Year: 2009

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Frosh 2009: Cold, hard cash

August 26, 2009

After four years packing only a bun for his lunch, Daniel Chow decided that his high school diploma meant he no longer had to starve through classes. So in the first year of his business management degree he started going out for lunch. Every day.

Controversial lecturer comes to Ryerson

August 26, 2009

A radical scholar who previously praised suicide bombers held a seminar at Ryerson in late July. Despite his contentious beliefs, students still attended.

Prof arrested for fraud gets his day in court

August 26, 2009

Professor Sheldon Reinsilber will be trading the classroom for court on Sept. 8.

STREET RACE CLAIMS LIFE OF RYERSON STUDENT

August 26, 2009

Around this time last year, Geetesh Singh began to map out his future. Expecting to graduate in 2010, he saw a completed diploma and LSAT appointment on the horizon — dreams that were extinguished before his final year at Ryerson.

Surrendering the keys to the throne

August 26, 2009

AMIT SHILTON You may not know it, but Ryerson has its very own palace on campus. It’s not the biggest palace and surely not the most luxurious. It doesn’t house any historical artifacts or even a king and queen. In fact, you won’t hear about it anywhere else other than this issue. Because it’s not […]

PROF NAMED IN $2.7 MILLION SUIT

August 26, 2009

Child and youth care instructor is second charged in two-man fraud scheme

SOUTH ASIAN ALLIANCE UNVEILS NEW CRICKET PROGRAM

By Anthony Lopopolo After hosting its first-ever cricket tournament on Jan. 25, the Ryerson South Asian Alliance (RyeSAA) is eager to finalize a program that will accommodate the athletic side of the student group. While the 10-year-old RyeSAA has not been known as a sports-based organization, the group is currently in the process of etching […]

RYE STUDENT LIVES IN THE FAST LANE

By Hilary Hagerman Joey McColm has the need for speed in his blood. Growing up in Ajax, the thirdyear civil engineering student and professional race-car driver remembers his father taking him to local tracks to watch races. He soon caught his dad’s racing fever, and at 14, he started his career with go-karts. Six years […]

THE DEATH OF SOLITUDE

By Rodney Barnes Saturday night and Quinn Maeback is outside Blu Lounge in Yorkville. She’s met by two of her girlfriends at the door. She’s never been inside. “I’m not so sure about this place,” whispers one. The bouncer, facing the street 20 feet away, doesn’t hear. A yelp erupts from behind them and Maeback […]

Business & Technology

3D INNOVATION

By Jordan Gardner and Andy Ruffett If you ever happen to walk into Spatial View’s Front Street headquarters be prepared to feel the same excitement Augustus Gloop felt when he entered Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory. The feeling begins near the front entrance. A 46 inch flat panel TV projects a slideshow, showcasing the truly seductive […]

Business & Technology

I’M SORRY, YOU HAVE WORMS

By Alex Hamlyn You got Conficker? OH NOES! It’s OK, all is not lost. With a little help from The Eyeopener, your computer will be worm-free in no time. April 1 didn’t usher in an era of Terminator- esque blood-thirsty machine mayhem. But Conficker, the latest Internet spanning piece of malware, is still out there, […]

STUDENT’S DOC TO SCREEN AT FEMINIST PORN AWARDS

By Adriana Rolston Joanne Loton would love to make her own porn. But for now, the Ryerson graduate student is filming the feminist directors behind the camera. “These women are sex-rock revolutionaries. They’re sick and tired of the status quo and instead of complaining about it they picked up a camera and did something about […]

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