Author: Eyeopener Staff

By Chris Richardson When a group of third-year nursing students contacted the TTC to make the stairs at Dundas Station safer for the public, the mass-transit system did them one better — they said they’d demolish them. The stairs leading to the station at the northeast corner of Yonge and Dundas streets, where a number […]

By Elisabeth Johns Residents at O’Keefe House are protesting the departure of a staff member who some students say is being targeted because he spoke up about the building’s poor maintenance. “I feel that Kevin is being penalized for speaking out [and] being honest,” said Marcie Clowry, a first-year resident, regarding the housing department decision […]

By Sheri Shefa Ryerson has bid on a site for a new business building, a university source said. With the university’s self-imposed deadline of opening a new business building by September 2005, time is running out to find a home for the almost 6,000 business students at Ryerson. Adam Kahan, vice president of university advancement, […]

By Rafael Brusilow Ryerson’s oldest residence has walls and ceilings that could collapse at any minute and is a health hazard to the students who call it home, a Toornto contractor said. After assessing O’Keefe House, general contractor John Worton said the deep cracks crawling across the residence’s walls are a telltale sign that structural […]

By Matt Kwong Fighting between architecture faculty members is so bad that it’s affecting academic performance, students in the program claim. “[The arguing] does get in the way of learning,” said Jeff Sarko, a third-year architecture student. Another student — one of many who felt the fighting was a problem, but was afraid to provide […]