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Forget your five-finger discount

By Julianna Cummins Upcoming Ryerson grads may be stressing about finding a job in a crumbling economy, but students who have time left in post-secondary bliss can continue to take advantage of discounts and deals aimed at giving students a break. As a general rule of survival, businesses will always try to target a certain […]

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Risky business

By Erin Valois Viktor Korfanty has experienced the collapse of the auto sector first-hand. For the last two years, the third-year aerospace engineering student worked at the Honda plant in Alliston. Last year, the factory was bustling with activity, but this summer, the plant will be silenced – no students will be hired. “Because the […]

Research under fire

By Kiera Toffelmire Mitchell Kosny was sitting in a city official’s office in Gaza when a bomb exploded outside the window. It was September of 2005, and Kosny was in Khan unis. He was with city manager, Mohamad Al Agha, discussing the work he had done in Gaza as an international consultant for the Canadian […]

Toby Whitfield: three jobs, one VP

By Carys Mills Toby Whitfield already had a full-time job when he took on the responsibilities of two more. Whitfield is VP finance and services of the Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU), but with the RSU lacking one full-time executive and a staff member, he has been left to pick up the slack. Muhammad Ali Jabbar, […]

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 […]

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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 […]

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