Managing your stress level is critical to a healthy post-secondary lifestyle
Mike Treadgold
As you read this, you’re either just about to begin your first semester of university classes or you’ve already attended a few lectures and labs and you’re still trying to feel out this entire academic situation.
In all likelihood, you haven’t had to complete any [...]

Campus counselling services offer assistance to students dealing with depression

Mike Treadgold
We’re trying very hard to keep these articles and advice columns light-hearted, yet educational; helpful, but also humourous – well, we’re probably not really that funny, but sometimes we try.
But there are some pretty serious issues that many university students face. Issues that, for obvious [...]

Health and dental benefits are available to all U of G students
Mike Treadgold
Looking at the breakdown of your university tuition statement and analyzing every small club and group that you pay into on a semesterly basis can be a daunting and overwhelming examination.
And while you might not make use of every single resource on campus [...]

Moving away from home makes developing good laundry habits a necessity
Mike Treadgold
The pile grows, first in size, next in stench, to the point where you start comparing pairs of boxer shorts to determine which pair smells the least bad as you prepare for to dress yourself for another day as a first-year student. At first, [...]

Duncan Day-Myron with files by Nicole Elsasser
Managing money is one of the skills that you will learn a lot about in your first year at university. From managing meal plan dollars to buying text books, to budgeting your nights out. For a lot of students, this will be the first time they had the amount [...]

Make friends in university by going outside the typical social circle

Mike Treadgold
So, you’re a week into your university career and in your opinion, your roommate, close neighbours and everyone else in that first group of acquaintances just don’t meet the standards and expectations that you had for social interaction on campus.
Are you judgemental? Perhaps, but, [...]

Sexually Transmitted Infections are more common among university-aged adults than any other age group
Mike Treadgold
It’s Saturday night and a massive kegger. The music is pumping, the beer is flowing and you strike up a conversation with that cute girl you’ve been checking out in your economics class. Perhaps under more sober circumstances, you didn’t have [...]