Friday, March 29, 2024

Carine Abouseif

Masthead

Carine doesn’t like bios, but here goes. Carine enjoyed writing feature articles so much that she wants to make a career out of it. Carine is always asking questions and enjoys meeting students who are passionate enough to look for answers. Carine hates the phrase "print is dead”.

@carine_abouseif

Contributions

How to Make a Newspaper

Every Monday morning, a stack of fresh newspapers appears on stands around campus. But how does it get there? It takes people, planning, programs,...

Careers and can-do clichés

So, you have no idea what you’re doing after graduation? Well, six months from now, you might find people around you saying things like...

They’ll never change me

What was your New Year’s resolution? I want to be healthier, you say. No, I want to read more! Actually, I want to improve...

Playing writing games with TAs

Dear Editor, The administration is currently in the process of debating new writing initiatives that will be implemented starting fall 2013. The university feels that...

Law of the library jungle

It’s that time of year again. Everyone is in track pants; messy buns and beards are everywhere; Starbucks, Tim Hortons, and Second Cup are...

Success breeds stress

You know that feeling when you do really well on a midterm and suddenly you’re even more stressed about the final exam? You feel...

x + y = perfect marriage

Math says my boyfriend and I are incompatible. Actually, it probably says you and your significant other are incompatible, too. In fact, according to one...

If UTM buildings were film genres

Exams are coming around. If you’re like us, that means you’re doing everything in your power to stop thinking about exams. That might be...

Spine-chilling Mississauga

Halloween’s over, but Mississauga has its fair share of historical sites with creepy background stories. And the locations aren’t far away, either. In fact,...

What do your stress-related dreams mean?

Falling Maria Cruz You’re strolling down the street on a warm summer day. You wave hello to friendly strangers as they pass you by. You’re merrily...

UTM/TV acquired

The Digital Enterprise Management Society’s August newsletter reported that they now own and operate UTM/TV. To me, the word “own” evokes images of financial takeovers...

We should have warned them

Picture this: a dewy-eyed high school graduate flipping through a university program catalogue in the middle of an economic recession. She flips past accounting,...

Where do we go from here?

“I chose UTM because of its environmental image,” says Rahul Mehta, a June 2012 UTM graduate. Mehta, an earth sciences major, spent much of...

We really “like” ourselves

Studies find a link between time spent on Facebook and narcissistic personality traits

Wheat: a hard drug

Wheat seems to act on the brain the same way addictive drugs do

Space Invaders

A mob floods down IB’s main steps. Students turn into classes. Students rush out of classes. They mill around the lobby—talking, texting, snacking—toting laptops,...

UTM rocks for cancer research

Students jammed at the Blind Duck Pub on Friday in a benefit concert for breast cancer research

Pursuit of prettiness

How an adaptive trait might play an important role in judging attractiveness

Mindwaves paves the way for non-fiction prose

Mindwaves collects, edits, and publishes the best of UTM’s non-fiction writing.

How too much noise can harm your health

It turns out, though, that noise, whether you’re asleep or awake, can really hurt your heart and your brain.

It can feel like all we do is type

Type, type, type. For many of us, around this time of year, it can feel like all we do is type. We type term papers and test notes and emails. We then go and type Facebook statuses complaining about all the term papers and tests and emails.

I’m tellin’ y’all it’s sabotage

You have six hours—six hours until your 30% paper is due. You stare at your screen. You only have two paragraphs down. You tentatively tap...

Discussion versus lecture in class

Many of us dread it: having to speak in class. Whether you’re naturally shy or just plain don’t like the sound of your voice, whether you’re studying humanities or even some social sciences, it’s going to happen to you.

Letter to the Editor: Not so much East vs. West

Several weeks ago, the discussion in one of my classes turned to the idea of resisting “Orientalism”. There’s a long and complex discourse around the concept of Orientalism that I won’t go into here.

Life in the new Panopticon

You’ve seen them before. Those pictures online. The girl holds a camera out in front of her. She pouts her lips, makes sure her cleavage is exposed, and snaps a picture of herself.

Do you live in a bubble?

And then came personalization, where the Internet already knows what you want to find out. Sounds good, right?

Weird test and exam rituals

We asked students what rituals they performed when writing essays, taking exams, or just plain studying.

E-reading lacks intimacy

More and more professors seem to be assigning readings in the form of PDF files or online articles instead of physical textbooks.

Student engagement at UTM

WITH NOTES FROM CATHERINE LOPES AND JODELLE DEJESUS Last week I stood in line to get my U-Pass from the Presentation Room. I was bored, so I...

How to stay sane on residence

You did the cheers, you danced on tables, you drank too much. Good stuff. Now it’s time to start university and deal with your roommates.

