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FEATURED ARTICLES           Thursday, September 09, 2010                                Email to a Friend

Tips on Staying Upbeat During the Winter Season
Trekking mountain climber style as gusts of howling winds pierce all uncovered skin. Permanent salt stains, frost bitten...

From pothead to psychologist? Why not!
A self-confessed "pot head" at 14 years of age, today, at the age of nineteen, Ariell Foran...

Tips For Valentines   Don't make him sweat on the hot seat?
What's a surefire way to close down communication? Put your mate on the defensive. Every relationship...

Tax Time can be rewarding for students
ost secondary students may be thinking about midterms and Spring Break at this time of year but...

Campus Eating Know-How:With Some Help from the Experts
Which resident student has not heard the following familiar grumblings at their native mess hall: “This food sucks”.

Holiday Shopping Guide '07
Campus Life get you the info on all the best gifts for friends and family for this holiday season.

Sweaty Coverage of the Sauna World Championship
Zooming the video camera lens, the sight of four flabby, nearly naked men and one scrawny guy forces me to zoom out—way out.

Riders with a Cause
Do you worry about the current state and future of our planet, or humanity? Are you one of those people who is scared by Al Gore’s vision of the world...

Internship Profile: Stephanie Ullman, CTV Newsroom
Attending murder trials, interviewing famous Canadian singers like Michael Buble, and covering breaking news...

Life as a Free Agent

Wanting more than a good time

By Francis Luta

Yep I’m Single, the three definite words that could get you in trouble, especially when you are surrounded by debauchery on a Saturday night.

My good friend’s wedding invitation is still sitting on the edge of the table that got me thinking; I’m getting older, and everyone is pairing up. It’s as if I’m stuck in the middle of the cookie-cutter neighborhood bare naked, the couples pointing and laughing at me like I’m some kind of leper. Maybe the psychic was right—I am just a relationship vagabond. These are some of the things that follow me and linger in my mind as I chug down my beer.

Setting everything aside; from your family’s expectations of your own happiness with a partner, the lonesome feeling that visits you every now and then. Jolt yourself back into reality and just have fun. While on a mission Saturday night I couldn’t help but wonder whether it was just a temporary replacement of something meaningful missing? — No, just something light and uncomplicated to reassure your self-esteem. Eyes widened looking for the next prey. The next thing I know I am talking to a beautiful couple. Instantly I’ve upped my own bar, since I have never focused on two people at the same time. Nor have I ever been the guy that went home with them. Was it the beer that had me completely uninhibited?

My good friend who is getting married in a few months once asked me if I was interested in joining them in bed; of course I turned the offer down. Agreeing to the other couple on Saturday night was as inevitable as my realizations afterwards—that I am more lonesome than ever. Realizing that no matter how fun it is to hop-around, it can take its toll. Knowing I would rather be with someone who wants me for me and just me. Not want me as a distraction or an accessory. Perhaps next Saturday I’m better off in the company of Ben & Jerry, and Blockbuster too.

At the end of the peak, it would be nice to know that you are more than just a Good Time.