September 30 2010

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the backpage

the inside

The social network conundrum

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A carpe noctem guide to Nuit Blanche

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the newspaper University of Toronto’s Independent Weekly

Vol. XXXIII N0. 3

Economics of A&S

September 30, 2010

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s...an ornithopter!

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DAVE BELL

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Making LOVE @ UT MnrUPe Virk Given the daunting size of U of T’s student body, most students find asking for lecture notes a challenge, let alone finding “the one” on campus. Despite this, the students behind Love@UT believe they have the solution to this problem. Love@UT is a brand new online dating service designed to help U of T students in meeting new people, starting a new relationship, or simply making friends. The brainchild of Joey Nodalo, Matthew Saunders, Samantha Joel, Andrew Danks

and Lori Lee, Love@UT seeks to make campus a “more friendly and romantic place.” “The U of T student body is so large that it creates a barrier for students to be able to find others with whom they can develop a meaningful connection” explains Danks. “In addition, we all have assignments, tests, and perhaps part-time jobs which leaves little room for building a social life.” Unlike other online dating sites, which match individuals up using automated algorithms, Love@UT puts the work in the hands of the students. Students

create profiles for themselves containing information regarding their academics, their appearance and their lifestyle. In addition, they can also write up little blurbs to provide more personalized information about themselves. Other students can search these profiles by filtering a number of properties (such as program of study, campus, drinking habits, hair colour, etc) and then scanning through the resulting profiles. If a profile of interest pops up, they simply send a message and see where the budding interaction go.

University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) PhD student Todd Reichert has recently become kind of a big deal, especially in the world of aeronautical engineering. The last few weeks have been a whirlwind of international interviews and media coverage, making headlines in every major media outlet worldwide. The big deal is Reichert’s recent triumph: the world’s first fully functional, human powered ornithopter, which Reichert and his team have dubbed “Snowbird.” What exactly is an ornithopter, you may be wondering? According to Reichert, it is a lightweight aircraft that takes flight just as a bird would: through the flapping of wings. Reichert began his project four years ago under the supervision of Dr. James DeLaurier, Professor Emeritus at UTIAS. “Dr. D,” as he is affectionately Continued on page 2


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