Category: Arts & Culture

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Atwood: the antisocial writer

November 12, 2003

By Eva Salinas It’s officially Margaret Atwood season. You can’t flip on the television these days without seeing her. Open up the paper and a drawn caricature of her stares back. She’s everywhere: at Chapters, at the Harbourfront Centre and more intrusively — at my bedside table. This downpour of Atwood has been received warmly. […]

Kinky sex rates high with Rye

November 12, 2003

By Irene Kuan What happened to the days when having sex was simply kept in the bedroom and between the sheets? Well, for one, that’s just boring. We’ve all heard of the thrills of being a part of the Mile High Club, but not everyone has easy access to an airplane washroom. Ryerson student Jen Fukushima […]

Student loves his bananas

November 12, 2003

By Kelly Todd No one looks forward to a weekly banana like Rudy Sabga. The banana tops off what he says is the best meal in Toronto. This second-year journalism student has been going to the Horyal Restaurant once a week for more than a year, ordering the same special meal every time. Sabga orders […]

Stephanie Pakrul is not a victim

November 12, 2003

Ryerson student Stephanie Pakrul isn't afraid to show her dirty side. Now, she has broken new ground with her new CD 'Not A Victim'

Play a song, piano man

November 12, 2003

By Rebecca Rose Ryan Luchuck doesn’t mind that hardly anyone knows him by name. He’s fine with being known as the piano man at The Madison Pub, just as long as you buy his new CD. It’s been just over a year since Luchuck packed his bags and headed for Toronto to pursue a career […]

Women still flock to the Hawk

November 5, 2003

By Adam Gonshor Throughout his five-decade musical career, Ronnie Hawkins has been surrounded by beautiful women. Although he jokingly credits his good looks and beautiful body for attracting the ladies, he says the secret is in his profession. “All rock and rollers have a problem with women flocking to them. All you have to do […]

Student would drop out for VJ spot

November 5, 2003

One Ryerson student discovers that high energy and a knowledge of pop culture is only the first step towards becoming a MuchMusic VJ

BEST RAPPER IN THE WORLD

October 31, 2003

By Jennifer Fong Being humble and soft-spoken are two rare qualities in the rap world today, but they are among the first things you notice about up and coming rapper Arabesque, also known as Aramaic. Arabesque, 22, whose real name is Steve Kawalit, is a fourth-year graphic communications management student at Ryerson. If his name […]

BASSIST DISAGREES WITH ENCRYPTING CDS

October 8, 2003

By Adam Yerkie “Every label in the world is just pissing their pants over this thing,” says A.J. Bovaird, bassist for the popular punk band Not By Choice. Bovaird is referring to file-sharing, the sharing of music and video files online. “In retail music sales in Canada over the last three years, each year has […]

RYERSON GRAD GETTING FUNKED UP

October 1, 2003

By Ashley Joannu Shane Gerard thinks he has a unique way to increase voter turnout for the provincial election. Just throw a big party on the eve of election daywith lots of good music, and hope people will dance all the way to the polls. Gerard, a1996 Ryerson journalism grad, is organizing the first “Get […]

TRAGIC DEATH INSPIRES PLAY

October 1, 2003

By Miranda Beninger Before Matthew Shepard’s murder, Laramie, Wyoming was known as a town with personality. After, it was known as a town of crime and tragedy. In October 1998, Shepard was beaten and left tied to a fence post by two of his classmates from the University of Wyoming. The 21-year-old student suffered alone […]

Cafeteria caters to vegetarians

September 10, 2003

You are the kind of person who goes hungry at a hamburger and hot dog barbecue. Or the kind who will take the pasta salad hostage. You are a vegetarian.

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