Volume 39, Issue 6

Busiest year yet for the Safety Day BBQ

Oct 21, 2012

Campus Police’s annual Safety Day BBQ raised $482.80 for United Way and saw its largest turnout in years this past Thursday. Corporal Bobbi-Jo Duff, who...

U of T among best employers

Doaa Rohillah

Oct 21, 2012

The University of Toronto was recently chosen as one of the top 100 employers...

Transfer credit consortium in effect

Bailey Green

Oct 21, 2012

Vice-president and provost Cheryl Misak announced last week that a new transfer credit consortium...

SEC teaches how to listen

Andrew Dmytrasz

Oct 21, 2012

The Sexual Education and Peer Counselling Centre held their first workshop of the year....

Orphan Run launches new website

Lily Bowman

Oct 21, 2012

UTM’s student-run charity Orphan Run launched their new website with a celebration in the...

Should diplomas be called degrees?

Mudeeha Yousaf

Oct 21, 2012

Ontario’s community colleges want to rename their three-year diplomas to “degrees”, arguing that the...

Breaking ground at the North Building

Atika Azhar

Oct 21, 2012

UTM held a groundbreaking ceremony last week for its original and oldest building, the...

You can only care about what you know

Luke Sawczak

Oct 21, 2012

Dear Editor, Every week I read every article in your paper two or three times. I’ve done so for the last three years—ever since I started there as copy editor. At first it was just a job in something I was good at. I’d never read...

Merging university and college

Stefanie Marotta

Oct 21, 2012

Some reasons are better than others for why students choose university over college. As...

A&E

NEW FALL TV

Odia Edeawe, Madiha Aziz & Colleen Munro

Oct 21, 2012

With the weather starting to turn cold and some of the season’s less impressive rookie shows already cancelled (goodbye, Made in Jersey and Animal...

U of T Idol competition heats up

Marlo Young

Oct 21, 2012

U of T Idol, a year-long event held at Hart House, borrows the concept...

YTF leave their legacy in Toronto

Celina Ip

Oct 21, 2012

YTF Legacy paid a visit to Toronto’s Danforth Music Hall as part of their...

Gibbard goes solo

Joe Measures

Oct 21, 2012

After the success he had with his band Death Cab for Cutie, Benjamin Gibbard...

Things that still go bump in the night

Cliff Lee

Oct 21, 2012

The Paranormal Activity franchise is back with a fourth round, just in time for...

An eye-opening night at Hart House

Aristotle Eliopoulos

Oct 21, 2012

Hart House Theatre presented their second play of the season, the politically charged one-woman...

Features

Educational eating

Maria Cruz

Oct 21, 2012

“Downtown Baby”, an article published by The Grid in June, was by a Toronto parent who defended his decision to raise his son in...

Mentors wanted

Areej Ashraf

Oct 21, 2012

Success stories aren’t hard to come by. Newspapers, magazines, and blogs seem to be...

U of T revives three-year degree

Cliff Lee

Oct 21, 2012

Ever wondered what it would be like to complete your degree sooner? What about...

Luke’s Languages: Tired of Theory?

Luke Sawczak

Oct 21, 2012

Hi again, everyone! I hope you’re getting some time to enjoy the leaves as...

What you didn’t know about the library

Jai Sangha

Oct 21, 2012

The Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre is not just a place to borrow books...

Sports

Recapping the playoffs in Major League Baseball

Justin Hernandez

Oct 21, 2012

This playoff season, the Baltimore Orioles triumphed over the Texas Rangers 5–1 in the National League division in an exciting nine innings, while 2011’s...