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Who Gets to be “Official”: The Case Study of U of T’s new Falun …
10 hours ago · Who Gets to be “Official”: The Case Study of U of T’s new Falun Dafa Club. By Genevieve Sugrue — Published November 4, 2024. What is and is not allowed to be a club at U of T? What are the regulations? And who decides? The Varsity takes a closer look at a controversy surrounding the new Falun Dafa club and how it came to be recognized ...
Commuters express concerns over TTC disruptions, construction, …
14 hours ago · By Asmi Khanna — Published November 4, 2024. Over the past year, the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) commuters saw a number of changes to their transit from ongoing construction and weekend closures, to Reduced Speed Zones (RSZs) and concerns about safety conditions. The Varsity spoke with UTSG commuter students about how these changes have ...
Rebuilding the Raptors: A 2023–2024 review and 2024–2025 preview
11 hours ago · The 2023–2024 Raptors season was one to forget for Toronto basketball fans. The team’s performance was unbearable, finishing with a 25–57 record — the fourth-worst in franchise history. This record is just ahead of the 2010–2011 season (22 wins), the 1995–1996 season (21 wins), and the expansion-era 1997–1998 season, which saw ...
Blues dominate in home opener against TMU Bold – The Varsity
11 hours ago · Blues dominate in home opener against TMU Bold. Alvarez’s 24-point night leads team to first Metro Hoops Classic. By Garret Dai — Published November 4, 2024. The Varsity Blues routed the Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) Bold in an 84–67 win on November 1 at the Goldring Centre. With the win, the Blues claimed the inaugural Men’s ...
Varsity Handbook
TheVarsity's handbook for 2021. Letter from the Editors First year can be overwhelming at the best of times, and beginning your degree in this strange, halfway back-to-normal state probably wasn’t what you envisioned, or what you wanted.
Joe’s Basketball Diaries: Intersection of politics and sport
11 hours ago · The Varsity sat down with Wong in an exclusive interview to talk basketball, podcasts, and politics. Last year, Wong hosted Joe’s Basketball Diaries, a six-episode video series on the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy website discussing the ups and downs of basketball and its intersections with global affairs and politics.
Opinion: U of T’s grade-obsessed culture is harming student …
Apr 7, 2024 · At U of T, the culture around grades fosters unhealthy, unnecessary competition that I believe is one of the biggest contributors to poor student mental health. Researchers from the University of Southern California found that the pressures of competition increase college students’ rates of anxiety by 70 per cent and depression by 40 per cent.
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About. Published March 9, 2015. Mission statement: The Varsity is the University of Toronto’s student newspaper of record and leading source of trusted, independent journalism, serving the university community since 1880. We commit ourselves to innovation, openness, and accessibility; to the development of our contributors; and to the ...
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