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The other occupied territories

January 7, 2004

By Jordan Health-Rawlings When students emerged from the Olive Baker Lounge after a presentation on violations of Palestinian human rights by Israel last December, they walked right into the far of pro-Israeli activism. “Do you want this in your neighbourhood?” asked a poster featuring an Arab man dressed in the traditional Palestinian head scarf with […]

Errol’s gone, but Rams okay

January 7, 2004

By Astrid Poei Rams basketball leading scorer and top Canadian player Errol Fraser is out with an injury. The Ryerson lifeline hurt his right knee in the first six minutes of their first game against the Universite du Quebec a Montreal in the ED DeArmon Tournament on Dec. 28. After stealing the ball and driving […]

Going from the bench to the box

January 7, 2004

By Jaclyn Mika In politics he is known as a pit bull, but it’s on a hockey rink where provincial health minister George Smitherman is most ferocious. “He’s not afraid to take a penalty for the team,” says Tom Lovengak, the team captain of Pharma Crews of the Toronto Gay Hockey Association. The TGHA is […]

Rebels without shampoo

January 7, 2004

By Miranda Beninger The five members of Rebel Emergency have been known — among other things — to go six months with unwashed hair, ride exercise bikes on stage, pee in garbage cans for fun, and strip on request. Despite these shortcomings, they could be the next band to hit it big on Toronto’s rock […]

Search for president heats up

January 7, 2004

By Jordan Press The new year just started, but the reign of Ryerson President Claude Lajeunesse is soon coming to an end and rumours are circulating about who will take his job. While no applications have come in, there are three people rumoured as potential candidates interested in the job. Former vice president academic Dennis […]

Business in the Gardens?

January 7, 2004

By Sonia Nasmith Winter vacation is over and there has still been no concrete movement on finding a site for a new business building. But Ryerson President Claude Lajeunesse has suggested he may be open to reexamining a move into a local hockey shrine. Ryerson researched the possibility of purchasing Maple Leaf Gardens two years […]

RIP: The notorious escalators

January 7, 2004

By Don McHoull After years of abuse and chronic breakdowns, four of Ryerson’s notoriously crappy escalators were put out of their misery last week, and hauled away on the back of a flatbed truck to be used for spare parts. The four escalators on the upper floors of Jorgenson Hall will remain in place, but […]

Psychic: MacLean will be prez

January 7, 2004

By Joel Wass The president of Ryerson’s Commerce Society will become the new RyeSAC president in 2004, says a Toronto psychic. After seeing a list of potential president candidates, Grand Psychic Ron of Bell and Candle Psychic Boutique on Bloor Street West prophesized that last year’s RyeSAC presidential runner-up, Dave MacLean, will succeed this year […]

Student exams alarming

January 7, 2004

By Michelle Thompson Exhausted Ryerson students didn’t need to worry about falling asleep during their winter exams as several fire alarms served as adequate wake-up calls. Keith Alnwick, Ryerson’s registrar, forward a mass e-mail to Ryerson students last month to inform them of three false fire alarms pulled during last month’s examination period. No one […]

Escalators exterminated

January 4, 2004

By Alison Northcott Students came to register and pay for classes this week, but were faced with a shortage of space to line up due to construction in Jorgenson Hall’s main lobby. A walled-in barricade now stands where the escalators used to be and has forced students to navigate narrow pathways in order to get […]

Lounge trick a stupid mistake

November 26, 2003

By Don McHoull The botched attempt to shut down the Palestinian human rights event last week is a good example of everything that’s wrong with the way campus administrators operate. Instead of coming out and admitting they were afraid of violence breaking out at the event, the student services department made up a phony rule […]

Sports vote put on ice

November 26, 2003

By Joe Friesen Plans for a referendum on athletics funding have been shelved and may not be revived in time to secure more money for the coming academic year. The proposed vote could have doubled the mandatory athletics fee and ensured the future of a number of varsity teams. As it stands, with no new […]

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