The idea of a university is to encourage students to interact on campus through a community. This university offers a fairly decent educational experience and some of the professors are exceptional.
The student population is commuter centred. This kills the student life possible due to the development of parking and other automobile. The addition of the IC building has made this campus larger and gives students alternative studying area.
I am guilty of this as well, but it must be mentioned that it can be near impossible to study in the library as the noise levels are extremely high given the theoretical environment. The only way to avoid this is to take refuge in one of the few study rooms which are always in high demand.
The food selection for busy students is also quite limited given that there are only 2 consistent options for coffee/tea and 2 areas for lunch/dinner meals. The monolopy that the food services division has over the selection of food is unfortunate as both the student operated food outlets and the privately run outlets are open on weekdays only. The hours for the food outlets can be quite disappointing for the residence students as well.
It would be nice to see greater transit accessibility given that the core reason for the parking lots is the lack of faith in the TTC/UTSC linkage. Expansion in this area with LRT service would be hugely appreciated by students and staff.