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I have a problem. I'm in my first year here at the University of Toronto and I'm struggling.

Not with the workload - I mean it's tough but it's nothing I can't handle without some Snow Patrol and late-night trips to the Tim's down the road. I do have a problem though, and it's something I believe all U of T students have to wrestle too.

There are simply too many things to do.

Let me rephrase that: there are too many things I could do.

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University College celebrated its distinguished graduates at the first annual UC Alumni of Influence awards Nov.15, 2012 at the Eglinton Grand in Toronto.

Nearly 400 guests, including 58 of the 100 award-winners or designates, descended upon the restored art-deco theatre for the event.

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Rioting in the streets. Gunfire. Most people, confronted with these events, sensibly head in the opposite direction. Muhammad Lila isn’t most people.

As the new digital correspondent for ABC News in Pakistan and Afghanistan, Lila (BA 2002 University College) is responsible for diving in when news breaks in one of the most tumultuous parts of the world.

“I thrive on it,” Lila says. “I want to be the person on the scene; I want to be that guy who gets the call at 2 a.m. It’s an honour.”

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The University of Toronto Homophile Association, the province’s first group to rally around lesbian and gay rights, was honoured yesterday at a ceremony that marked their historic formation in 1969.

Officials from U of T, the Ontario Heritage Trust (OHT) and three levels of government commemorated the historic group’s formation by unveiling a provincial plaque at University College – the site of the U of T Homophile Association’s first meeting 42 years ago.