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Free beer found right here

February 4, 2004

By Katie Schneider You don’t have to go far for a little taste of Toronto history, complete with chocolate mae right before your eyes, and free beer samples fresh from the tanks. The Toronto Distillery Historic District, located on Mill Street, south of Front Street and east Parliament Street, is also an area for students […]

Ryerson student rocks

February 4, 2004

By Matthew Chung There was Mania inside B-Side last Thursday night. Local rockers Mania — featuring Ryerson journalism student Marco Ursi on drums — brought their excessive enthusiasm and ‘catch-a-riffic’ sound to the crowd at the Peter Street night club. Lead vocalist and rhythm guitar player Graeme Lang twisted, shook and stomped on the stage […]

The disappearing skyline

January 28, 2004

By John Qubti HONG KONG –Last Halloween I stood in line at Toronto’s Pearson airport, staring at an Asian boy wearing a bright red Pokémon outfit. We were waiting to board our flight to Hong Kong. I did a double take when my boarding pass said the flight was 22 hours from Toronto and only […]

Wax on, wax off

January 28, 2004

By Christine McAvoy So what’s your style? Peach Fuzz? Full Bush? The Rug? Brillo Pad? Or are you too one of the “bare all, smooth as a baby’s bottom” lovers? Recently, major magazines like GQ and Cosmopolitan, have stated the Brazilian wax is out of style. With all the hype that surrounding the muff-grooming wax […]

Ryerson grad opens at AGO

January 28, 2004

By Christine Stoesser Ryerson graduate Edward Burtynsky opened a showing of his photography at the Art Gallery of Ontario Monday night after the Ryerson Board of Governors meeting. Burtynsky’s exhibit, entitled Manufactured Landscapes, features approximately 60 photographs of man-made landscapes including mines, oil refineries, and garbage dumps. Burtynsky gave a group of fellow Ryerson alumni […]

The many faces of Max Dean

January 28, 2004

By Pascale Marchand Picture a scene from Wizard of Oz. In a dark room you stand in front of the projected face of artist Max Dean. You sit on a chair facing the projected face, and it asks, “So, you want to be me?” There is a pause. “Say something,” it continues. You speak into […]

Everyone loves a Failure

January 28, 2004

By Jordan Heath-Rawlings I didn’t even notice the last wheel falling off the wagon. Once id downed a full-sized blunt wrapped in Cuban cigar papers, cracked open a $185 bottle of Courvoisier XO and thrown down a stiff gulp or two, the cigarette just appeared in my left hand, half smoked. The party chatter continued, […]

Back to their old ways

January 28, 2004

By James Mirtle How quickly the Rams forget their winning ways. A week after their impressive 5-3 victory over the Royal Military College Paladins (2-15-0-1), the Ryerson men’s hockey team (2-15-0-0) lost two important games on the road, including an 8-0 pounding in a rematch with RMC. The Rams scored two goals early in the […]

Rye ballers fading away?

January 28, 2004

By Matt Flemming Fifth-year guard Vlad Matevski walked off the court Sunday, his team having lost by 29 points, and summed up his team’s performance in one word, “horrible”. “We play with no heart. We have a lack of focus, lack of hard work and lack of energy,” Matevski said. The Ryerson men’s basketball team […]

Rye figure skaters have victory on ice

January 28, 2004

By Lane Wade Three top-level performances this weekend gave the Ryerson women’s figure skating team something to talk about. The two-day invitational held at the University of Toronto’s Varsity Arena on Bloor Street saw first-place finishes by Ryerson’s Jessie Oliver-Laird in the Junior Silver Freeskate and by assistant captain Emily Bosomworth in the Senior Silver […]

Hey, don’t break that leg

January 28, 2004

By Robyn Doolittle Banged and bruised Ryerson dancers are tired of travelling across Toronto for physiotherapy –especially since there is a facility on campus. “All I wanted was for someone to look at it,” said first-year dance student Caitlin Adams, referring to the time she hurt her ankle after landing wrong out of a jump […]

Power failure hits city core

January 28, 2004

By Jordan Heath-Rawlings The lights of downtown Toronto went dark just after 11:00 a.m. Tuesday morning, setting off a power outage that lasted for almost an hour and a half. The blackout, which came as the city’s core was struggling to cope with snarled traffic due to a heavy snowfall, was originally blamed on a […]

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