Some remember RVC as pretty grim back then because the girls led a very regimented life. Slacks and shorts are no longer taboo, nor do the girls have to stand at attention when Flo enters the room. In 1981, Keshavjee was a first-year English literature student fresh from Calgary. That was quite a statement of individuality in 1981. Today, girl power rules, says Tamana Kochar, RVC's assistant warden and a management student.
Girl power means a whole lot of things, like sisterhood.
It also means sharing clothes, having brunch in our pjs, watching Felicity and sitting in the hallways gossiping. Engineering student Kat Lai, who sits on the in-house council, takes care of what she calls the mattress thing. Being an RVC girl no longer means being inaccessible. Today's residents refer to the college as The Rez. The Rez turns 100 this year, celebrating a rich, colourful history peopled with a cast of feisty gals, and a couple of gentlemen.