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No sleep and no insanity

It’s 9:15 a.m. on Saturday morning. Robin Poon takes off his glasses and rubs his bloodshot eyes – they haven’t rested for 71 hours. His best friend Jamieson Child sits across from him slouched in his chair in their Pitman Hall room, idly doodling in a lined-paper booklet. Both are struggling to stay awake for […]

Ryerson cheapens name

By Matt Kwong Faced with a $23 million shortfall in private funding for the new Centre for Computing and Engineering, Ryerson has slashed its asking price for the building’s naming rights by $5 million. The university has been courting private sponsors for the $71 million building – slated for a September 2004 opening – but […]

NO SLEEP AND NO INSANITY

Two first-year students stayed awake for 72 hours to see if they would have crazy hallucinations and hear voices. Suzanne Ma recounts their final hour.

Being President and CEO

By Don McHoull Leaning against his wooden podium, Claude Lajeunesse tried to ignore the throng of student protestors who surrounding him. Ryerson’s president was midway through his 2001 state of the university address and things weren’t going well. Angry students were constantly interrupting him, blowing on kazoors and trying to shout him down. As Lajeunesse […]

We should hire Honderich

By Don McHoull The National Post reported this week that Ryerson is considering soon-to-be ex-Toronto Star publisher John Honderich as a possible replacement for President Claude Lajeunesse (a story first reported in this paper two weeks ago). I think Ryerson should hire Honderich, no matter the cost. Honderich reportedly makes more than $600,000 at the […]

A fraternity by any other name

By Sheri Shefa The international fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi made its Ryerson affiliate an official chapter this week despite Ryerson’s disapproval of any fraternities on campus. When Jack Gryn created a new chapter of AEPi at Ryerson in 2000, Marion Creery, director of student services, said that in Ryerson’s history, fraternities had never been recognized […]

U of T nearly screws Rye TTC deal

By Erin Rankin A University of Toronto cash grab nearly jeopardized Ryerson’s Metropass deal with the TTC. U of T’s student council was violating the agreement that allows it, Ryerson and York University to sell discounted passes because the council was adding a $1 service charge to the $87 pass. The surcharge was meant to […]

Communities Features

Remembering a home she barely knew

By Gina Puzzuoli With a gentle tinkling of chimes, the door to the Tibet Shoppe on Queen Street West swings open. The smell of sweet incense fills the air as soft tendrils of smoke snake and arc their way to the ceiling. Vibrant reds, blues, greens and yellows of raw silk shirts are hung amongst […]

A tale of two coaches

By Joseph Galiwango The men’s basketball team may be on the lookout now for the next Errol Fraser, but why look any further than their own bench boss? This year, the Rams’ 33-year-old coach Patrick Williams finished his first stint as head of the Ryerson men’s basketball team with two years left of eligibility as […]

Men’s basketball team wants to lose, say sport psychologists

By Astrid Poei The Ryerson Rams men’s basketball team may think they’re going to lose, so that’s why they lose, believe some sport psychologists, who say that losing is a self-fulfilling prophesy. In the wake of an abysmal season, where the boys in blue and gold went on a 22-game losing skid, the Rye ballers […]

Tanktops intimidate elderly

By Michelle Magnan Much to the ire of tanktop fans, the RAC has banned the sleeveless shirts. On average, James Eaton, a part-time gym employee, warns one arm-baring exerciser every 45 minutes that “repeat offenders” must leave the gym. Nino Robles, the fitness centre co-ordinator, says there are two reasons for the ban. The first […]

V-ball stars work for the future

By Shalini Ruparell The women’s volleyball team may have missed the playoffs this year, but two of their young stars give the team hope it will improve next season. In her second season at Ryerson, Anjela Wilson has become one of the top volleyballers in the country, recording more digs per set than any other […]

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