Student would drop out for VJ spot
November 5, 2003
One Ryerson student discovers that high energy and a knowledge of pop culture is only the first step towards becoming a MuchMusic VJ
Author: Eyeopener Staff
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Mice infest campus
November 5, 2003
By Robyn Doolittle In her four years at Ryerson, Kristy Holzworth had never seen a mouse — until two weeks ago. Since then she’s seen three. Holzworth, 25, screamed in terror last week when a mouse ran over her foot while she sat at her desk. The program assistant works on the seventh floor of […]
Campus awash with apathy
November 5, 2003
By Owen Leitch Fifty-nine per cent of Ryerson students don’t plan on voting in the upcoming mayoral election, according to a survey conducted by the Eyeopener. As the tight race for Toronto’s top job heats up, candidates are looking to attract the student vote. While David Miller was the most popular candidate in the poll, […]
Mission: Accomplished
November 5, 2003
He leaps from tall buildings in a single bounce. He back flips off towering boulders. And one day he might kick Jackie Chan’s ass.
Power bills heat up
November 5, 2003
By Vanessa Farquharson Ryerson and its students could be hit with higher electricity bills as early as December. After lambasting the Tories for leaving behind a $5.6 billion deficit, Premier Dalton McGuinty warned last week that the current rate cap of 4.3 cents a kilowatt-hour may have to be lifted. McGuinty called for an official […]
Prof dying of ALS
November 5, 2003
Students raise funds for popular teacher afflicted by Lou Gehrig's disease
Davis gets free degree, slams high tuition fees
November 5, 2003
By Dalson Chen Former Ontario Premier Bill Davis decried the rising cost of university education while speaking at Ryerson’s Fall 2003 Convocation last week. “Education at the post-secondary level must be available to every qualified young person,” said Davis. “No one should be prejudiced in any way for lack of economic resource.” Turning to Ryerson […]
Fall break up for debate
November 5, 2003
Options for second reading week already drafted. Final decision could come by December
Price gouging at Hub
November 5, 2003
Some prices 17 per cent higher on campus than on Yonge Street
BEST RAPPER IN THE WORLD
October 31, 2003
By Jennifer Fong Being humble and soft-spoken are two rare qualities in the rap world today, but they are among the first things you notice about up and coming rapper Arabesque, also known as Aramaic. Arabesque, 22, whose real name is Steve Kawalit, is a fourth-year graphic communications management student at Ryerson. If his name […]
FEUD ENDS: PROFS PAY NEARS PAR
October 8, 2003
By Joe Friesen An epoch of bitter resentment for overworked and underpaid Ryerson faculty may finally be at an end. The arbitrator’s decision, handed down this summer, provides faculty with the basis for a collective agreement, something they haven’t had in almost three years. Although the new deal has yet to be signed, issues of […]
RED TIDE HITS, RYE IS HOPEFUL CLAM
October 8, 2003
By Joe Friesen The Liberal tide which swept Ontario last week brought a lukewarm wave of hope to the Ryerson campus. University administrators, faculty leaders and student politicians were cautiously optimistic that the new government would deliver on its promises for post-secondary education. But Dalton McGuinty’s pledge to create 50,000 new spaces at Ontario universities […]
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