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Message from Facilities and Services follows

Once again, the University will be participating in the City of Toronto’s 20 Minute makeover this Friday April 23rd.

From 2:00 p.m. to 2:20 p.m. Toronto is having everyone get out and help tidy up around the city. Details can be found here: www.toronto.ca/litter/clean-up/20minute.htm

On campus we will have staff at the following areas handing out bags and gloves:

•Robarts Library, south west corner – Harbord Street at Huron Street
•246 Bloor St. west – corner of Bloor St. west and Bedford Avenue
•Sidney Smith patio – 100 St. George Street
•Front Campus – intersection of King’s College Road, Galbraith Road and
King’s College Circle
•Philosopher’s Walk – Hoskin Avenue, west of Queen’s Park
•Soldier’s Tower – Back Campus at Tower Road

Can’t join in? You can always take the time to think about how you can reduce your impact on the environment around you.

Hello UeaTers!

Those of you walking through Sidney Smith Hall must have noticed the bright, spacious, shiny new cafeteria on the lower level. You asked for a happier, friendlier space with more choices reflecting student tastes…and we delivered.

The Sid Smith renovations took place during the summer, and the grand opening of the cafeteria took place on September 23, 2009. If you went to grab a coffee or a shawarma at Sid’s Cafe on September 23rd, you may have also noticed Georgie, Student Life’s newest robot. Yes, we said ROBOT. Georgie wandered through the halls at Sid Smith, took a tour of Sid’s Cafe, and posed for a few photographs. In attendance at the grand opening alongwith Georgie were: Director of Ancillary Services, Anne Mcacdonald; Director of Food Services, Jaco Lokker, President of the Arts and Science Students’ Union, Gavin Nowlan; ASSU execs Julie He and Grant Gonzales; and Georgie’s co-creator and current mother..err…baby sitter…caretaker, Cynthia from UpbeaT.

Left to Right: Gavin Nowlan, Cynthia from UpbeaT (top), Anne Macdonald (bottom), Julie He, Georgie (top), Grant Gonzales, Jaco Lokker…at Sid’s Cafe’s grand opening.

If you haven’t already visited Sid’s Cafe, come on down this week. You will notice that the natural light keeps the room warm during cold mornings; the high ceilings spread out the noise; the new food stations offer a variety of fresh, healthy choices; and the comfy chairs and fireplace create a great place to hang out after class and catch up with friends.

We hope you enjoy this new space.

Leave us a comment (below) and let us know what you think!

 PS: Don’t forget to check out UpbeaT’s take on Sid’s Cafe! Click Here

Remember our post about Bees on campus? Brian Hamlin’s bee hives were so successful last year, that he is expanding his project. A group of student volunteers (anybody is welcome to join) is setting up apiaries on campus, and some of the honey (and related products like beeswax candles) will be sold at the U of T Farmers’ Market!

Torontoist did an awesome write-up about bees in Toronto, and Brian Hamlin’s work. You can check it out here: TORONTO’S BLOOMING BUZZTROPOLIS.

If you want to see the video shot on a windy winter afternoon at the New College bee hives, click here for the original UeaT post.

If you would like to get in touch with the student volunteers, leave a comment here and we can email you the information.

Image courtesy of Torotoist.

Dear UeaTers,

It is almost the end of term. Whether you are a student, staff or faculty member, you are looking forward to a few free moments at the end of this term.

Until you are done, we have a few wonderful deals to help make your days go by.

LUG A MUG FOR FREE COFFEE

On April 15, 2010 (Thursday), Starbucks is offering FREE COFFEE to anybody who comes with their reusable mug.

By lugging your mug to campus, you are saving a forest (and you thought you weren’t making an impact!) To calculate how many trees you are saving, click on the picture below.

BUY ONE OF THE $5 MEAL DEALS

Until April 23, 2010, bring $5 to one of the participating locations listed below and get an entire meal! For menu items and locations, click on the picture below.

We hope you will take advantage of these deals.

Best of luck with exams, tests and deadlines!