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Young feminists ride the Third Wave

This fall, Statistics Canada reported full-time working women only make 72.5 cents for every dollar men earn and are still working in traditionally female dominated fields—health and social services, retail, education and food and beverage industries.

On-line voting for board of governors causes a stir

The board of governors will hold its next election on the Internet to make the vote more accessible, but the plan is drawing loud criticism from RyeSAC.

Researchers warn about dangers of corporate cash

University scientists and researchers are being forced to compromise their ethics because of the competition for cash from corporate sponsors rather than being able to rely on government funds, warned a University of Manitoba professor speaking at Ryerson last Friday.

Business & Technology

Group wants a ticker at Rye

The Ryerson Stock Exchange (RSE) is hoping that with the right sponsors and support from business students and faculty, its proposed stock ticker for the business building will be up and running next year.

Business & Technology

ITM laptops may be back on-line

Academic council to consider a previously quashed mandatory computer proposal

Study to cool Rye’s heating costs

Ryerson is prepping its pocketbook for a $30,000 infusion from the City of Toronto that will study how to link buildings on campus through an underground pipeline and lessen the blow of soaring heating and cooling costs.

Destination: Screwed

Last Tuesday, the students running this year’s Mass Exodus fashion show were told they would have to rent the Ryerson Theatre for the first time in 10 years. And no one will tell them why.

Planning prof travels to Cuba to explain trip cancellation

Lawrence Altrows flew down over reading week to tell Cuban colleagues why Ryerson won’t participate in field study

RIOT poster found offensive

A RyeSAC approved poster ordered taken down after complaint

Tories considered scrapping tuition fees news

Now that the secret has been revealed, the Conservatives’ opponents race to push the idea into the spotlight

Day of Protest

February 2, 2001

Students Walk By The News Team The canadian Federation of Student’s Access 2000 campaign will climax Wednesday with a national day of protest calling for a tuition freeze and an end to deregulation. Protest facts: Over the past year and a half, the $2 million lobby budget for CFS has been almost exclusively devoted to […]

U of O eyes rye boss, news report says

January 31, 2001

But president Claude Lajeunesse says he’s committed to completing his term.

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