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More than McJobs

August 19, 1997

By Deborah Gardner The Liberals hope their Youth Employment Strategy will help cut unemployment lines for university students. But many could go back to long summers of serving fries. The government hopes its long awaited strategy will create up to 110,000 summer jobs and career-related internships for students. “This will help students to be more […]

Anime group suspended for non-Rye leader

By Shane Dingman A month ago RyeSAC’s Board of Directors recognized the Japanese Art Appreciation Society as an official RyeSAC student group. Last Thursday the board realized that it made a booboo. Martin Aziz, of University of Ryerson Anime, a club celebrating Japanese animation, sent a scathing letter to Leatrice Spevack, student groups coordinator. In […]

Operation Oakham

Ryerson leaves $1.5 million waiting for new campus centre

Truckin’ with September 67

By Mike Watier Interviews in stuffy offices can be really boring. If it were up to me…I’d hold it somewhere else. Same interview, different setting for a portrait of September 67 and their music. So this interview will take place on a late spring afternoon in my dirty red pickup, driving through an empty countryside. […]

Not so quiet RIOT

Annual Ryerson comedy show injects Canadian satire into American culture

Complaints of prof span a decade

By Renata D’Aliesio A Ryerson photography professor has decided to go on sick leave after 10 years of complaints from students. The decision was made three weeks ago after administration received visits from students unhappy with professor Don Dickinson’s performance. “We didn’t hear any complaints this year until the dam bursts a couple of weeks […]

Rams lose tough one to nation’s top team

By Sean Fitz-Gerald The Ryerson men’s basketball season came to an end last Friday night at Varsity Arena, signalling the end of a career for OUAA East All Star and Rams forward Scott Belasco. The team lost their conference semi-final to number-one ranked Laurentian Voyageurs by a respectable 84-75 score. “We thought we could come […]

I wish I was a little bit taller

One Eyeopener writer aims high at fashion tryout

Party on, dude!

By Maureen Rice Ryerson’s fifth Battle of the Bands unfolds this Thursday and Friday at The Hub. Admission is free. Each night $300 will be awarded for first place, $100 for second place and $50 for third place. The overall winner will play at the 40th Annual Island Picnic and Parade in September. Here’s the […]

Three things to think about

By Douglas Cudmore Scientists recently succeeded in cloning sheep. What’s next — more sheep? Note the scripture verse “the meek shall inherent the earth.” Sheep are notably meek. They already took over New Zealand, didn’t they? If the Spice Girls are such a talented group (writing their own catchy tunes, providing their own vocals) then […]

Dyke puts a spin on DJing

By Paul Sambla As a kid growing up in a small town in Ontario, Denise Benson would have to invent ways for her radio to pick-up CBC’s Brave New Waves. Now she’s the one picking the tunes to spin. Benson, an RTA graduate, has worked at KLN 88.1 for 10 years. But her new program […]

Students storm president’s office

By Renata D’Aliesio There was little breath left for chanting when students marched 14 flights of stairs to President Claude Lajeunesse’s office Tuesday afternoon. On the final leg of a Toronto protest against tuition hikes, students from U of T, McMaster, York and a few from Ryerson trekked up to the 13th floor of Jorgenson […]

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