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Feds may dictate plans for Rye’s $35 million

By Joshua Dvorkin Ottawa may be planning to allocate the federal buget’s $2-billion infrastructure fund for post-secondary institutions to science and technology projects rather than leave spending to each school’s discretion. Dr. Paul Stenton, Vice Provost of Ryerson University Planning, feels that universities should be responsible for allotting finances as they see fit but it […]

Former CAW president new Rye visiting professor

By Tashika Gomes Buzz Hargrove, the former president of the Canadian Auto Workers union, will be joining the Ted Rogers School of Management (TRSM) as a visiting professor for at least a year. Hargrove will not be teaching a specific class, but will be giving lectures at both the undergraduate and graduate level in the […]

Part-timers feel they get fleeced

By Tyler Harper Part-time Ryerson students will get the financial shaft if fees increase to support the construction of a new athletics centre. That’s the main concern of Gail Alivio, president of the Continuing Education Students Assocation at Ryerson (CESAR). She says the upcoming referendum asking part-time students to pay for facilities they won’t use […]

Athletics keeps low “Yes” Profile

By Erin Valois Sports Editor Ivan Joseph wants you to vote in next week’s referendum. But Ryerson’s athletic director isn’t scrambling to get your vote. Walking around campus, it’s hard to tell that students are days away from a referendum to hike their tuition fees by $126. A few signs are scattered around buildings on […]

Waterloo Professor Boycotts Ryerson

By Joelle Tomlinson A University of Waterloo professor canceled a lecture at Ryerson because of the University’s involvement in Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW). Edward Vrscay, a math professor at the University of Waterloo, was scheduled to give a colloquium talk to Ryerson’s math department on March 19. He decided to opt out of the seminar […]

Renovation worries and woes

By Roman Khazin The renovations to the Image Arts Building might just be enough reason for Isa Benn to leave Ryerson. The first-year film student said she’s considering switching to Concordia University’s film program because of the construction. The Image Arts Building, already under repair, will be closed next year and the programs it houses […]

It’s not too late to join the cult

Carla Wintersgill Editor-in-Chief I just finished updating the excel spreadsheet that I use to keep track of all our volunteers and their amount of contributions. Normally, this isn’t a very exciting or noteworthy task. But tonight was different. Tonight, The Eyeopener hit the 150 mark. That’s 150 students who have volunteered their writing, photography and […]

RSU audit makes recommendations

By Carys Mills The Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU) may be recommended to hire a general manager and introduce computers at general polling stations when findings of an audit are revealed, the Eyeopener has learned. Deloitte and Touche LLP conducted the audit, which reviewed the RSU’s election procedures and the records of the past two years […]

Community groups shut out

By Aleysha Haniff Associate News Editor Jesse Trautmann is overworked and underpaid.e This year marks his third, and last stint as RyePRIDE’s co-ordinator. Paid for only 15 hours a week at $10 an hour, he has put in overtime managing volunteers, planning events, organizing educational campaigns, and collaborating with Ryerson and the greater community. “For […]

Rye student activist target of death threat

By Julianna Cummins News Editor A death threat was mailed to a Ryerson student last week because of her involvement in a campaign to investigate racism on the university campuses of Ontario. On Feb. 23, an envelope of newspaper clippings with racist phrases written on them was delivered to the Ontario office of the Canadian […]

A stone-age scandal

By Josh Bailie When the seven-foot stone hockey goalie was put up over an archway on Kerr Hall South, students revolted with 60s-era zeal. They hung a life-sized effigy of a pregnant woman outside a nearby window. They picketed with placards reading, “Ryerson, the Hockey Hall of Fame.” They attacked it with blue and red […]

Business & Technology

iPhone apps spark classroom iNgenuity

By Lauren Strapagiel A mole named Flip is updating the face of new media at Ryerson and will soon be available on an iPhone near you. Fourth year new media students John Coutts, Cole Docherty and Eyeopener fun editor Leif Parker are making an iPhone application for a class assignment. App development is something new […]

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