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And then there was one

September 26, 2001

By Stephen Petrick Jan-Michael Nation is the basketball team’s only returning all-star. Jan-Michael Nation, now Ryerson’s longest-serving men’s basketball player, has never shown a lot of emotion on the court. But two exceptions stick out.

Love and life in the face of death

September 26, 2001

By Jennifer McGregor The six Ryerson students knew from the moment their plane landed in Jamaica that they would never again view the world in quite the same way. Scott Payette still winces when, months later and back home in Toronto, he revisits the destitution he saw there. “These people had nothing. They didn’t even […]

Film festival eats up student shorts

September 26, 2001

By John Gemmell Eighteen films directed by Ryerson image arts students will adorn the silver screen this weekend at the Bloor Cinema’s Student Shorts film festival – the brainchild of three recent graduates determined to earn recognition for themselves and their peers.

Drug tests nab all-star

September 19, 2001

By Brian Chick Last spring, Randy Nohr of the St. Francis Xavier University men’s basketball team tested positive for a banned substance while leading his team to the national championship.

Kitty Snaxxx messes with your perception

September 19, 2001

By John Gemmell While most art students are happy to have a job, any job, after receiving their degree. Katia Taylor is flying high with two exhibitions showing simultaneously in Toronto.

Hapless Rams continue losing ways

September 19, 2001

By Chris Johnston The only thing different about these teams are the line ups. Most first year coaches expect growing pains, but men’s soccer coach Tony La Ferrara endured an absurd amount of them on the opening week of the season.

Dear women’s basketball team…

September 19, 2001

Sports Column By Noah Love A couple weeks ago I wrote a column that was interpreted by some members of the Ryerson sporting community as, well not so flattering.

The March Goes On

September 19, 2001

By Katherine Tam Participants of the Take Back the Night rally promote thoughtfully protest against violence The banners were ready, the festivities had been planned for weeks, the stereo blasted “Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves” by the Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin, and the marchers chanted “No More Patriarchy, No More War.”

Metalheads are people too

September 19, 2001

By John Gemmell The first thing Katia Taylor does when she walks into the Ryerson Gallery is check the guestbook. Flipping through its pages is the best way to gage reaction to her current exhibition, Running with the Devil: Photography of Metalheads. Yes, metalheads.

The inhuman condition

September 19, 2001

From the desk of the bastard editor It takes a moment in time like this to expose the gimp leg of civilization as we know it. I refer of course to blind prejudice and fear of those who are different, especially in this era of voluminous information.

Doughnut C.E.O has recipe for success

September 19, 2001

By Natalie Alcoba The man who is leading the U.S.A based Krispy Kreme Doughnuts’ invasion of Canada will share his secrets of success with Ryerson students on Wednesday. Roly Morris, president of Krispy Kreme’s Canadian division, will be joined by Chris Tarrant, the company’s director of real estate planning, who decides where each store will […]

In the shadow of terror

September 19, 2001

By Fatima Najm As the United States sifts through the wreckage of the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Muslims are finding themselves in the crosshairs of negative public opinion. They’re stuck between the fear of millions of people with an unnamed enemy and a misconception that all terrorists […]

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