Winter 2024 Caucus Report

A tame night of reports from both new and departing administrators

Empowering Survivors

The Sexual Violence Support and Prevention Center at the University of Toronto

Eat After Eight

The new student-run food program that reduces waste and feeds students

Victoria College’s approach towards anti-Black racism

The Scarborough Charter and Black History Month events and commitments

Use our valentines below and it’ll be Meow + You = 4Ever

We’ve got lines for you that’ll be sure to impress, or fill them out with your own!

LOV3R

Beguiling gargoyles spotted around Vic

Have you seen these creatures??

Remember/revel

In defense of platonic love

A Barbenheimer-style back-and-forth duel on ideas of friendship, from caricatures inspired by Machiavelli and Carrie Bradshaw

Do you ever think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport?

What was that thing Hugh Grant said?

AI and regime types: who benefits and how? 

Navigating the New Frontier: AI's role in shaping political landscapes

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences nixed the Creativity and Society major. Why didn’t they ask students first?

Faculty's rejection of the Creative Expression and Society major program is the latest in a series of failures of accountability

Date the Strand

And once again comes the time of year when Cupid shoots to kill. The Strand’s most chronically single editors have asked members of your favourite campus newspaper to….

Let us build ourselves

The challenges of attaining gender-affirming gear for UofT students

The political canvas: artistic agency contends the forces of censorship

Palestinian artists find their voices stifled by the global stage

Scarlet, gold, and the thin blue line

Victoria College's dangerous relationship with the police

To all the roommates I loved before

You browse the shelves at Indigo, perusing the romance section for another enemies-to-lovers book to spice up your life. But you want something new…something exciting. …

To love and live on the runway

Vivienne Westwood’s SS24 collection, and the memorialisation of fashion designers
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The Interconnectedness of Love

In a world full of binaries, love has often become one of them. In our culture and society, we construct binaries to categorise and hierarchise ...

Robots have feelings too: art in the digital age

Why is everyone saying this robot looks tired?
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Scientists @ Vic: Jackson Leslie

The Strand: What year are you and what are your majors?  Jackson Leslie: I’m in my fourth year. I specialize in Neuroscience, and I do …

Life sciences programs—a rundown

Upper-year students talk program selection, experiences, and advice.

An amateur ecologist’s list of love and sex in the natural world

Highlights include penis fencing and long-distance friendships

Lovesick commodified

How dating apps are changing our relationships
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A Lover

A Lover words by Zoe Smith Creppillustration by Chelsey Wang They paint the forest trails / to resting places, crow’s feet / for loving eyes / …

Rabbit God

Rabbit God words by Victoria Wai Kei Liillustration by Vincent Quach When I first clasped your hands, I told youabout the Rabbit God; now we ...
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t(ransformative) 4 t(ransformative)

t(ransformative) 4 t(ransformative) words by Kieran Guimond My name has never felt more                          ...
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Daydream

Daydream words by Alexander Kolomesky In your presenceThe evanescence of thought begins to driftYou hold me tightI curl up in blissAnd go in for a ...

Four alternatives to “Would you peel an orange for me?”

For the Couple with a Vitamin C Deficiency

How to win a guy in ten dates

A super professional, accurate, tried-and-true guide to the perfect date, 100 percent guarantee, no cashback.

Top five rom-coms to watch with your significant other

You and your partner will be blown away after watching these movies, #noclickbait

Ten of my highly researched well-thought-out predictions for 100 years from now

[puts on Princess Diana-esque voice] I think, in 2124, people will be more metallic…
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Credits for Spring 2023 Magazine — Disaster

Half-heartedness

Half-heartedness sometimes i feel like my life is going nowhere though i want to live fully satisfied  i do not know how to go on ...
Artistic depiction of hands breaking open a heart-shape fruit causing an image that looks like heartbreak

Cover Illustrations — Disaster magazine

Covers illustrations by Shelley Yao

It’s okay to believe in ghosts

It’s okay to believe in ghosts words by Eugene Kimphotos by Nicholas Tam and Kelsey Ngan Phungmodelling by Anh Minh Le “Whatever you now find ...
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Strandcast Vol. 65 – Ep. 2: Listen or Die – A Halloween Special!

Boo! Come and sit by the metaphorical fire as you listen to some spooky Filipino monster lore. Also in this episode, Jerico recounts many different …

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Strandcast Vol. 65 – Ep. 1: Dis-Disorienting

Need some chaotic but comforting advice for both incoming and returning students? Join Jerico, the podcast editor, as he explores the possibilities of the podcast ...
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The Strand: ‘Old’ School

The new academic year is starting with the old ways of teaching. Many of us are nervous about what it is going to take for ...
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Dreams Magazine Episode

In this accompaniment to The Strand’s Spring 2021 Dreams Magazine, two contributors reflect on the theme and their creative process. Saba Javed discusses falling asleep, ...

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