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Spinning the protests

February 4, 1998

By Rob Granatstein Oh no, a protest! Send in the doc! It seems like the first call made at the start of any protester these days is to a spin doctor. How are we going to turn this negative outcry into a positive? Well, let’s take a look at last week’s Day of Action protest. […]

Wily Willie’s antics wouldn’t waggle at Ryerson

February 4, 1998

By Thien Huynh If Bill Clinton was at Ryerson, his ass-chasing ways wouldn’t get him chased off campus. While the U.S. president is trouble over his alleged sexual exploits, a harasser at Ryerson would only be slapped with a lecture and warning. Sexual scandals can occur in any setting, be it the Oval Office or […]

Master debators have no audience

February 4, 1998

The men who would be prez By Graeme Smith Each RyeSAC presidential candidate promises more for your money next year — but they’d all do it differently. In last Thursday’s sparsely-attended debate in Pitman Hall’s cafeteria, David Steele and Michael Speers declared war on rising tuition. “I will get a meeting with Mike Harris to […]

Sweet home equals four hoop wins

February 4, 1998

By Eli Shupack It was payback time at Kerr Hall Gym for Ryerson’s men’s basketball team. Any boy did they do some whuppin’ as the Rams avenged season-opening losses at Concordia and McGill with a pair of lopsided home-court victories last weekend. Ryerson has extended their winning streak to a season-high four games and moved […]

Bon voyage to playoffs

February 4, 1998

By Shi Davidi The men’s volleyball team have been eliminated from the playoffs, dropping a sudden death match 3-0 to the Laurentian Voyageurs. The Rams looked lifeless for most of the match, playing sloppy and disorganized volleyball last Saturday at Ryerson. Their problems were compounded by the loss of their best middle player, Ryan Carpenter, […]

Coach kicks out hungry hockey players

February 4, 1998

“He didn’t want to hear anything we said. He wouldn’t even look at us on the bus ride home.”

Students won’t back down

February 4, 1998

By Graeme Smith For 20 hours last Wednesday and Thursday, the only place Jason Diceman could oee was in a heating vent behind potted plants. “I wanted to go home to sleep,” said Diceman, a first-year RTA student at Ryerson. “It was almost savage,” said Nick Osicka, a first-year philosophy student from Guelph. “At times […]

Lee’s last gasps not enough

February 4, 1998

Sixth-seeded Don Lee fails to fulfill national championship dreams

Braking the Sound barrier

February 4, 1998

By Monica Alcalde Independent documentary maker Andrew Fiore’s dreams have just come true with the distribution of his first film Becoming Sound. Fiore, a Ryerson RTA graduate, feels he’s on a totally different level now after completing his first 60-minute video piece. “It’s just a different world from doing pieces of 30 minutes and under,” […]

An eve with Adam

February 4, 1998

By Joanna Orland Long-time musical dynamo Derek Lathrop may be Toronto’s best-kept secret. But not for very long if the public gets hold of Scenes From a Corner Store, his band Adam’s Rib’s latest offering. After being in the music industry for 12 years, Lathrop has brought together musicians Dave Devaux, Laird McLeod and Carlos […]

Gettin’ high on Trainspotting

February 4, 1998

By Leah Rumack Gotta go. Must get outta here. Fuckin’ hell. God. Gotta go. Can’t they stop bloody pounding? Doesn’t anyone ever hear it? Oh, clever, what a clever fucking theatrical device. Make the audience bloody sick. Gotta go. You can’t bloody go! You’re the reviewer. Stare at your pad. Draw little circles. There you […]

Thick and Thin: Tripe on the tube

February 4, 1998

By Shane Dingman Every 10 weeks television barfs up another bad comedy show in an attempt to gain a chuckle from the cynical masses. Join me in giving thanks to the CBC’s new sketch-comedy program Thick & Thin for continuing this grotesque tradition. Thick & Thin is supposed to be named after the camaraderie of […]

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