[cjordan]

How to be productive on the breaks you have between classes

So you may be thinking… I have breaks between my classes. I don’t want to go back to my room (or if you’re a commuter or live off campus – it makes no sense to go home). So you ask yourself, what am I supposed to do during my break that is productive? Well, here are a couple of options that can solve that problem:

1. Go to one of the 4 libraries on campus (Mills, Innis, Thode & Health Sciences)
• Work on assignments and essays, catch up on readings or get ahead on readings

2. Lyons New Media Centre (4th floor of Mills Library) – a not so productive option, but definitely fun!
• The gaming & media theatre houses three bookable console gaming stations. Each station comprises of a large flat screen tv as well as three gaming consoles: Playstation 3, Wii and Xbox.

• Games and controllers may be borrowed from the Lyons New Media Centre help desk for use at these stations. Three PC stations are also available for PC-gamers. The gaming stations can be booked for a maximum of 2 hours/day.

3. Go to the student centre
• There’s usually something going on in there, or you can just relax and socialize with friends


4. Get something to eat!
• Mary Keyes, Bridges, Centro @ Commons, La Piazza, Teriyaki Experience or Tim Hortons

5. Go to the gym

• Go for a swim, use the equipment, shoot some hoops, etc)

6. Sit outside and enjoy the scenery
• We are lucky to have a very beautiful campus. Take the time to really explore it!

As you can see, there are a lot of options available to you. Of course this list is not final, as there are always tons of things happening on campus for you to get involved in. So, don’t waste your breaks – use these options to make them as productive as possible!


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Chanèle Jordan

I like to sit and stare and let my mind go blank. That is very productive, it allows me to use that new found space to store more useless junk.

Problem with libraries: by about 10:30 am, they're packed.

2. Lyons New Media Centre (4th floor of Mills Library) – a not so productive option, but definitely fun!
• The gaming & media theatre houses three bookable console gaming stations. Each station comprises of a large flat screen tv as well as three gaming consoles: Playstation 3, Wii and Xbox.

• Games and controllers may be borrowed from the Lyons New Media Centre help desk for use at these stations. Three PC stations are also available for PC-gamers. The gaming stations can be booked for a maximum of 2 hours/day.

THat ^ , is quiet interesting. Not much of a gamer but deff worth a check out.

I personally love Thode, its the only library I get stuff done in =)

Originally Posted by Ish001

I personally love Thode, its the only library I get stuff done in =)

I like my bedroom, surrounding my self with distracting things gives me more of a challenge. A library is too easy.

Speaking of libraries, I heard the massive construction behind JHE is going to be one. Anyone know for sure what it is?

Originally Posted by britb

Speaking of libraries, I heard the massive construction behind JHE is going to be one. Anyone know for sure what it is?

It would be much wiser if they just made a huge addition to Mills or create a seperate library in that vicinity. Maybe by Divinity College? THat place seems useless to me.

Originally Posted by xxsumz

It would be much wiser if they just made a huge addition to Mills or create a seperate library in that vicinity. Maybe by Divinity College? THat place seems useless to me.

I wonder w what its like in there? I'm kinda scared to go look around, I got kicked out of the 3rd floor of Thode because iSci owns it now apparently.

Originally Posted by britb

I wonder w what its like in there? I'm kinda scared to go look around, I got kicked out of the 3rd floor of Thode because iSci owns it now apparently.

Wth, how can an unheard program kick you out.Its almost like if you go to sit somewhere and someone stops you to tell you an invisible person is there. <-- just got owned by nothing.

My breaks go mainly into hacking my psp.

Originally Posted by Replekia

My breaks go mainly into hacking my psp.

Or you could just sleep on a couch in the Health Sci Library

Originally Posted by xxsumz

Or you could just sleep on a couch in the Health Sci Library

Nah, the bed in my res room is way comfier. I got a bed extension since I'm 6'6" so I get a super long and ultra comfy matress while everyone else sleeps on bricks.

My breaks go to napping, eating, and browswing da interwebs.

So is this a things to do on breaks article or a how to be productive on breaks article?

'Cause if it's the latter, then we def have diff definitions of productive.