Caden Shapiro Jays in Transition: Building a Strategy for a Sustainable Contender “If we do everything the exact same way the Yankees and Red Sox do, they’re going to win every time because they have […]
A Better Tomorrow – Movie Review
Phillip Kong For a movie with so much blood, guns, and deaths, the Hong Kong classic A Better Tomorrow has an emotionally driven storyline that leaves the audience shocked throughout the film. It stars Ti […]
King Henry IV, Part 1
Andrew Mun-Shimoda The UCC/BSS production of Shakespeare’s King Henry IV, Part 1 was a strong, entertaining performance. The combat kept the audience on their toes, and the interesting performances kept the audience thinking. While […]
UCC Swimming: Success and Irrelevance
Phillip Kong As much as I hate complaining about the conditions of the pool, (the fact that it suspiciously resembles Shrek’s swamp) the swim team deserves more attention. I don’t expect to turn all of […]
An Interview with Our Next Head Steward – 2019/2020 Edition
Phillip Kong An Interview with Our Next Head Steward, Uche Ochuba, conducted by Phillip Kong. Are you excited to be Head Steward? What are you most excited about? I feel like being in […]
I Stare into the Fire
Andrew Mun-Shimoda For context: I wrote this poem for a contest way back in November, and only heard back if I won now. The reason I didn’t post it when I first wrote it […]
November 2018 Issue
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Military History Immersion Program Artwork
Angelous Ginanena, Simon Ofiara, and Angus Webb Picture by Angelous Ginanena Picture by Simon Ofiara Picture by Angus Webb
September/October 2018 Issue
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A Peace Bus
This past summer I took a forty day trip across Canada. The entire trip was under the umbrella of a larger organization called CISV (Children’s International Summer Villages), an organization aimed at improving global peace […]
A-Day, 2018
Phillip Kong & Justin Lee As the flurry of activity at the start of the school year melts into the humdrum of the IB grind, students look for a jolt of excitement that can renew […]
The Tale of my First SAS Experience
Phillip Kong The first thing I felt was the slight humidity. I shuddered, not because of the temperature, though it was slightly chilly, but at the fond memories of Year Ten gym class. I remembered […]
The Maple Leaf Forever
Andrew Mun-Shimoda I’ve never really been a very patriotic person. Sure, I’ll stand and sing the national anthem, cheer for our team during the Olympics, and embrace the superficial elements of being Canadian, but I […]
Nick’s Picks: Volume 2
Nick Papoutsidis Week One: April 9 to 13 Disclaimer: If Faiz asks, this is Nick’s Picks second straight week of publication. The Good: Mr. Poon’s Farewell Speech: To those of us who know Mr. Poon as […]
A Quiet Place Review
Andrew Mun-Shimoda John Krasinski (The Office, 13 Hours) makes his silver screen directorial debut in “A Quiet Place”, a film in which he also acts and writes. The story is fairly simple, yet intriguing: aliens […]
Ready Player One Review
Andrew Mun-Shimoda As an avid fan of Ernest Cline’s book, Ready Player One, I was naturally excited when I heard it was coming to the big screen. Between awesome 80’s references, video game culture, and […]
The 90th Academy Awards
Faiz Khwaja and Campbell MacKinnon Tonight, the biggest award show of the year wraps up of another successful year of movies. The 90th Academy Awards commence at 8:00 PM, and I (a self-proclaimed movie critic) […]
King Lear- A Review
Faiz Khwaja This week, the UCC/BSS/NT production of Shakespeare’s King Lear has finally gone up. The actors, directors, and stage crew have been hard at work and after experiencing it first hand, I can tell […]
An Interview with Our Next Head Steward
Faiz Khwaja On February 5th, Adam Rothman introduced Akash Kennedy-Ganesh as our next Head Steward. I had a chance to catch up with him and ask him a few questions that have been on the […]
Why These High Schoolers Have the NRA Scared
Adam Rothman Change is brewing in Parkdale, Florida. This gunman messed with the wrong group of teenagers. On Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2018, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz murdered 17 students and teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas […]
Smartphones- A Couple Observations
Rohan Monga This morning, while harmlessly flipping through the morning paper, I came across yet another article on smartphones. More specifically, how they are ruining our lives. It seems it has become a journalistic freebie […]
A Poem for Valentine’s Day
Angelous Ginanena Roses are red Women are beautiful In no way should they be treated different This is a truth we shan’t mull The days are now gone When man did as they deemed […]
The Drawbacks of an All Boys’ School
Faiz Khwaja When I first moved to Toronto and found out I was attending UCC, what stuck out most was the fact that it was an all boys’ school. At the age of 12 and […]
An Interview with Micah White
Adam Rothman Micah White will be presenting the Opening Address, titled “The End of Protest”, at WAC 2018. I spoke with him briefly in advance of the conference to give a preview of his opening […]
A Community of Archers
Andrew Mun-Shimoda A reaction I often run into when I say “I do competitive archery” is one of surprise, followed by interest. To the average person, I would imagine archers aren’t common to come by, […]
TBAW Talks – Episode 5, Old Boy Reflections
