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 [...]
Carnival concert in review
Froshies and Frosh leaders alike rocked with members of campus radio station CFRE Radio at the Frosh carnival concert this past Wednesday. Carnival-goers had the opportunity to see live acoustic performances from special guests Moneen, Spiral Beach, The Junction and Fox Jaws, and meet members from each band during post-performance interviews in the CFRE tent.
Moneen [...]
Orientation hits a high note
Ask any first-year what they look forward to most during Frosh Week and they’ll tell you, but of course, the concert. The speculations and lengthy discussions started weeks before any concrete decisions were made: “Which bands are playing at U of T this year?” “I heard there’s going to be five different bands!” [...]
Orientation Rocks Toronto
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…
UCS under fire for Biz Frosh chants
The Undergraduate Commerce Society is currently under investigation from UTM administration for promoting discriminating and lewd behaviour during their orientation week, titled Biz Frosh in September last year. Last October, two students sent separate emails to UTM Student Union vp equity Saaliha Malik raising their concerns over some of the cheers chanted during the [...]
