Yep- there are definite perks to being a grad student. Staying up late on a Monday night with your classmates and drinking far too much beer is certainly one of them. After delivering my presentation in class yesterday (which, I…

So this is crazy: this is my LAST WEEK of leading tutorials as a T.A. In the film department, we only meet with our students every other week. Because of Easter next week, they’ve down some schedule-juggling, and have declared…

Good morning, fair readers! I managed to sneak out of town again this weekend. I went to Ottawa this time — a friend was driving there anyway, and I figured a little road-tripping couldn’t hurt the ol’ battered spirits. And…

Yep- I definitely wasn’t the only one breathing a gleeful sigh of relief today at the bright blue skies and warming sun. Yes indeed: spring is Kingston-bound. Tiny, determined tulip greens are pushing their way through the muddy earth promising…

My morning has not had enough of it so far.

That’s right, dear readers: I’m taking the weekend off! Yes, I am thrilled to report that I have taken myself on an incredibly-mini-holiday-weekend to Montreal. I know – it’s not a big deal, right? Montreal is a mere 2.5-ish hours…

hi Friends- Today’s Globe and Mail has a special section called “Report on Campus Research” (sadly the section isn’t available on-line)– it’s basically a look at what’s happening at Canadian universities (but of course, the cynic in me can’t help…

It’s Saturday morning, and I’m sitting in a sunlit coffee shop, thinking about the work I should be doing, and wondering where the heck the week went. I don’t know about the rest of you, but this first week back…

So I’m sitting in the Cultural Studies graduate lounge trying to figure out what to write about today, when my friend Karl plunks himself down in a nearby chair. “How was your week?” I ask, happy to see him after…