Editorial The First Annual Eyeopener Election Endorsement January 29, 1997 By Douglas Cudmore I’m just starting out in journalism, but I’ve already learned one lesson — the problem with politics is that it’s mostly politicians involved. That’s the problem faced writing the Eyeopener Election Endorsement — looking at the five bright young men vying for next year’s RyeSAC presidency, it’s hard to choose. First, I […]
Election rejection January 29, 1997 By Jackie Burns RyeSAC won’t let a former VP administration candidate run in this week’s election. Brenda Kritsch, a third-year business student, discussed pulling out of the race ust before the all-candidates debate last Tuesday, Jan. 21, with the election’s chief returning officer Kester Birch. Birch announces Kritsch’s decision at the debate, although she hadn’t […]
Arts & Culture A helping hand for harmonicas January 22, 1997 Toronto Blues Society putting on harmonica workshop
Arts & Culture A cozy night with Tricky January 22, 1997 By Lee Fay The setting is a lovely, multi-leveled British pub on Wellesley Street. The event is a press conference for British musician Tricky, set to play the Phoenix Concert Theatre later that night. Apparently winter is different in Bristol. “Tricky’s not used to the cold,” said the PR person for Island Records after a […]
Arts & Culture Life in Mussolini’s Italy January 22, 1997 By Theresa Ebden The Best Foreign Film from the 1971 Academy Awards, detailing Mussolini’s Fascist regime in World War II, has been revamped with new technology. Now playing at the Carleton cinema, The Gardens of the Fizni-Continis examines intimate details of the vitctim’s lives. Class division among the Italian-Jewish community determines the different families’ responses […]
Arts & Culture Sled slips away January 22, 1997 By Kelvin Chan Even with the incest, simulated oral sex (at least that’s what I think it was), uncoordinated stip-club dancing, phony fight scenes, lounge singing and the rambling monologues, Sled is still a pretty horrible play. Sled is Judith Thompson’s latest play, her first full-length effort in seven years. It’s being billed as “epic […]
Rye accepts donation January 22, 1997 By Saleem Khan Ryerson received $12,000 so theft charges against a Metro businessman would be dropped. But Ryerson doesn’t seem to be concerned where the money is coming from. “We’re not the donations police,” Bob Crow, executive director of university advancement said. “I was as surprised as anyone to read the Globe and Mail story,” […]
Features Mission possible January 22, 1997 Volunteering abroad with relief work organizations can offer real education
Car break-ins prompt action January 22, 1997 By Jackie Burns Ryerson campus and surrounding streets were hot spots for car break-ins last month, and Ryerson security said the crimes won’t simmer down anytime soon. Chris Beninger, Ryerson’s Crime Preventions Officer, said incidents have been going on for months. “It’s an ongoing problem. It always will be,” he said. Police arrested 37 people […]