Mr. Mossad’s Mistress

I hold my blue ballpoint pen centimetres away from a rectangular notepad. The word “Oracle” blazes in large, red, angular letters from the top...

How to Make a Newspaper

Every Monday morning, a stack of fresh newspapers appears on stands around campus. But how does it get there? It takes people, planning, programs,...

Careers and can-do clichés

So, you have no idea what you’re doing after graduation? Well, six months from now, you might find people around you saying things like...

They’ll never change me

What was your New Year’s resolution? I want to be healthier, you say. No, I want to read more! Actually, I want to improve...

Playing writing games with TAs

Dear Editor, The administration is currently in the process of debating new writing initiatives that will be implemented starting fall 2013. The university feels that...

Law of the library jungle

It’s that time of year again. Everyone is in track pants; messy buns and beards are everywhere; Starbucks, Tim Hortons, and Second Cup are...

Success breeds stress

You know that feeling when you do really well on a midterm and suddenly you’re even more stressed about the final exam? You feel...

x + y = perfect marriage

Math says my boyfriend and I are incompatible. Actually, it probably says you and your significant other are incompatible, too. In fact, according to one...

If UTM buildings were film genres

Exams are coming around. If you’re like us, that means you’re doing everything in your power to stop thinking about exams. That might be...

Spine-chilling Mississauga

Halloween’s over, but Mississauga has its fair share of historical sites with creepy background stories. And the locations aren’t far away, either. In fact,...

What do your stress-related dreams mean?

Falling Maria Cruz You’re strolling down the street on a warm summer day. You wave hello to friendly strangers as they pass you by. You’re merrily...

UTM/TV acquired

The Digital Enterprise Management Society’s August newsletter reported that they now own and operate UTM/TV. To me, the word “own” evokes images of financial takeovers...

We should have warned them

Picture this: a dewy-eyed high school graduate flipping through a university program catalogue in the middle of an economic recession. She flips past accounting,...

Where do we go from here?

“I chose UTM because of its environmental image,” says Rahul Mehta, a June 2012 UTM graduate. Mehta, an earth sciences major, spent much of...

We really “like” ourselves

Studies find a link between time spent on Facebook and narcissistic personality traits

Wheat: a hard drug

Wheat seems to act on the brain the same way addictive drugs do

Space Invaders

A mob floods down IB’s main steps. Students turn into classes. Students rush out of classes. They mill around the lobby—talking, texting, snacking—toting laptops,...

UTM rocks for cancer research

Students jammed at the Blind Duck Pub on Friday in a benefit concert for breast cancer research

Pursuit of prettiness

How an adaptive trait might play an important role in judging attractiveness

Mindwaves paves the way for non-fiction prose

Mindwaves collects, edits, and publishes the best of UTM’s non-fiction writing.

How too much noise can harm your health

It turns out, though, that noise, whether you’re asleep or awake, can really hurt your heart and your brain.

It can feel like all we do is type

Type, type, type. For many of us, around this time of year, it can feel like all we do is type. We type term papers and test notes and emails. We then go and type Facebook statuses complaining about all the term papers and tests and emails.

I’m tellin’ y’all it’s sabotage

You have six hours—six hours until your 30% paper is due. You stare at your screen. You only have two paragraphs down. You tentatively tap...

Discussion versus lecture in class

Many of us dread it: having to speak in class. Whether you’re naturally shy or just plain don’t like the sound of your voice, whether you’re studying humanities or even some social sciences, it’s going to happen to you.

Letter to the Editor: Not so much East vs. West

Several weeks ago, the discussion in one of my classes turned to the idea of resisting “Orientalism”. There’s a long and complex discourse around the concept of Orientalism that I won’t go into here.

Life in the new Panopticon

You’ve seen them before. Those pictures online. The girl holds a camera out in front of her. She pouts her lips, makes sure her cleavage is exposed, and snaps a picture of herself.

Do you live in a bubble?

And then came personalization, where the Internet already knows what you want to find out. Sounds good, right?

Weird test and exam rituals

We asked students what rituals they performed when writing essays, taking exams, or just plain studying.

E-reading lacks intimacy

More and more professors seem to be assigning readings in the form of PDF files or online articles instead of physical textbooks.

Student engagement at UTM

WITH NOTES FROM CATHERINE LOPES AND JODELLE DEJESUS Last week I stood in line to get my U-Pass from the Presentation Room. I was bored, so I...

How to stay sane on residence

You did the cheers, you danced on tables, you drank too much. Good stuff. Now it’s time to start university and deal with your roommates.

Mr. Mossad’s Mistress

I hold my blue ballpoint pen centimetres away from a rectangular notepad. The word “Oracle” blazes in large, red, angular letters from the top...

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