Editing Toike Oike (Newspaper)

The '''Toike Oike''' is the humour newspaper produced by the [[Engineering Society]], billing itself as "The University of Toronto's Humor Newspaper since 1911". At the time of its creation in 1911 it served as a means of serious communication between EngSoc members, notably to provide a platform for the discussion of Engineering Society elections, but over time it has developed into a newspaper whose prime focus is humour. [[The Cannon (Newspaper)]] now fulfills the role of the "old" Toike. The Toike is run completely by a group of student volunteers and publishes on a monthly basis. Copies are available at news stands across campus and outside the EngSoc office in the basement of the Sandford Fleming building, on the Skule™ Newsstands.
==History==
The origin of the meaning of "Toike Oike" has been lost in time. One popular theory states that in the early days of the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, there was a caretaker named Graham who worked in the [[Little Red Skulehouse]] and had a thick Irish accent. This caretaker was fond of telling students, who would work until late hours in the lab, to "take a hike" when the building closed every night, but because of his accent the phrase was heard as "toy-kee-oyk". When it came time to establish a new [[Skule Yell]], the students decided to incorporated this phrase into it, and later to use it as the name of the original engineering newspaper.
==Toiking==
To “Toike a door” is to craftily prop it open such that all your friends may pass through it at any hour. The most skilled Toikers are able to achieve such a feat using only one leaf of print, ideally the cover and back. In doing so, the cunning Engineer displays Skills of:
* Ingenuity, in using Minimal Materials to Fulfill their Task
* Communication, in Marking the Toiked door from afar with the Distinctive cover
* Community, in Allowing all to Enter the Halls where they are

In past years, the tradition of "Toiking" was a popular use of the Toike Oike newspaper. It was a form of "involuntary make-up application", where the back page of an issue of the Toike is rubbed vigorously against the face of a person. The back page always contains content printed almost entirely with black ink (covering the entire page) so that upon completing the action described, the person being Toiked is left with black ink residue all over their face. However, this look is not a source of shame, and many students who have been Toiked choose to proudly wear this new look for at least some time before heading to a bathroom to scrub the ink off.

==Positions==
The Toike Oike does not have as large a hierarchy as most professional newspapers, but there are still defined positions within the paper:

'''Editor-in-Chief'''

The Toike has usually operated with only one Editor, an elected Project Director of the Engineering Society. The Editor is responsible for all administrative tasks from organizing meetings, collecting content, and managing the budget.

'''Senior Staff Writer'''

The senior staff writer is a large mountain of comedic material and potential. They typically provide a large volume of the written content in the Toike (or "encourage" the folks who do provide the writing) and are charged with making up new content on the fly as the Editor requires. The senior staff writer is also a mentor for Toike writers, providing feedback for new writers and taking the lead on editing and reviewing content. 

'''Graphics Director'''

The head graphics editor is an actual Adobe Photoshop Wizard. They typically provide a large volume of the graphic content in the Toike and are charged with making up new content on the fly as the Editor requires. The graphics director also oversees the graphics team which generates all the nifty visuals found in the Toike.

'''Layout Editor'''

The layout editor takes the content and arranges it into beautifully-set pages ready for printing. Their weapon of choice is Adobe InDesign.

'''Copy Editor'''

The copy editor checks all spelling and grammar in the paper, ensuring that the Toike is both hilarious ''and'' could be used as a sample to preserve the rules and etiquette of the English language.

