Back to School 2011: Fall Fashion Trends

It’s back-to-school season once again, and along with restocking your eraser stash comes renewing your wardrobe for the fall ahead. Check out some of the latest fashion trends (almost all of which are iconic from decades past) that are sure to be storming through the halls this school year. Return of the ’90s Last year saw an…

BOGO Organizations: Buy one, GIVE one

Buy One Get Give One! Ever since the excitement over TOMS shoes (and now sunglasses) erupted, I was curious if there were any other organizations with similar motives. Despite the criticism of these particular organizations, here is a short list of BOGO organizations. If you really want to help someone while receiving an item of…

Why I volunteer with Youth Central

I began volunteering with Youth Central just this summer. I’m a fairly new volunteer, but I most definitely do not feel like one.  The staff at Youth Central has integrated me into the system so much so that I feel like I have known them for a long time! Just this summer I have already…

The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan

I thought the series was over, but I was wrong. When I first found out about this book, part of me was upset because I’m getting too old to be reading books from this series. The other part of me could not wait to get my hands on this book. Basically Jason wakes up in…

The Benefits of Home-schooling

In Canada, there are around 70,000 children who are home-schooled. But why do some parents choose to teach their children at home, rather than expose them to the public school system?  After all, home-schooling can be exhausting for the parents, and activities easily at hand in school like music programs and sports are much less…

The Beauty of Interactive Art

Last month I had the opportunity to attend the Shad Valley program at the University of Waterloo. I learned a lot of exciting things, and what’s called Technology Art or Interactive Art was one of them. I met Professor Rob Gorbet, who teaches at the University of Waterloo and also has a practice in interactive…

Photo(s) of the Day: The Big Apple

In case you didn’t know, the “Big Apple” refers to NYC. Over the last few days I was fortunate to be vacationing at New York and I thought I’d share some of the photos I took.   A view of the city. Can you spot the Empire State building?   The Brooklyn Bridge connects Manhattan…