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Function starts to work

This May, the third-volume of function will spread the words and images of emerging Ryerson artists farther than ever.

Backstage to the Future

All fourth-year RTA students must complete a 300-hour practicum project, but the TARA awards are designed as an additional reward for their efforts. Whichever group of students takes control of producing the TARAs cannot win any awards, a disincentive that this year’s group has decided to work around by going all out on the preparations. This year’s show is a two-hour extravaganza that will transform the Rogers Communications Centre into a huge sound stage on April 12, and will be broadcast on Rogers Cable on May 5 and on CFMT on Aug. 14.

Foreign students teach while they learn

In Botswana, Sekwaka and Segola’s work takes them to cities and villages to teach people essential things such as boiling water to kill bacteria, proper food hygiene and AIDS awareness.

Resignations spark fear

Last week, Ilonka Van Steenwyk resigned from the centre after her contract wasn’t renewed, bringing the number of people who have resigned to three since last August. The other two, Stacey Whyne Berman and Linda Lyns, said they left because of deteriorating leadership and services.

Students given blessing to protest in Quebec

About 25 Ryerson social work students will close their textbooks and face the tear gas after the program approved motion allowing its students to defer exams so they can protest at the Free Trade Area of the Americas conference in Quebec City later this month.

Janitors won’t take entire blame for dirty washrooms

Custodians say they have been getting flak for Ryerson’s dirty bathrooms ever since a group of students created a stir over the cleanliness of campus stalls.

Incomplete voters list skews election

An information technology management student who lost his bid for reelection to RyeSAC’s board of directors last week says sloppy work by election officials may have cost him a victory.

$2,500 Mass Exodus theatre fee put off for further consideration

By Eyeopener Staff After weeks of bickering and backpedalling, it looks like the month-long saga that was this year’s Mass Exodus fashion show is set to end with the university covering the rental cost of the Ryerson Theatre. Fashion chair Mary McCrae says Ryerson v.p. Academic Erroll Aspevig told her over the phone that this […]

Hard Rock jumps on Y&D bandwagon

As many as six Ryerson students working at the oldest Hard Rock Cafe in North America could lose their jobs when the restaurant chain undergoes a $5-million expansion as part of the Yonge and Dundas redevelopment.

Theatre students spread Funtasia

An overused term, according to some, but the only way to describe the method behind the madness of Funtasia. The Ryerson Theatre hosts this production, beginning tonight, which showcases the stage debut of our second-year theatre students.

In Brief: The show goes on

The music blasts from the stereo in the corner. The five dancers begin to move, slowly at first. As the tempo gets faster, so do they. Suddenly, four of them surround the dancer with the briefcase, and the tug-of-war begins. The crescendo builds and builds—until one of them almost stops grimacing in pain. You almost expect to hear someone yell, “Feel the burn!”

Former Rams star keeps eye on the ball

Six year ago, only one man could light up Ryerson’s basketball court. In just one game, he scored 52 points—an OUA record that stands to this day. The school hasn’t seen a player as good as Alex Beason ever since.

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