'''Distribution manager'''

The distribution manager is responsible for ensuring the "timely" delivery of Toikes all across campus. In recent memory, they have started using wagons for increased efficiency.
==Past Editors==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!|Year
! colspan="2"|Editor
! colspan="3"|Issue Title
|-
||2023-2014
||Ben Gloade
||NΨ 2T4<br />
||

|-
||2022-2023
||Navin Vanderwert
||NΨ 2T4<br />
||Toike 175
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hl430DIw_qdTIXz9oA2Sq6Mbj_HYEbyE/view r/Toike]

[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UNYfYQ6ZVqyy44Hz5Priif3-XDj2MRy9/view?usp=sharing Greenwashing Toike]

[https://drive.google.com/file/d/19jLFAtWanAdQbj9eiDLAIwa7POOqGtd2/view BLOG TOike]

[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yRbZ2Og8PGQoNJf478xLBgXKy3X-Sz0O/view?usp=sharing Land Before Toike]

|-
||2021-2022
||Natalia Espinosa-Merlano
||Mech 2T3<br />
||[https://drive.google.com/file/d/14a50oLeQS062zPQ9a3RJnb0qn8YsYaVJ/view Young Adult Toike]

[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eQTY_xCxEbfT0J5r0ObesUVx4IknnLFS/view?fbclid=IwAR0Ylv9ERgoxnQIxkVSI9g-ft2AKuZckfrLJjhtgBJuEqkhIIwdH4u_cne8 Capitalism Toike]

[https://toike.skule.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/December-Toike-fuck-u-parker-dont-tell-me-december-toike-is-suicide.pdf Childhood Toike]

[https://toike.skule.ca/issue/january-2022/ Cannon Toike]

[https://toike.skule.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/AnimeToikeWeb.pdf Anime Toike]

[https://toike.skule.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/April_Toike_webberoni.pdf Shark Toike]

|-
||2020-2021
||Parker Johnston
||ECE 2T2<br />
||[https://toike.skule.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/September-Toike-Final-3-2.pdf Toiker Beat]

[https://toike.skule.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/October-Toike-FIXED.pdf Quarantoike]

[https://toike.skule.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Copy-of-November-Toike.pdf Conspiracy Toike]

[https://toike.skule.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/December-Toike-2.pdf Fan Fiction Toike ]

[https://toike.skule.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/january_toike_1.4.pdf History Toike]

[https://toike.skule.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/February-Toike-yeeeee-boi-except-actually-fixed-now.pdf Furry Toike]

<span class="value_inner times">[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pt7ib2HWnwl8xc9NpDB2GP89UmnEgSWz/view ɐıןɐɹʇsǝʞıo⊥ uıƃɹıΛ]</span>

|-
||2019-2020
||Joanna Melnyk
||NΨ 2T1
||[http://toike.skule.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/September-2019-Online-version.pdf Toike Oike Traveler]

[http://toike.skule.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/oct2019-2.pdf Election Toike]

[http://toike.skule.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/nov2019.pdf British Toike]

[http://toike.skule.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/January-2020-FINAL.pdf Amazing Toike]

[http://toike.skule.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/February-2020-FINAL-OOOH.pdf Old Macdonald had a Toike]

[http://toike.skule.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/March-2020.pdf Onion Toike]


|-
||2018-2019
||[[Leigh McNeil-Taboika]] †
||Chem 1T9+PEY
||[http://toike.skule.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Sep-2018-Final.pdf The Toike Oike for Dummies]

[http://toike.skule.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Final-October-for-Web.pdf The Skulemarillion]

[http://toike.skule.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/November-Toike-Final-for-Web.pdf The Toke Oke]

[http://toike.skule.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/January Toike Oike Revolution]

[http://toike.skule.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/March-19-Final-Version-for-Print MS Paint Toike]

[http://toike.skule.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/April-19-for-Print-3.0.pdf Monty Python and the Toike Oike]


|-
||2017-2018
||Jenn Dixon
||MSE 1T8+PEY
||[http://toike.skule.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/March-Toike-Final-Spread.pdf Ye Olde Toike Oike]

[http://toike.skule.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2017_FEB_Toike_Spread-Edited.pdf Sex Toike]

[http://toike.skule.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/November-17-_FinalWeb.pdf Box Toike]

[http://toike.skule.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017_OCT_Toike_Final.pdf The Toikeconomist]

[http://toike.skule.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017_September_Toike_PDF.pdf Space Toike]


|-
||2016-2017
||Simo Pajovic
||Mech 1T8+PEY
||[http://toike.skule.ca/issue/march-2018/ NintenToike]

