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Access issues could have deadly consequences

January 15, 2003

By Sandie Benitah While most students head for the nearest exist at the sound of a fire alarm, physically-challenged students are told to stay put. In fact, when impending danger makes every minute feel like an eternity, students with disabilities must call security to let them know of their whereabouts, wait for security to then […]

Sweat the flab out of your abs

January 8, 2003

By Tresanna Hassanally Is joining a gym your New Year’s resolution? As titillating as the idea of a washboard stomach is, you’ve probably already given up the hope of your Buddha belly ever turning into a stomach fit for a Greek god. The perfect, flat stomach is becoming more visible as various celebrities, such as […]

Rams can’t pay back the Blues

January 8, 2003

By Joel Wass Ryerson’s women’s basketball team is renowned for sideline chanting, but they were left singing the blues last Saturday following a 78-73 overtime loss to the University of Toronto. The game was not a must-win, but the Rams have been hoping to run-over the inter-city rival since the Varsity Blues eliminated them in […]

The Collins Connection

January 8, 2003

By Joel Wass Jodie Collins faces some big ballers while travelling with Ryerson’s women’s basketball team, but her toughest competition lies in her own backyard. “My dad shows no mercy,” says the 6-foot-1 forward when discussing her one-on-one basketball battles at home in Lindsay, Ont. with her father Doug, a former professional football player. “He […]

Dance lessons let Ryerson students dip in to salsa

January 8, 2003

By Fatima Najm As dance instructor Hamzat Brama demonstrates the dynamics of the salsa by twirling his petite partner almost fairy-like before bringing her back and then letting her go, it becomes quite clear that this man is one hell of an athlete. Bramo’s sport may not be about scoring goals, but scoring chicks is […]

Beverly Hills beckons 3Bone Audio

January 8, 2003

By Fatima Najm Two words took three Ryerson graduates all the way to the first ever Surround Music Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, nominated for the same award as Pete Townshend and The Who on Dec. 13, 2002. “’Two words’, my friend said to me dramatically: ‘DVD-Audio,’ when I asked […]

A tale of two vacations…

January 8, 2003

By Gabe Kastner Day one of my yoga vacation in the Bahamas. I sit cross-legged, eyes-closed on a deck, a green-painted platform overseeing a bay that separates the city from the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat. Anchored sailing ships dot the water, and a fresh wind blows across my face. The teacher, an old brown-skinned woman […]

Student e-mails out of control, profs say

January 8, 2003

By Lisa Urbach Ryerson professors are struggling to stay afloat amid a sea of e-mails they receive from their students on a regular basis. “We need to take a long, hard look at student access to faculty via e-mail,” Carla Cassidy, the dean of arts, told the Academic Council meeting last month, adding that “It […]

Campus sex attacker convicted

January 8, 2003

By Martin Kuebler A man arrested in November after a series of campus sex assaults pled guilty last month and was sentenced to six months in jail. Nick Belcourt, 26, admitted he had sexually assaulted two female Ryerson students and trapped another female student in the journalism lounge in the Rogers Communication Centre. On Dec. […]

No break for Ryerson Security

January 8, 2003

By Eyeopener Staff While the rest of the campus was on vacation over the holidays, Ryerson security were still hard at work keeping things on campus under control. On the night of Dec. 19 Ryerson security were alerted to a man who had become incoherent after drinking a good portion of a bottle of Listerine. […]

Engineers’ math marks don’t add up

January 8, 2003

By Barry Hertz To combat a 225 per-cent failure rate among its first-year students, the faculty of engineering and applied science will introduce a remedial math course next year to teach students math they should have learned in high school. The voluntary course, called MTH128, is aimed at students with low high school math marks, […]

I wanna holiday in the sun

January 8, 2003

By Michael Traikos Just how Daytona Beach is associated with spring break, it may not be surprising to hear Ryerson professor John Cook’s name heard during the debauchery that accompanies a second reading break – if and when university students get one. The popular English professor, who is continually considered by Maclean’s magazine as one […]

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