Year: 2000

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OH! Saved from brink of death

Oakham House’s floundering arts and culture magazine may have found its rescuers. Dave Fielding and Justin Anderson, two third-year magazine journalism students, have taken control of OH! Magazine.

Projects need more sex, less violence

First-year image arts students got a taste of exhibitionism for two glorious evenings last week on campus. The submissions to the first-year film festival and Sections, a combined media show, varied in style as much that this reviewer felt poked, provoked and vanked in innumerable ways.

Ryerson’s race to build buildings

Ryerson could lose $54-million worth of newly received SuperBuild funding if proposed buildings aren’t ready by 2003, and planning has only just started.

Carneval considers quitting

Ryerson’s hockey coach, Louie Carnevale, is considering quitting the team because he doesn’t have the time needed to fill the demanding position.

Private cash sparks debate

The provincial government’s SuperBuild initiative—a pledge to distributes $742-million to college and university building projects if schools also raise a chunk of money from the private sector—has ignited a privatization debate between academics and politicians.

Project poses funding challenge

The province’s pledge to fund three new campus buildings comes with a tough condition—Ryerson must supplement the government money with millions in private donations.

Board muzzles member

A motion to silence a RyeSAC board of directors member passed 10 to four at the Feb. 16 board meeting.

Former candidate files complaint

Daniel Hornik has filed a complaint with RyeSAC’s elections procedure committee regarding alleged inconsistencies at polling stations during last month’s election—but he doesn’t want another election.

Shredding prompts emergency meeting

V.p. administration Atif Asghar repressed in emergency board meeting for Thursday to discuss accusations RyeSAC president Erin George shredded mail from board members’ mailboxes.

Not on guard for me: prez

The security posse ushered Lajeunesse and Wilson through the Rogers Communications Centre to the minister’s waiting car. Wilson and his aides drove away, leaving Lajeunesse and his protectors alone on the curb.

$1.2M for tech at Rye

Ryerson has been given $1.2-million by the provincial government to develop new ways to interact with students using audio and video technology.

Students with a mission

Going on a mission is rarely an easy task. In Bosnia, Sham was responsible for distributing food and clothing. Her team had to fend off hundreds of frantic war victims who clearly stampeded to get supplies.

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