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Rye should back a winner

February 18, 2004

By Don McHoull Sometimes I wonder if this university has a fear of winning. What else could explain the administration’s decision to provide such inadequate funding to our Formula SAE team? Formula SAE, for those who haven’t read the article on page three yet, is a contest that pits teams of engineering students against one […]

Students puke over politics

February 18, 2004

By Lauren Jelicic Common sense would generally tell you not to mix corn flakes, bagels, bananas orange juice and milk together. But fourth-year image arts students Evan Jones, Alan Cherneski and Tina Byun are breaking the rules. Last Thursday these Ryerson students organized their self-titled “Projectile Vomiting Day,” held in the Image Arts building. The […]

Different school of thought

February 18, 2004

By Alison Northcott Just before 7 p.m. on a Thursday evening, a small group of students begins to gather in the tiny front room of Uprising Books on Kensington Avenue. They shuffle quietly out of their winter coats and into the small space that seems to shrink as each body claims a seat. These are […]

Carlos cries foul

February 18, 2004

By Eyeopener Staff Losing presidential candidate Carlos Flores is investigating whether RyeSAC president-elect Dave MacLean should have been disqualified from the election. “I’m seeing whether [MacLean] should have gone all the way to the vote or whether he should have been disqualified,” said Flores. Flores alleged someone at a Ryerson volleyball game two weeks ago […]

Burning Out

February 18, 2004

By Rafael Brusilow Ryerson’s Formula SAE racing team was runner-up in Canada last year, but this year it’s running out of money. “If we don’t get enough money to buy tires and other equipment, we won’t be able to race,” says aerospace engineering student and SAE team member Robert Szybalski. Ryerson’s racing team finished second […]

No plan to lower the bar

February 18, 2004

By Patrick Evans Ryerson has no plans to copy Queen’s University’s controversial new strategy to increase its aboriginal student enrolment. Starting this fall, Queen’s will be admitting 10 Aboriginal students a year whose grades fall below the school’s 85-percent cut-off in an effort to boost their aboriginal student population. Less than one percent of the […]

Boat bug bites Ryerson rowers

February 18, 2004

By Alison Northcott Every morning during the winter months when Lake Ontario is more of a skating rink than a rowing course, Ryerson’s rowing team gathers at 6 a.m. in front of the entrance to Kerr Hall East. I’ve seen them practice before at the Ryerson Athletic Centre. I used to watch them — mesmerized […]

V-ball bounced from playoffs

February 18, 2004

By Adam Button the roller coaster the Ryerson Rams men’s volleyball team has been riding all season crashed to a halt on Thursday in Guelph. in a first round playoff math, the sixth-ranked Rams fell in three straight games to the third-ranked Guelph Gryphons (25,17, 25-21, 25-20). “We really showed inexperience, it was obvious,” said […]

Communities Features

Hush baby, mommy’s studying

February 4, 2004

By Samantha Israel Pep Philpott, 43, is in his first year of Ryerson’s post-graduate journalism program and if he wants to keep up with the rest of the class, he must rise before the sun. Philpott starts his day at 4:30 a.m. every weekday morning, and by 5:00 he’s ready to begin his school work. […]

Circumcision is dying

February 4, 2004

By Eva Salinas Circumcision is getting the cut. The once-common practice is now performed on a minority of babies in Canada. Only 19.6 per cent of baby boys are sporting a V-neck instead of the hoodie, according to Ontario Ministry of Health and Statistics Canada 2001. Unfortunately, today’s uncircumcised male comes with a couple of […]

All signs point to victory

February 4, 2004

By Joel Wass A good sign of a great sign is simplicity, says a political campaign expert. “People only spend a split second looking at a sign” says Ronald Moran, a retired campaign manager and a long-time ward councillor in Markham, Ont. “Signs don’t educate people or convert them, all they do is establish name […]

Fashion statement: Stay out

February 4, 2004

By Matthew Kwong It’s not only fashionable to be a fashion student in the fashion lounge –it’s mandatory. “They probably don’t want vagrants getting in,” says Linda Lewis, chair of the School of Fashion, explaining why the fashion lounge is restricted to fashion students and faculty only. The majority of program lounges, including those for […]

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