Campbell MacKinnon, Matt Wang and Emerson Shoichet-Bartus In this episode, Matt and Campbell talk to the recent UCC grad Emerson Shoichet-Bartus, discussing his experiences post-UCC at UC Berkeley, as well as his thoughts on […]
New Headphones
Angelous Ginanena Leading up to the Christmas break, I misplaced my prized earphones. They had been able to sustain my music cravings for several months, and their misplacement really hit hard. I had to […]
Nick’s Picks: Volume 1
Nick Papoutsidis Here at TBAW, we are keen on reinventing ourselves from time to time in order to maintain a fresh image that we hope will appeal to our audience, unlike the good folks over […]
Coco- Film Review
Faiz Khwaja Let me start out by admitting that I love animated movies. There’s so many elements about them that cannot be captured in a live action movie. On June 15th this year, you can […]
Clubs at UCC
Andrew Mun-Shimoda Late on Thursday nights, when the majority of the school is already gone, room 241 is still sending noise down the English hallway. That’s because it’s the home of the Strategic Games club, […]
TBAW Talks – Episode 4, A Year in Film
Campbell MacKinnon, Devin Lee & Sheldon Stern For the final TBAW Talks episode of 2017, Campbell, Devin and Sheldon go over their favourite and least favourite movies of the year. The three argue about […]
Things That I Wish I Learned in Year 8 (Part 2)
Faiz Khwaja Last year, Bradley Manucha wrote an article entitled “Things That I Wish I Learned in Year 1”. You can read that article by clicking here. After surveying the current Year 12s (not […]
TBAW Talks – Episode 3, Toxic Masculinity
Campbell MacKinnon & Matt Wang Today, Campbell and Matt reflect on the overly masculine culture of UCC, sparked by the somewhat recent consent assembly at the college. The two express their points of view […]
The Expansion of the TTC
Andrew Mun-Shimoda The Toronto Transit System, or TTC for short, has been Toronto’s way of getting around since 1921. It has grown immensely over the past 96 years and continues to grow to this […]
TBAW Talks – Episode 2, CPAC
Campbell MacKinnon & Kevin Berghuis Today on TBAW Talks, Campbell talks with Kevin Berghuis about his new club, The Conservative Political Action Club (CPAC for short). CPAC is new this year, and looks to […]
The Cheesecake Factory
Andrew Mun-Shimoda The ever-popular Cheesecake Factory opened up in Toronto over the past couple weeks, greeted by hundreds of hungry customers awaiting the mouth-watering cheesecakes that the chain is known for across the United […]
TBAW Talks – Episode 1, BROCKHAMPTON
Campbell MacKinnon & Matt Wang As the title reads, this is the first episode of TBAW Talks, a podcast by The Blue and White. Today, Campbell and Matt fanboy over their favourite rap collective, […]
Skeleton Trees
Campbell MacKinnon A fools hope Was all I had, until you left your weight Upon my shoulders. My shirt was damp with tears. Your frame Was thin, too thin as you began to sob. […]
The Fall Term
Andrew Mun-Shimoda As the winter break approaches, it’s easy to get sucked up in what seems to be the endless IB grind. What seems to be most important right now is studying and “revising” your […]
The Case for Fighting
Kaden Wisniowksi It’s the most exciting moment in hockey. Gloves and sticks go flying in all directions as the crowd roars and jumps to their feet, captivated by the two modern-day gladiators exchanging blows […]
High Marks. High Effort. Low Spirit.
Kaden Wisniowski After attending many varsity sports events including but not limited to A-day, Winterfest, Friday Night Lights, and countless regular games, one thing has been made crystal clear to me: UCC has no […]
Roy Halladay- In Memoriam
Rohan Monga This past week, on November 7, baseball lost a legend both on and off the field. Roy “Doc” Halladay, a former Blue Jays ace, humanitarian, and a father, was just 40 years old […]
Small Baller?
Aly Dayani After all the Lonzo hype before the start of the season (due to the marketing tactics of his genius father), Ball’s start to the season has been underwhelming. We’re not even a […]
17-0-0
Faiz Khwaja underdog (noun) /ˈəndərˌdôɡ/ Nothing to lose Everything to gain 17 wins. 0 losses. 68 goals for. 5 against. CAIS Champions. CISAA League Champions. CISAA Playoff Champions. To our supporters, we salute you. […]
A Peek into a Not-so-Extinct Language
Adharsh Kennedy-Ganesh The classics have been an integral part of the UCC curriculum since its founding in 1829. In the primordial days of language-studies at the school, Latin and Greek were mandatory courses. However, […]
UCC, Water You Doing?
Charlie Hughes What is wrong with the water supply at UCC? We’ve all experienced it before. The water-fountains either drip at the rate of drying paint, or don’t work outright. The basement bathroom has […]
Varsity Soccer in Vancouver
Faiz Khwaja On October 10th, the varsity soccer team travelled to Vancouver to take on the best independent school teams across the country at CAIS. As some of you may know, the team had […]
The Music of Rupert Davies
Campbell MacKinnon Rupert Davies is a member of an increasingly rare breed of students at UCC; he is an avid musician and producer. Rupert’s talents were made abundantly clear at around this time last year […]
Lost Stuff and Such
Angelous Ginanena At UCC, a system has been integrated in which when one misplaces an item of significance, they can email the wholesome Mr. Derek Poon, Intermediate Division Head, with a description of the item, […]
Why JV Soccer is Better than Varsity
Akash Kennedy-Ganesh It’s that time of year again: soccer season. Whenever my classmates talk about “the game last night” or ask me what I thought of “Neymar’s move to PSG”, I find myself being […]
