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Lava life illustrator visits Rye

January 21, 2004

By Lane Wade Marcos Chin has been commissioned for feature illustrations by Lavalife, The New York Times, Esquire, Rolling Stone and other multi-media outlets. The freelance illustrator visited Ryerson Monday night, explaining to students that cold-calls and pounding the pavement are the bedrock of any beginning designer’s career. Chin is the illustrator behind Lavalife’s most […]

It’s a sex party, you’re invited

January 21, 2004

By Adam Yerkie “I walked in and they were showing this ass-bead thing that you, uh, put in your ass,” says first-year film student Bill Allinson. Allinson and a few other timid guys were crowded at the back of a Pitman Hall lounge Thursday night while the front seats were occupied with girls –and one […]

Coping with cold circumstances

January 21, 2004

By Alison Northcott We walk the same streets in the same neighbourhood. Our paths cross, but circumstances lead us different ways. This year, Leanne Iceruk has walked both those paths. Iceruk, a third-year social work student at Ryerson, is doing her job placement at the Evergreen Centre for Street Youth, located behind Ryerson on Yonge […]

International awards hit home

January 21, 2004

By Allison Jones Students at Ryerson may have to worry about rising TTC prices, but at least they don’t have to worry about dying en route. “I thought I was going to die every day,” said Brianne Rutter, a fourth-year early childhood education student about her experience riding New Zealand public transit. “The bus drivers […]

Rye won’t turn away from Turnitin

January 21, 2004

By Jordan Press Last week, McGill University caved in and graded papers a second-year student even though he refused to submit it to Turnitin.com. McGill student Jesse Rosenfeld was successful in his appeal of a failing grade he received on an assignment he wouldn’t submit to the American-based anti-plagiarism Web site. After a lengthy appeal, […]

Commuters may pay more

January 21, 2004

By Andrea Jezovit Though TTC officials meet today to discuss a possible fare hike, Ryerson students won’t be paying more for their discount Metropasses –yet. “If fares go up now, [discount Metropasses] may go up at the end of the year,” said TTC spokesperson Marilyn Bolton. Since September, RyeSAC has been selling Metropasses to students […]

CKLN out of the black, into the red

January 21, 2004

By Amy Brown-Bowers CKLN is stuck in the 80s. At least that was the message taken away from the station’s annual general meeting last Wednesday. And with the state its finances are in, it seems the station’s pen and paper accounting methods should have expired along with mullets. Listeners, programmers, and volunteers were told the […]

Popular poster show torn down

January 21, 2004

By Jordan Press Poster vendor Imaginus won’t be back on campus this semester after the university informed the company it couldn’t use the space it has had for nearly 30 years. Imaginus, which had scheduled a poster sale this Thursday and Friday, was forced to cancel after learning last week they couldn’t occupy the Metro […]

Crime bookended

January 21, 2004

By Pete Mitton1 Used textbooks have become a hot underground commodity at Ryerson –at least according to RyeSAC. “The used book store, like everywhere on campus, has been experiencing more theft lately,” says Mike Verticchio, RyeSAC’s vice president finance and student services. Last week, RyeSAC’s executives expressed a concern that people have been stealing textbooks […]

Commentary

January 21, 2004

By Astrid Poei Ryerson has caused me to master the power squat. And that’s being generous. After approval in late October, Ryerson contracted out its cleaning duties to Miracle Maintenance, sweeping CUPE workers to the gutter. Miracle Maintenance, who was originally responsible for the tidiness of Kerr Hall, now oversees cleaning for the entire campus […]

The crazy season starts early

January 21, 2004

By Don McHoull This year’s student union election campaign season doesn’t even officially begin until the end of the week, but it’s already off to an ugly start. An anonymous group identifying itself as Take Back RyeSAC sent a crude manifesto to the campus press outlining its plans to “take back” RyeSAC. “We’re tired of […]

Wrinkle in Rye time

January 21, 2004

By Matthew Chung Do you know what time it is? If you don’t have a wrist watch or a cellphone, then you probably don’t when you’re at Ryerson. “There’s only one time,” says politics professor Arthur Ross with a bitter smile, pulling up his sleeve to display the time on his wrist watch –the only […]

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