typical, abnormally frigid day at York, when I was skimming through MSN Sympatico for the latest catastrophes instilling trepidation into the world today...

New Year’s Resolutions: Walking the Walk


Another year has gone by and as many of you sit there, reflecting on all that has happened – all the birthdays, Christmas, Thanksgiving weekend, good times, bad times and the parties...

The Importance of a Positive Mental Attitude


A new year brings with it a sense of renewal, of starting afresh with new possibilities. However, there comes with it a lingering feeling of all those unrequited resolutions that have gone unfulfilled over the past months.

In The Company of Me:Going on a Rampage


Zero booty-calls lined up, single and your friends are out of town—desperately trying to forage for something to do.

Happy Hour: Exotic How–To Drink Recipes


Exotic news ways to get drunk, feauring drinks such as the Blackberry Fritz, Exotic Fruit Teaser, Sex on the Rocks, Triple J, In the Money and the Salt Slammer.

American Brand Invasion


For as long as I can remember, I looked forward to the end of summer and the cool autumn weather. Back to school was an exciting time....

In the Company of Me: Loving Your Own Skin


With the latest craze on these ‘model shows’ on hopeful youths trying to be the next hot model in town—now has every girl (and guy) running around taking matters into their own hands by being their own photographer.

Chronicles of a First Year Student


It seems that suddenly we wake up one morning, and we’re all adults preparing for a major change in our lives.

Car Purchasing Dilemma


According to Consumer Guide®, a 1990-96 BMW 5-Series vehicle will cost you anywhere from $1,500-11,300 – sounds like a pretty damn good price doesn’t it!

Back to School Money Saving Tips


The university and college experience is about expanding your personal horizons and finding out exactly what you are capable of.

Fight It or Pay It


You’re walking back to your car when you see it. That painful bright yellow slab of paper pinned against your windshield by your wiper.

Life as a Free Agent


Yep I’m Single, the three definite words that could get you in trouble, especially when you are surrounded by debauchery on a Saturday night.

How to Survive Daily Campus Food


h, the sweet smell of grease and who-knows-what! Mmmm, nothing has that aroma quite like the campus cafeteria.

Interview Dress


Alright gang, first of all, what may seem obvious to some when it comes to the do’s and don’ts of interview dress is all too foreign to others.

A Crazy College Kid's Guide to Being Prime


Who knew that you, at your prime, would be a numbed, overworked, partied-out, exam- crazed nervous wreck. Have you noticed people crossing to the other side of the street when you walk their way?