[http://toike.skule.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2016-Issue-2_full.pdf ScienToific American]

[http://toike.skule.ca/issue/november-2016/ 90s Toike]

[http://toike.skule.ca/issue/january-2017/ A Fistful of Toikes]

[http://toike.skule.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2016-Issue-V.pdf Ye Olde Book of Toike Magik]

[http://toike.skule.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/2016-Issue-6_full.pdf Liquidation Toike]


|-
||2015-2016
||Ryan Williams
||NΨ 1T7
||
[https://archive.org/details/university_of_toronto?sin=&and%5B%5D=toike&and%5B%5D=year%3A%222015%22&sort=titleSorter Toike Oike Publications for this year]


|-
||2014-2015
||Colin Parker
||ECE 1T6+PEY
||
[https://archive.org/details/uoftarchives?sin=&and%5B%5D=toike+oike&and%5B%5D=year%3A%222014%22&sort=titleSorter Toike Oike Publications for this year]


|-
||2013-2014
||John Sweeney
||Chem 1T6
||
[https://archive.org/details/university_of_toronto?sin=&and%5B%5D=toike&and%5B%5D=year%3A%222013%22 Toike Oike Publications for this year]
|-
||2012-2013
||Evan Boyce
||Mech 1T5+PEY
||
[https://archive.org/details/uoftarchives?sin=&and%5B%5D=toike+oike&and%5B%5D=year%3A%222012%22 Toike Oike Publications for this year]


|-
||2011-2012
||Andrew Jerabek
||Mech 1T3+PEY
||
[https://archive.org/details/uoftarchives?sin=&and%5B%5D=toike+oike&and%5B%5D=year%3A%222011%22 Toike Oike Publications for this year]
|-
||2010-2011
||Navid Nourian †
||NΨ 1T2+PEY
||
[https://archive.org/details/uoftarchives?sin=&and%5B%5D=toike+oike&and%5B%5D=year%3A%222010%22&sort=titleSorter Toike Oike Publications for this year]
|-
||2009-2010
||Tom Parker/Bryan Thompson
||Mech .../Mech 0T9+PEY
||
[https://archive.org/details/uoftarchives?sin=&and%5B%5D=toike+oike&and%5B%5D=year%3A%222009%22 Toike Oike Publications for this year]
|-
||2008-2009
||Amanda Bell
||Indy 1T1+PEY
||
[https://archive.org/details/uoftarchives?sin=&and%5B%5D=toike+oike&and%5B%5D=year%3A%222008%22 Toike Oike Publications for this year]
|-
||2007-2008
||Vesna Cemas
||Chem 1T0
||
[https://archive.org/details/uoftarchives?sin=&and%5B%5D=toike+oike&and%5B%5D=year%3A%222007%22&sort=titleSorter Toike Oike Publications for this year]
|-
||2006-2007
||Christian Chicorli
||NΨ 0T8+PEY
||
[https://archive.org/details/uoftarchives?sin=&and%5B%5D=toike+oike&and%5B%5D=year%3A%222006%22 Toike Oike Publications for this year]
|-
||2005-2006
||Mei Ling Chen
||Chem 0T7
||[https://archive.org/details/uoftarchives?sin=&and%5B%5D=toike+oike&and%5B%5D=year%3A%222005%22 Toike Oike Publications for this year]
|-
||2004-2005
||David Kobayashi
||?
||
[https://archive.org/details/uoftarchives?sin=&and%5B%5D=toike+oike&and%5B%5D=year%3A%222004%22&sort=titleSorter Toike Oike Publications for this year]
|-
||2003-2004
||Kevin Au
||?
||
[https://archive.org/details/uoftarchives?sin=&and%5B%5D=toike+oike&and%5B%5D=year%3A%222003%22&sort=titleSorter Toike Oike Publications for this year]
|-
||2002-2003
||Mark Jaggassar
||Comp 0T2 + PEY
||
[https://archive.org/details/uoftarchives?sin=&and%5B%5D=toike+oike&and%5B%5D=year%3A%222002%22 Toike Oike Publications for this year]
|-
||2000-2001
||David Perry
||Comp 0T0 + PEY
||[https://archive.org/details/uoftarchives?sin=&and%5B%5D=toike+oike&and%5B%5D=year%3A%222000%22 Toike Oike Publications for this year]
|-
||1999-2000
||Matthew Lenner
||Comp 0T0 + SAC
||[https://archive.org/details/uoftarchives?sin=&and%5B%5D=toike+oike&and%5B%5D=year%3A%221999%22&sort=titleSorter Toike Oike Publications for this year]
|-
||1997-1998
||Paul Hempel
||Comp 0T0 + PEY
||[https://archive.org/details/uoftarchives?sin=&and%5B%5D=toike+oike&and%5B%5D=year%3A%221998%22&sort=titleSorter Toike Oike Publications for this year]
|-
||1996-1997
||Colin Knowles
||Mech 9T8 + PEY
|| 
|-
||1994-1995
||Tim Redford
||EngSci Aero 9T4+1
|| 
|-
||1993-1994
||Tim Redford
||EngSci Aero 9T4+1
|| 
|-
||1992-1993
||Henry N. Pedro
||???
|| 
|-
|1990-1991
|Justin Bowler †
|
|
|-
||1980-1981
||Dave Thompson
||Ind 8T3
||[https://archive.org/details/uoftarchives?sin=&and%5B%5D=toike+oike&and%5B%5D=year%3A%221981%22&sort=titleSorter Toike Oike Publications for this year]
|}

