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A life between pipes

November 19, 2003

By Robyn Doolittle When Braden Deane was in kindergarten, his two older brothers needed some to block the posts in their backyard rink. The 20-year-old has been in net ever since. In the Rams’ second game this season, Deane got a shutout, something no one has done at Ryerson in six years. Back in Huntsville, […]

Freaky white stripes disappear

November 19, 2003

By Michelle Thompson The two ghastly figures floated onto the stage — bringing with them a strange possession over the audience. Detroit rock duo the White Stripes delivered a five-star performance at a sold out show last Thursday. It felt intrusive. It felt like a flashback, 30 years into the past. The audience didn’t come […]

Ryerson dropout makes it big

November 19, 2003

By Jason Ho Former Ryerson film student Vadim Perelman sits confidently back in his chair. He sets his feet up on the stone table on the 23rd floor of the Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto. In his first feature film, House of Sand and Fog, Perelman can relate to both the main characters and the […]

Girl wins for fake orgasms

November 19, 2003

By Melissa Whetstone It’s not every day a girl gets pleasure out of a fake orgasm. Some consider fake orgasms a nasty trick, but for second-year Ryerson student Kate Klein they’re a talent. Klein won the ‘Fake Orgasm Contest,’ at the Everything to do with Sex Show in the SkyDome last week. The contest, presented […]

Make room for campus prayer

November 19, 2003

By Don McHoull Ryerson’s Muslim students are being left out in the cold. After years of lobbying, they still don’t have an adequate place to pray on campus. Last Friday, in the middle of the holy month of Ramadan, students were turned away from Oakham House because there wasn’t enough room to pray. Other students […]

Comic attacked on stage

November 19, 2003

By Alison Northcott RyeSAC’s comedy night ended in threats of violence and accusations of racism last week. Wade McElwain, a professional comedian hired by RyeSAC for the event, had his performance cut short when an angry audience member, who was mocked during the performance, jumped up on stage. He confronted McElwain, called him a “racist […]

Cheat site challenged

November 19, 2003

By Matthew Kwong Turnitin.com, an electronic service used at Ryerson to combat academic dishonesty, could be challenged in court because of issues related to copyright ownership. At RyeSAC’s request, legal counsel Bill Reid reviewed the Web site, which keeps an electronic data bank of essays submitted by students across North America in order to deter […]

Muslim students shut out of prayer

November 19, 2003

By Taeeba Sadar Muslim students still don’t have enough prayer space at Ryerson and after three years of battling the administration they see no hope for a solution. “Currently we aren’t pursuing any strategy in terms of getting more prayer space,” said Nauman Abbasi, vice-president of the Ryerson Muslim Students Association. “The administration claims that […]

Course forms useless

November 13, 2003

By Dalson Chen The generic faculty and course evaluation form that Ryerson students pencil-in every semester needs improvement, according to President Claude Lajeunesse. Lajeunesse said he wishes a joint faculty and administration committee would “improve the questionnaire to provide information that could be more useful.” He noted that an effort a few years ago to […]

Gays taunted on campus

November 13, 2003

By Jordan Press and Jen Gerson Vandalism, harassment and threatening phone calls are plaguing RyePRIDE and the group feels Ryerson isn’t taking the situation seriously. “Ryerson doesn’t feel homophobia is a huge issue on campus,” said RyePRIDE coordinator Matt Radford. “We have to present evidence of homophobia before they’ll do something.” The group called security […]

Atwood: the antisocial writer

November 12, 2003

By Eva Salinas It’s officially Margaret Atwood season. You can’t flip on the television these days without seeing her. Open up the paper and a drawn caricature of her stares back. She’s everywhere: at Chapters, at the Harbourfront Centre and more intrusively — at my bedside table. This downpour of Atwood has been received warmly. […]

Kinky sex rates high with Rye

November 12, 2003

By Irene Kuan What happened to the days when having sex was simply kept in the bedroom and between the sheets? Well, for one, that’s just boring. We’ve all heard of the thrills of being a part of the Mile High Club, but not everyone has easy access to an airplane washroom. Ryerson student Jen Fukushima […]

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