Campus landmarks as holiday movie characters
Check out these campus landmarks as holiday movie characters to add a little festive cheer to this exam season.
Megan PosyluznyRutherford Library — Kevin McCallister (Home Alone)
Full of students left alone with too much responsibility, outsmarting danger using only panic, caffeine, and whatever supplies are in their backpack.
Administration Building — The Grinch (How the Grinch Stole Christmas)
Cold, bureaucratic, slightly menacing. A place where hope goes to file forms. Might grow a heart eventually … if the budget allows.
CCIS — Buddy the Elf (Elf)
Huge, echoey, whimsical, confusing. Feels magical until you’ve walked 6,000 steps trying to find your lecture hall. Would happily decorate the entire building with paper snowflakes.
Tory — Scrooge (A Christmas Carol)
Drafty, old, mildly judgmental. Radiates “bah humbug” energy, especially during 8:00 a.m. lectures. Feels like it’s haunted by the Ghosts of Exams Past, Present, and Future — all reminding you that you should’ve studied earlier.
Main Quad — Frosty the Snowman (Frosty the Snowman)
Magical … when conditions are right. Melts, refreezes, becomes a slipping hazard. A winter icon that turns chaotic at -25°C.
LRT Stations — Jack Frost (Jack Frost)
Cold. Moody. Tests your patience and your face’s ability to withstand windchill. Shows up late, but in a dramatic fashion.
CAB — Marv + Harry, The Wet Bandits (Home Alone)
The Wet Bandits in building form — booby-trapping your path to lunch with random construction, enormous Tim Horton’s lines, and at least one obstacle that you didn’t see coming.
SUB — Buddy’s Toy Department (Elf)
Colourful, chaotic, buzzing with festive energy. Every corner is a new surprise: club tables, crafts, a festive tune emanating from the piano. Feels like someone yelled “Holiday spirit!” and everyone ran with it.
Cameron Library — Schroeder (A Charlie Brown Christmas)
Quiet, focused, and unbothered by the surrounding chaos. Calmly doing work while everyone else spirals into festive meltdown.
Business — Yukon Cornelius (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer)
Energetic, loud, and always prospecting. Certain it’s about to hit the jackpot (and wants everyone to know). Confidently searching for the next big opportunity (or internship) with zero hesitation.
Education — Mrs. Claus (The Year Without a Santa Claus)
Warm, kind, patient … but fully capable of telling you when you’re doing something wrong. Radiates nurturing holiday-magic energy.
ETLC — Bernard the Head Elf (The Santa Clause)
Efficient. Organized. Running a full high-stakes operation at 3:00 a.m. Where genius and chaos intersect under fluorescent lighting. If Santa needed a new sleigh, the engineers would have a prototype by Friday.
VVC — Comet the Reindeer (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer)
Fast, focused, and deeply committed to physical excellence. Has strong “I wake up at 5:00 a.m. to work out and I like it” energy.
