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Students being asked for support – and cash

By Hamida Ghafour The sweet smell of democracy is wafting through Ryerson. RyeSAC is holding a referendum today and Thursday, asking students: “Do you agree to convert the Athletic Capital Assessment of $30 per term commencing in the fall term 1999, to a RyeSAC Student Centre fund dedicated to the development of a student centre?” […]

The student centre: A historical perspective

By Caroline Alphonso The dream of a student centre is almost as old as Ryerson itself. Just after the Second World War, Ryerson had something resembling a student centre. A converted airplane hangar housed a gym, pub, tuck shop, barber shop and lounge. It was torn down when Kerr Hall was built in the ‘50s. […]

Women’s Battalion of Death defied the rules

By Sarbi Jagpal While struggling to simultaneously cope with a national revolution and the First World War, the Russian army was in a sad state, in 1917. With a lack of proper supplies and weapons technology, the army was crippled by mass desertion and heavy losses in battle. Thousands of men simply refused to fight. […]

Bringing equity to Ryerson

It took almost a year to get the ball rolling, but RyeSAC's Advisory Committee on Equity shows no signs of slowing down

Course is shagadelic

PHL 606 Rye's most popular elective

Environmental crusader

Jane Goodall goes ape at Ryerson

RTA award bumped by Oscars

Alliance exec's date in Hollywood shifts presentation of the fall

Women’s toilet is the worst … period

By Stacey Stein Cleanliness is next to godliness. Ahh … no truer words have ever been uttered. If you ever read this space, you may remember a recent column in which a male Eyeopener staffer deplored the sorry state of men’s washrooms. It almost made me feel sorry for all the crap (no pun intended) […]

Student Centre? Yes!

By Rob Granatstein Ryerson needs this student centre. The timing’s perfect. How can you say no? There is no more space at this school. Ask the Aerospace Engineering course union. For the past year they’ve been trying to get a measly little office. Ryerson can’t even find space in the steam room for these folks. […]

Gearing up for elections and a referendum

By Deborah Gardner Get your pencils out — it’s election time again at Ryerson. RyeSAC is holding its board of directors elections on Thursday, with advance polls today. Three positions for faculty of business and two positions for faculty of arts and community services are up for grabs. The engineering and applied arts positions on […]

Bylaws can be a bitch

By Irene Papakonstantinou With RyeSAC’s Annual General Meeting a week away, it seems the student government needs to get its act together. RyeSAC is trying to change its bylaws regarding commissionerships. But squabbling and lack of preparation hampered last Thursday’s board meeting, where the bylaw changes had to be passed before being put on the […]

Battle tuition hike

Tell governors fee increases hurt

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