==External Links==
[http://toike.skule.ca Toike Oike website]





==We Regret the Fact==
The following is an excerpt from a 1930 Toike Oike, and it depicts some practices, traditions, and prejudices which were once commonplace in Engineering culture. Such activities were wrong then, and are wrong today.

<p>We regret the fact that contrary to our own desires we have been obliged to make known to the public the complete procedure to be adopted during the initiation ceremony of Thursday evening. Owing to the timidity with which some of the Freshmen are approaching the event, the Council on Initiation Affairs deemed it advisable that the following be published. Except for a few minor, and as yet tentative details, this is a true declaration of the manner in which the initiation will be conducted.

The Freshman will present himself, clothed in no more than is necessary to cross the street between the Engineering building and Convocation Hall. A barrel is particularly acceptable in view of the fact that it may be broken up and used to advantage in the events that follow. The Freshmen are urgently requested to co-operate to this small extent if at all possible. Upon arriving at the draughting room the participant will be effectively blinded by a small strip of adhesive tape, so placed as to make the opening of the eyelids impossible. He will then be lifted, by an arrangement of tackle, to a height of about 20 feet above the floor. A quick release mechanism will allow him to be precipitated suddenly to a spring platform inclined at 45 degrees to the horizontal. If the computed values of velocity and coefficient of restitution are accurate to within 10%, the subject will land squarely in a tub of lukewarm water. Allowing for inaccuracies in adjustment, the approach to the tub will be slanted so as to insure immersion. Upon scrambling out of the water he will be dried by rolling in a bed of charcoal, finely divided. In case this does not prove as effective as anticipated the participant will receive an application of blacking, a substance especially prepared by members of Department 6 (Chemical). The nature of this ointment we do not feel it compulsory to divulge. This will render each man free from identification so that no partiality can be shown friends. A generous application of some wholesome soap will be applied to the head to make the shaving as painless as possible. Several additional features have been submitted to the committee but it was felt that with the numbers taking part, a longer programme would make it impossible to do things with the thoroughness that is desirable. As a grand finale, however, we have arranged the "Giant Swing" in which the happy Freshman will be ejected, by a spring board catapult, some ten feet into space, and will, if properly aimed, alight on a feather tick, where he will be served with hot coffee and crackers.

Hoping this arrangement will meet with unanimous approval.

''"We We Regret the Fact." Toike Oike, Oct. 16, 1930''



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