Month: February 2000

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Rams goalie cool under pressure

February 2, 2000

After taking a year off from the glamorous life of a goalie and playing as a defenceman, the attention is now back on him. Bewley has taken over the starting goaltending job from a fifth-year player and is helping the Rams travel into foreign territory—the playoffs.

Men b-ballers streak through Quebec

February 2, 2000

Last weekend, the Rams visited Quebec, making the Laval Rouge et or and Bishop’s Gaiters the latest victims of the Ryerson express.

ACC jobs leave students star-struck

February 2, 2000

Dan Kurek, a first-year theatre technical production student, has been working at the ACC as a Maitre d’ for the corporate boxes since September and making a salary of $120 an event.

Grads get into the BrownScene

February 2, 2000

In its first year of publication, the quarterly magazine has achieve some great response from the Filipino community. Though it’s still smaller in size than Cervantes would like it to be (about the dimensions of TV Guide), the magazine, which is available at Tower Records for a paltry two dollars, has come a long way since the purely photocopied pages of its first issues.

Erin George, Social Crusader

February 2, 2000

Though she came to Ryerson five years ago aspiring to be a journalist, Erin George has become a crusader for social justice. Whether it’s handing out leaflets to rally support for Access 2000 campaign, standing on a picket line with striking Molson beer-plant workers, or trashing the Progressive Conservatives on national television, George has become well known in provincial education circles. She’s been an outspoken advocate of students’ right to affordable education.

Free trip to Israel is problematic

February 2, 2000

By Paul Chodirker When Darryl Margau checked his answering machine on Jan. 18 he got a surprise. “It was a wicked message,” the third-year business student said. “I thought I had won the lottery.” Actually, he was chosen along with four other Ryerson students to spend reading week in Israel—for free. Eitan Weisz, a third-year […]

Student Politics

Prez hopefuls seem the same in debate

February 2, 2000

By Allan Woods Students may have a difficult time finding differences between this year’s RyeSAC presidential candidates—but if they look hard, they’ll find some. Current v.p. Education Cory Wright and v.p. Administration Atif Asghar agreed on most major issues during The Eyeopener’s second annual Grill the Candidates debate last Thursday night in Pitman Hall’s cafeteria. […]

Campus groups help homeless

February 2, 2000

By Tracey Tong A lot of people may be wearing the same toque these days and it’s for a good cause. Last Tuesday, Ryerson students from almost a dozen student groups and course unions sold toques in an effort to raise money for the homeless of Toronto. The minimum donation for a toque was $5, […]

Students tear up millennium awards

February 2, 2000

By Nella Raposo Two Ontario university students have torn up their $3,000 federal scholarships—and more may follow suit—after discovering an existing loan forgiveness program. Even officials who distribute the Millennium Scholarships admit one-quarter of 35,416 students in Ontario offered scholarships would lose money because of taxes. “It’s totally not worth my while,” said Carleton University […]

Students await tuition decision

February 2, 2000

By Emily Yearwood Jessica Zeyl was one of several thousand students who crowded into the intersection of Bay and Yonge streets two years ago. The students were bundled up and carried protest signs reading “Freeze the Fees.” Zeyl, now a fourth-year theatre technical production student at Ryerson remembers how the clerks working in nearby banks […]

Inquest called over student’s death

February 2, 2000

By Allan Woods Ryerson student Allen Ho’s death at a rave in October will be the focus of an upcoming coroner’s inquest. Last Thursday’s announcement by the coroner’s office was only the latest example of growing scrutiny of the rave scene. The attention intensified after two teenagers were arrested at Pearson Airport Friday carrying $1.2 […]