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WHO MONEY CAN BRING

February 25, 2009

By Vanessa Greco Joel Vautour moved from Moncton to Toronto three years ago. A pricey move, coupled with residence costs and tuition fees, came close to breaking the bank. Most other Ontario universities would have given him an entrance scholarship of at least $1000 for his 82 per cent high school average, but not Ryerson. […]

NO MORE PAPERCUTS

February 25, 2009

We all know to reduce, reuse and recycle. But some universities are skipping the forms and memos altogether.

GETTING WHAT YOU PAY FOR

February 25, 2009

By Aleysha Haniff While customer satisfaction is important when you buy a new car, it doesn’t matter when you go to Ryerson. It’s true enough that the faculty course surveys handed out each semester can tell a lot about a course from a student’s perspective. Yegor Momot, a third-year mechanical engineering student, said he knows […]

PRESIDENTIAL SURVEY 2009

February 25, 2009

Eyeopener Staff 1) What is one thing you want to accomplish in your next five-year term? You are asking me to look ahead to the years from 2010 to 2015. I wish I had that kind of crystal ball. Since I arrived in 2005, the Ryerson community has shown its enthusiasm for moving ahead at […]

RYERSON’S FATHER OF GREAT IDEAS

February 25, 2009

By Eyeopener Staff The original “big idea” in public education came from Egerton Ryerson, the university’s namesake. In 1844, he became the Chief Superintendent of Education for Upper Canada. He was dubbed founder of Ontario’s public school system in 1846. He researched various school structures in the Western world to form a plan for the […]

FROM CHAOS COMES GREATNESS

February 25, 2009

Carla Wintersgill Editor-in-Chief In case you haven’t been following the news, let me break it down for you: the global economy is in the shitter. If you graduate this year, have fun trying to find a job. And it’s not going to get better anytime soon. Despite the gloomy forecast, there is a feeling of […]

‘HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A ROCK STAR’

February 25, 2009

By Carla Wintersgill Graydon Foster was born in Toronto on Sept. 25, 1990 to Eric Foster and his wife, Debora, a Ryerson chemistry prof. Graydon was the baby of the family, with an eight-year age difference between himself and his older brother, Ryan. He also had two older half-brothers, Colin and Chris. A goofy-looking red-headed […]

HARD TO STOMACH

February 25, 2009

Ryerson's students are fed up with Ryerson's fatty, unhealthy food.

SAVING THE RSU

February 25, 2009

The university-sponsored audit the RSU is currently undergoing is essentially the climax of the two-year deterioration of the organization.

EASTERN PROMISES

February 25, 2009

Moss Park is one of the few city-owned rinks downtown and, with rates set on breaking even, one of the only ones where community members can still rent the ice for a reasonable price.

A BEVY OF POINTLESS CHOICES

February 25, 2009

In the ever changing business world, a broad skill set can mean the difference between a job and a career. So why are Ryerson students piling their plates high with unappealing electives?

Business & Technology

Grocery prices still high

February 23, 2009

prices of groceries continue to increase although students don't seem to be bothered.

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