Year: 2004

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Communities Features

Remembering a home she barely knew

By Gina Puzzuoli With a gentle tinkling of chimes, the door to the Tibet Shoppe on Queen Street West swings open. The smell of sweet incense fills the air as soft tendrils of smoke snake and arc their way to the ceiling. Vibrant reds, blues, greens and yellows of raw silk shirts are hung amongst […]

A tale of two coaches

By Joseph Galiwango The men’s basketball team may be on the lookout now for the next Errol Fraser, but why look any further than their own bench boss? This year, the Rams’ 33-year-old coach Patrick Williams finished his first stint as head of the Ryerson men’s basketball team with two years left of eligibility as […]

Men’s basketball team wants to lose, say sport psychologists

By Astrid Poei The Ryerson Rams men’s basketball team may think they’re going to lose, so that’s why they lose, believe some sport psychologists, who say that losing is a self-fulfilling prophesy. In the wake of an abysmal season, where the boys in blue and gold went on a 22-game losing skid, the Rye ballers […]

Tanktops intimidate elderly

By Michelle Magnan Much to the ire of tanktop fans, the RAC has banned the sleeveless shirts. On average, James Eaton, a part-time gym employee, warns one arm-baring exerciser every 45 minutes that “repeat offenders” must leave the gym. Nino Robles, the fitness centre co-ordinator, says there are two reasons for the ban. The first […]

V-ball stars work for the future

By Shalini Ruparell The women’s volleyball team may have missed the playoffs this year, but two of their young stars give the team hope it will improve next season. In her second season at Ryerson, Anjela Wilson has become one of the top volleyballers in the country, recording more digs per set than any other […]

Basketball finds new stars

The Ryerson Rams basketball teams have seen better days. The women went 9 and 15 this season, while the men went winless in 22 games. The organizers, coaches, players and fans all agree on one thing – Ryerson basketball is in dire need of recruitment. The first stage of any recruitment plan is identification. Ryerson […]

RISE up to the challenge

By Laura Fraser Imagine a place on campus where students could enjoy fresh, vegetarian, and possibly free, meals. Thanks to a new group at Ryerson, this could be a reality. After attending a conference held by the Sierra Youth Coalition – an educational group dedicated to improving the environment – last October, Jedidiah Gordon-Moran, a […]

Laying the podium down

By Jordan Heath-Rawlings It took a movie with no plot, no action and a lack of giant robots to finally convince Kevin Smith that he could be a filmmaker. In 1991, Smith was working in a convenience store in New Jersey, wondering what to do with himself while trying not to impregnate his girlfriend and […]

Ryerson students dance choreographed works

By Katie Schneider “Welcome to my brain…” A computer-like male voice dominates the theatre as the dancers step onto the stage. “Run upstage…” “Spread out…” “Reverse!” the strange voice calls out as the dancers comically follow the instructions. Dance students became the choreographers for Choreographic Works, the Ryerson dance program’s annual spring performance, which […]

Designing is more than stitches

By Jennifer Fong Ever watch Fashion Television and wonder what those designers were thinking when they decided to put that on a runway? Making a functional piece of clothing – a few stitches here, a little cutting there – sounds simple enough doesn’t it? As it turns out, there’s a lot more than a little […]

Racers getting cash

By Matt Kwong Funding discussions between RyeSAC and Ryerson’s Formula SAE team are back on track. After a brief pit stop, Derek Isber, vice president of student life and events, said the racing team will be on the agenda at this week’s meeting with the board of directors. “I’ve always been a supporter of the […]

Travel costs GO-ing up

By Jordan Press Students taking GO Transit could be hit with a fare increase starting this summer, unless Queen’s Park decides otherwise. All but one member of GO’s board of directors voted to increase fares on student tickets by about 5 per cent at a board meeting last Friday. While general fares are going up […]

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