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Campus awash with apathy

November 5, 2003

By Owen Leitch Fifty-nine per cent of Ryerson students don’t plan on voting in the upcoming mayoral election, according to a survey conducted by the Eyeopener. As the tight race for Toronto’s top job heats up, candidates are looking to attract the student vote. While David Miller was the most popular candidate in the poll, […]

Mission: Accomplished

November 5, 2003

He leaps from tall buildings in a single bounce. He back flips off towering boulders. And one day he might kick Jackie Chan’s ass.

Power bills heat up

November 5, 2003

By Vanessa Farquharson Ryerson and its students could be hit with higher electricity bills as early as December. After lambasting the Tories for leaving behind a $5.6 billion deficit, Premier Dalton McGuinty warned last week that the current rate cap of 4.3 cents a kilowatt-hour may have to be lifted. McGuinty called for an official […]

Prof dying of ALS

November 5, 2003

Students raise funds for popular teacher afflicted by Lou Gehrig's disease

Davis gets free degree, slams high tuition fees

November 5, 2003

By Dalson Chen Former Ontario Premier Bill Davis decried the rising cost of university education while speaking at Ryerson’s Fall 2003 Convocation last week. “Education at the post-secondary level must be available to every qualified young person,” said Davis. “No one should be prejudiced in any way for lack of economic resource.” Turning to Ryerson […]

Fall break up for debate

November 5, 2003

Options for second reading week already drafted. Final decision could come by December

Price gouging at Hub

November 5, 2003

Some prices 17 per cent higher on campus than on Yonge Street

BEST RAPPER IN THE WORLD

October 31, 2003

By Jennifer Fong Being humble and soft-spoken are two rare qualities in the rap world today, but they are among the first things you notice about up and coming rapper Arabesque, also known as Aramaic. Arabesque, 22, whose real name is Steve Kawalit, is a fourth-year graphic communications management student at Ryerson. If his name […]

FEUD ENDS: PROFS PAY NEARS PAR

October 8, 2003

By Joe Friesen An epoch of bitter resentment for overworked and underpaid Ryerson faculty may finally be at an end. The arbitrator’s decision, handed down this summer, provides faculty with the basis for a collective agreement, something they haven’t had in almost three years. Although the new deal has yet to be signed, issues of […]

RED TIDE HITS, RYE IS HOPEFUL CLAM

October 8, 2003

By Joe Friesen The Liberal tide which swept Ontario last week brought a lukewarm wave of hope to the Ryerson campus. University administrators, faculty leaders and student politicians were cautiously optimistic that the new government would deliver on its promises for post-secondary education. But Dalton McGuinty’s pledge to create 50,000 new spaces at Ontario universities […]

CLASS TO IMPROVE PROF ENGLISH

October 8, 2003

By Jen Gerson A program will be launched to help professors who have trouble speaking English. “We have many professors coming from other countries speaking English as a second language,” said Sheila O’Neill, acting director at the learning and teaching office. “Sometimes their research agenda runs ahead of their ability to speak English.” The program, […]

MAYORAL DEBATE IGNORED

October 8, 2003

By Yohannes Edemariam The Toronto mayoral race passed through Ryerson’s Jorgenson Hall on Monday. Four of the main mayoral candidates – Tom Jakobek, David Miller, John Nunziata, and John Tory – explained how they would make the city a healthier place in which to do business. Notably absent was front runner Barbara Hall. The debate […]

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