Tag: elevator

I was sitting in the newsroom writing a news article about a recent City Council meeting when I noticed Trish staring at the box TV. Trish was our office manager and she stood frozen in front of the television, which sat on a file cabinet. “A plane is stuck in a building in New York,&rdq...

Elevators — those magical metal boxes that can bring us soaring to the heavens or plunging to the depths of the earth, all within the confines of a few seconds. But let’s be honest; they can also be awkward breeding grounds for social discomfort. Fear not, dear readers, for we ...

The Choleric, a.k.a. “Who you callin’ ‘yeller’?!?” For centuries, the possible symbiotic relationship between colour and the intricacies of personality has fascinated scientists and artists. The exploration of the bond between hue and psyche dates back to Hippocra...

This Fall, the Shea Center for Entrepreneurship Elevator Pitch Competition had an awesome turnout, with 25 participants across all grades and schools. 10 of the teams made it to the final round which included a 60 second pitch of their company plus a Q&A session with the judges. The judges were ...

I’ve always hated love triangles. The complex plot of one person liking another, who likes another, ticked me off. My sister, Rebecca asked me this question when she was just 16: “Sister Flo, “why do we love people who don’t love us back?”. That question also haunted me...

Today I want to ask you a couple of questions. As a student, I have always been told what is not possible. It was not possible to do this experiment, and it was not possible to do that project. And most certainly it was not possible not think in that way at all. But I thought, what if everythi...

Some things from my childhood I don’t recall, but can only remember being told about it. Like once getting into an emergency because as a toddler I stuck my hand into the gap of the closing elevator door. (I grew up in an apartment on the 11th storey, so elevator rides were a daily thing.) App...