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December 12 2011

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  • Drop Fees Rally Videos
  • Article by The Medium

  • Exclusive Mediumonline videos from the Student Day of Action, November 5, 2009.

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  • USS Behind The Scenes
  • Article by The Medium

  • Go behind the scenes of The Medium’s exclusive November 2009 USS photoshoot. Photographs and art direction by Matthew Filipowich

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  • Students Get School’d at second pub
  • Article by Saaliha Malik with notes from Stefanie Marotta

  • The Blind Duck was packed last Thursday night when hordes of students lined up for the second pub night of the year In bold departure from previous years, UTMSU VP Campus Life Andrew Lalla decided to hold the Get Schoold Pub Night a week after the first. Traditionally the second pub night is held months [...]

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  • FROSH MY LIFE
  • Article by The Medium

  • The CCIT Council held their own orientation day last Friday for 40 first-year CCIT students and 25 upper-year leaders. The one-day event featured an afternoon of games at Erindale Park, a scavenger hunt on campus, a meet-and-greet session with professors and ended with a Yuk Yuks comedy show and a surprise dance party at the [...]

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  • Orientation Rocks Toronto
  • Article by Saaliha Malik

  • Hundreds of doe-eyed first-year students came out to meet mingle and march as the five-day Orientation Week event kicked off on September 1. The Transformers themed week entertained 900 new UTM students and 125 orientation leaders with a variety of activities.

    A dry pub night held at the Blind Duck was first on the docket where students were treated to a party with music by Toronto-based radio station, Z103.5.
    Due to the permanent closure of parking lot 2, this year’s carnival was held at the back of lot 8 near the RAWC. The parking lot was transformed to a carnival filled with snow cones, a Ferris wheel, inflatables and a concert hosted by CFRE radio.

    Many students tested their strength and endurance with the newly added rock climbing wall while others had the chance to meet campus clubs who recruited new members throughout the carnival.

    For the second year in a row, Orientation Week fell within the Holy Islamic month of Ramadan. To ensure accessibility for all, signage was placed throughout the campus guiding students to prayer rooms made available all week…

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  • Kwanzaa and you

  • Article by Hakima Hazifa

  • Just last month, the world’s population reached an astounding 7,000,000,000. It’s mind-blowing to think that, despite the long chain of zeroes in that number, each and every individual is unique with their own distinct personality and characteristics. Regardless of this variety, the world is undoubtedly becoming culturally homogenized. We know that we can strut our [...]

  • Parking deck expansion planned for 2015

  • Article by Lori-Lee Emshey

  • The Erindale College Council is considering a motion to extend the upper parking deck in lot 8 by 300 spaces at a cost of around $6.5 million. The project, to be completed by fall 2015…

  • Pass the glass eyes, please

  • Article by Colleen Munro

  • Food is an undeniably important part in our lives. The way we  acquire it, the way we prepare it, and the people we share it with are unique to every individual. That diversity is the subject matter of a new exhibition on display at the Art Gallery of Mississauga. In Eat Drink Man Woman, nearly [...]


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