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Fighting the dragon within

By Suzanne Ma Twenty-two women in hot pink surge forward in a long narrow boat across the murky green water at Toronto’s Centre Island. “Hit! Hit! Hit!” screams Eleanor Nielsen, a paddler sitting in the first row. She raises her paddle and plunges it into the water, keeping the team in pace. Heavy rhythmic thumps […]

Communities Features

No dreams of justice

By Robyn Doolittle It’s 4 a.m. and Richmond Bugyet-Twum is wide-awake. For the past year, he hasn’t been able to sleep past this hour — the time the police called to say his son Jerry had been shot and killed. In a desperate quest for a full night’s sleep, Richmond returned to his native Ghana […]

Dancing in the street

By Julia Che at first no one notices as 15 black-clad dancers gather at the pedestrian bridge between Union Station and the CN Tower. The drab concourse becomes a stage and then the music starts. Jeremy Nasmith and Toan Truc are the first to begin. If you were to come across this dance in the […]

Virginity minority report

By Joan Chang Virgins. They are people who will eventually be struggling to maneuver through flailing limbs and hoping it all comes through in the end. Inevitably, it is an awkward transition from virgin to sexual being. Jeanette Cabral a third-year radio and television arts student, recalls her first time. “It happened in the summer. […]

Between a prof and a hard place

By Matt Kwong Fighting between architecture faculty members is so bad that it’s affecting academic performance, students in the program claim. “[The arguing] does get in the way of learning,” said Jeff Sarko, a third-year architecture student. Another student — one of many who felt the fighting was a problem, but was afraid to provide […]

Making bucks off books

By Chris Richardson When sociology professor Joanne Naiman hands out her required reading list, How Societies work is always on it. She thinks it’s the best textbook on the market for her first-year students. She should know — she wrote it. Since 1996, Naiman has made approximately $30,000 from having her sociology textbook assigned in […]

Getting away with murder

By Don McHoull A year ago today, Jerry Bugwei-Twum was alive and in the prime of his life. Today he lies in an unmarked grave, his life cut short by a burst of gunfire. The graveyard is one of the saddest places I have ever seen. It’s vast and empty, and strangely solemn despite the […]

Ryerson team joins universal sport

By Suzanne Ma Sandun Weerasinghe wants to share the excitement of the dragon boat experience with his fellow Ryerson students. “True, dragon boat has roots in Asian culture, but it’s a universal sport. People come to support each other and they do it through the sport,” he says. The Ryerson Rampage is the first official […]

Band’s music crosses borders

By Dafna Izenberg Though his band-mates live on the other side of the Atlantic, Ryerson student Nick Lanaro is optimistic about the group’s future. “These guys are the best I’ve ever played with,” he said. In 2001, 23-year-old Lanaro was teaching English in Teramo, Italy. Guitarist Emiliano D’Ignazio approached him at a bar one night […]

Starstruck foot fetish

By Emily Mills Dr. Hatley Miltchin, a podiatrist, collects shoes like other people collect autographs. It all started with Michael Jordan’s black sneakers. “I lived in Chicago for many years and I was a big fan of the Bulls at the time. I was especially a fan of Michael Jordan and I really wanted a […]

The “one minute mile man”

By Lauren Jelicic Ryerson’s “one minute mile man” has reached his destination, and he’s ready to stop and take a breath after months of hectic scheduling. Peter Katz, a fourth-year theatre student, is preparing for the spring release of his debut album, The One Minute Mile Man. The 14-track CD is a compilation of songs […]

Unwinding on winding path

By Andrea Jezovit It was the busy Christmas season, and teacher Larry Tayler wanted to give a gift to his school. So he took some hockey tape and created a pattern on the floor of the Havergal College assembly hall. The hockey tape was new, but the pattern was old. It graces the floors of […]

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