Year: 2009

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Campus groups want more from RSU board

By Julianna Cummins News Editor Community service groups are left feeling frustrated after a motion to investigate claims of the unfair treatment of part-time employees was not passed. On March 10 the community service groups (CSGs) gave a presentation at a Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU) board of directors meeting, citing concerns about overlooked seniority wage […]

Ryerson engineering short on software

By Shirley Lin One of Ryerson’s civil engineering classes is in short supply of a computer software program, leaving some of its students feeling frustrated. The third-year course, Computer Aided Structural Analysis, has about 70 students registered and uses the program SAP2000 for the majority of assignments. But the winter-term course has only 20 software […]

Coming to a phone near you

By Agata Zieba Ryerson students will be able to access their RAMSS accounts on the go using their smartphones by next September. “Mobile is a very exciting space right now,” said Brian Lesser of Ryerson’s Computing and Communications Services (CCS). Lesser said top priority is student safety and security. The cost should be minimal, since […]

Welcome to the neighbourhood

By Laura Blenkinsop Features Editor It’s Sheldon Levy’s utopia. Yonge Street from the Student Learning Centre to Gerrard Street is buzzing. Students lounge in cafes, drinking lattes between classes or shop for the latest gadgets in the series of high tech stores lining both sides of the street. Three stories above, graduate students work with […]

Do it for the kids

Amit Shilton News Editor You might have noticed our campus has become a little busier over the last few days. High school students on their March break have been visiting our campus, checking us out. I’m sure most are impressed with our practical programs, tiny class sizes and location in the downtown core. But I’d […]

Hate crimes spike at Rye

By Amit Shilton News Editor A series of hate-crime vandalism sprung up on the Ryerson campus over the past two weeks. Four instances of hate-related graffiti were found by Ryerson security across the school. Two of the instances were anti-Semitic while the third was labelled as anti-Iranian. Another was termed homophobic. Last Monday, security found […]

Business & Technology

Ryerson MBA students win $20,000 RBC award

By Lauren Strapagiel Four Ryerson MBA students have won $20,000 and recognition for the university in the 2009 RBC Next Great Innovator Challenge. “I’m so proud that we’re from Ryerson and we won this,” said Omega4 team member Jonathan Chiriboga, 26. “There are some schools that see us as a second-rate school.” Chiriboga, together with […]

Rose says no in athletic referendum

By Vanessa Greco According to some Ryerson Students’ Union members, Rebecca Rose may not be properly representing the RSU in the upcoming athletic referendum. Dana Houssein, RSU community services faculty director, alleges Rose is betraying her VP education role by supporting the referendum’s “No” vote. The board of directors voted to endorse the “Yes” side […]

Ryerson student finds tuition in her Tim’s cup

By Aleysha Haniff Associate News Editor At best, Khalin Elliott was hoping for a free snack when she rolled up the rim last Wednesday. “I started rolling it up and I see ‘win’ and the first thing that pops in my head is ‘Oh sweet, I’ve won a muffin or a coffee. I can get […]

Rye profs brace for full effect of research funding cuts

By Scott Nowoselski After the federal government announced plans to cut research funding in their January budget, Ryerson chemistry professor Daniel Foucher worried that graduate students might get the wrong impression of scientific research in Canada and seek work outside the country. “To cut back on funding now when more students are going to be […]

Meatless in the metropolis

By Josh Bailie Let’s set the record straight: vegetarianism isn’t hard. Its supposed difficulty is what turns off potential suitors, and provides grounds for self-congratulations from my herbivore brethren. “I could never give meat up, it tastes too good,” is what I often hear from meat-eaters. Meanwhile, vegetarians never hesitate to tell you how they’ve […]

Business & Technology

Giving back to the grid

By Julianna Cummins News Editor It’s a glamorous affair for a Wednesday evening in February. The hardwood-floored Bulthaup Showroom on Toronto’s King Street East is dimly lit, the glass walls showing the rest of the world the event underway inside. Dr. Alan Fung, 44, a mechanical engineering professor at Ryerson University is dressed in formal […]

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