Category: Arts & Culture

By Katie Schneider “Welcome to my brain…”       A computer-like male voice dominates the theatre as the dancers step onto the stage. “Run upstage…” “Spread out…” “Reverse!” the strange voice calls out as the dancers comically follow the instructions. Dance students became the choreographers for Choreographic Works, the Ryerson dance program’s annual spring performance, which […]

By Jennifer Fong Ever watch Fashion Television and wonder what those designers were thinking when they decided to put that on a runway? Making a functional piece of clothing – a few stitches here, a little cutting there – sounds simple enough doesn’t it? As it turns out, there’s a lot more than a little […]

By Julia Che at first no one notices as 15 black-clad dancers gather at the pedestrian bridge between Union Station and the CN Tower. The drab concourse becomes a stage and then the music starts. Jeremy Nasmith and Toan Truc are the first to begin. If you were to come across this dance in the […]

By Joan Chang Virgins. They are people who will eventually be struggling to maneuver through flailing limbs and hoping it all comes through in the end. Inevitably, it is an awkward transition from virgin to sexual being. Jeanette Cabral a third-year radio and television arts student, recalls her first time. “It happened in the summer. […]

By Dafna Izenberg Though his band-mates live on the other side of the Atlantic, Ryerson student Nick Lanaro is optimistic about the group’s future. “These guys are the best I’ve ever played with,” he said. In 2001, 23-year-old Lanaro was teaching English in Teramo, Italy. Guitarist Emiliano D’Ignazio approached him at a bar one night […]

By Emily Mills Dr. Hatley Miltchin, a podiatrist, collects shoes like other people collect autographs. It all started with Michael Jordan’s black sneakers. “I lived in Chicago for many years and I was a big fan of the Bulls at the time. I was especially a fan of Michael Jordan and I really wanted a […]

By Lauren Jelicic Ryerson’s “one minute mile man” has reached his destination, and he’s ready to stop and take a breath after months of hectic scheduling. Peter Katz, a fourth-year theatre student, is preparing for the spring release of his debut album, The One Minute Mile Man. The 14-track CD is a compilation of songs […]

By Julia Leconte Big sets, big musical numbers, big heart and big laughs — very big laughs. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is big in every respect and will have you grinning all the way back from the forum or rather, the theatre. Performed by fourth-year Ryerson theatre students and […]

By Lane Wade The Speedo, tighty-whities, all those years of spandex and now the J. Lo juicy jumpsuits. Such fashion trends share one shocking similarity, one that crawls, creeps and rides its way up the leg to create a sinking central cavity at the frontal apex of the thighs. In men, it forms a taut […]

By Lauren Jelicic Common sense would generally tell you not to mix corn flakes, bagels, bananas orange juice and milk together. But fourth-year image arts students Evan Jones, Alan Cherneski and Tina Byun are breaking the rules. Last Thursday these Ryerson students organized their self-titled “Projectile Vomiting Day,” held in the Image Arts building. The […]

By Eva Salinas Circumcision is getting the cut. The once-common practice is now performed on a minority of babies in Canada. Only 19.6 per cent of baby boys are sporting a V-neck instead of the hoodie, according to Ontario Ministry of Health and Statistics Canada 2001. Unfortunately, today’s uncircumcised male comes with a couple of […]

By Joel Wass A good sign of a great sign is simplicity, says a political campaign expert. “People only spend a split second looking at a sign” says Ronald Moran, a retired campaign manager and a long-time ward councillor in Markham, Ont. “Signs don’t educate people or convert them, all they do is establish name […]