Student nominations extended
March 15, 2000
Student positions on Ryerson’s academic council are up for grabs, but students may not know it.
Year: 2000
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Troupe stages dramatic lesson
March 15, 2000
Ades runs UPward Motion, a consulting and training company that focuses on youth and uses theatre to recreate conflicts in the workplace. She took her presentation to Ryerson last week, leading workshops at the school of retail management.
Students get tax help
March 8, 2000
Most of the 80 volunteer tax advisors—who were all trained by Revenue Canada—are accounting students, with 30 to 40 working in the clinics at any given time. The volunteers expect to fill out a couple hundred student tax forms, but the clinics are also open to students’ families and community members. A charactered accountant and three senior business students are also on hand to answer any questions.
Appeal process to change
March 8, 2000
A new academic policy set to take effect Sept. 1 will remove a potential conflict of interest between professors and students appealing their marks.
RyeSAC bickering continues
March 8, 2000
After weeks of accusations, tension and squabbling, members of RyeSAC’s board of directors sat down to discuss their differences at an emergency board meeting Thursday—but two controversial issues were deferred to later meetings.
New rules help Rye’s wildcard shot
March 8, 2000
Ryerson’s chances of winning a wildcard spot and going to the CIAU finals in Halifax are alive due to new selection criteria.
Rams shocked
March 8, 2000
After winning last year’s OUA East playoffs members of Ryerson’s men’s basketball team shed tears of joy after upsetting the top-seeded team. This year, tears of sorrow flowed when they lost to an underdog.
The fight for women’s rights
March 8, 2000
Now that the curtain has been lifted on the 21st century, the “f” word has a new meaning. People seem less afraid of feminism, ready to admit it’s not about man-hating but human rights. Women are carving a path for themselves in the millennium, a global voice that screams the coming century will be one of international feminist sisterhood.
Underdog women lose hard-fought semifinal
March 8, 2000
The Lady Vees did not break the game wide open as expected until the final 10 minutes, but ended up winning 64-50 Thursday night to end the Rams’ playoff run in the OUA East semifinal.
Choreo 2000 hits Rye theatre
March 8, 2000
Ryerson dance students have been busy preparing 26 pieces for the theatre school’s production called Choreographic Works 2000.
Students make Smirnoff finals
March 8, 2000
Three Ryerson fashion students are one step away from getting international exposure—all they have to do is win a competition against some of Canada’s top fashion design students.
Grad finds grassroots in Ukraine
March 8, 2000
The project’s aim is to improve the Ukraine’s grassroots organizations by offering community leaders hands-on training and allowing volunteer groups and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to learn from Canadian volunteers such as Drabik.
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