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THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO FACULTY OF LAW
VOLUME 12, ISSUE 4
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U of T takes centre stage at Law Games
Law Games a glorious success
January 26, 2011
U of T and its sexy Dalmatians partied hard at Law Games this year. Check out more Law Games pictures in our 4 page photo spread from pg. 11-14
On January 2, 2011, 42 University of Toronto Law students embarked on a bus for Quebec City, where they would be attending Law Games 2011. This year's Games, hosted by Laval University, was a grand success for the U of T delegation, which managed to take home the Law Games soccer banner for the second year in a row, while having plenty of fun the rest of the week at many other sporting events, activities, and of course parties. The Games were not without the kind of wildness and controversy one might expect from a days-long social bender for highly intelligent university students. Law Games began in the 1980s as a friendly hockey tournament between Canadian law students. Its purpose has been to introduce Canadian law students to their fellows across the country. The Games has evolved from that one-day tournament into a 4-day annual event including both academic and
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athletic events. It is the largest gathering of law students in Canada, often boasting attendance rates between 800 and 1000 students. This year, 16 schools participated. The U of T delegation, led by cocaptains Andrew Robertson and Atrisha Lewis, arrived in the evening along with Western and lodged at the Quebec City Hilton, where non-Law Games guests also had the misfortune of staying (hopefully they received a discount for their troubles). On registration, each room of students received two free 2-4s of beer, compliments of Laval’s organizing committee – they were duly put to use on the first night. Athletic events began the next morning. U of T fielded teams in volleyball, basketball, kinball, kickball, ultimate frisbee, flag football, soccer, dodgeball, indoor hockey, and inner-tube water polo. Like other teams, U of T had a hard time waking up in the morning for sports that began at 8:30 – the bus to
“PEPS”, the athletic facility, would leave the Hilton at 8:15. Unlike other teams, U of T had one athletic goal: to win the soccer banner. Despite some tense moments in the semi-finals against the University of Alberta, our team advanced to the soccer finals and decimated the competition. This is the second year in a row that U of T has been soccer champion. The evening events were well attended. After the first, sweatpant-prone night, there were three events. First was a pub crawl. A friendly guide from Laval took the team from pub to pub, where they would meet another team and share a few drinks and games of flip cup, musical chairs, and other similar events. For the truly nocturnal, Laval held a fooseball tournament and the second annual poutine-eating competition later that night. The next night was “theme night,” CONTINUED on page 2
UV INDEX
- PROFESSORS ON POLYGAMY............. P.3
- MOVEMBER RESULTS........................... P.4
- MOST ELIGIBLE BACHELORS............. P. 5 - VALENTINE’S DAY ADVICE................... P.6
- PROFESSOR RANKINGS....................... P.8
- VAGINA MONOLOGUES...................... P.10
- LAW GAMES PHOTOS.................. PP.11-14
- ATTACK ADS GOOD?........................... P.15
- THE “CHINESE MOTHER”............ PP.15,18
- EXAMSOFT ANGER.............................. P.19 - FACES OF SUCCESS........................... P.21
- 1L POETRY............................................ P.22
- LAWSTUDENTS.CA.............................. P.23 - COMICS..................................................P.24