Toike Oike (Newspaper)

The Toike Oike is the University of Toronto's Humor Newspaper. At the time of its creation in 1911 it served as a means of serious communication between EngSoc members, 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 EngCom office in the basement of the Sandford Fleming building.

History

The origin of the meaning of "Toike Oike" has been lost in time. One popular theory says that in the early days of the Faculty of applied Science and Engineering, there was a caretaker who worked in the Faculty buildings and had a thick Irish accent. This caretaker was fond of telling students to "Take a hike" when they were misbehaving, but because of his accent the phrase was heard as "Toik e Oike". When it came time to establish a new Skule Yell, the students decided to incorporate this saying into it, and later to use it as the name of the original Engineering newspaper.