Category: Arts & Culture

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Students live and let Di

January 14, 2004

By Carley Fortune It is the dress fairy tales are made of; an embroidered silk taffeta creation, complete with a 25-foot train and fluffy sleeves. The veil, as long as the train, is held in place by the Spencer family diamond tiara. This week, Ryerson fashion design and communication students will pay tribute to Princess […]

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 […]

Freaky white stripes disappear

November 19, 2003

By Michelle Thompson The two ghastly figures floated onto the stage — bringing with them a strange possession over the audience. Detroit rock duo the White Stripes delivered a five-star performance at a sold out show last Thursday. It felt intrusive. It felt like a flashback, 30 years into the past. The audience didn’t come […]

Ryerson dropout makes it big

November 19, 2003

By Jason Ho Former Ryerson film student Vadim Perelman sits confidently back in his chair. He sets his feet up on the stone table on the 23rd floor of the Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto. In his first feature film, House of Sand and Fog, Perelman can relate to both the main characters and the […]

Girl wins for fake orgasms

November 19, 2003

By Melissa Whetstone It’s not every day a girl gets pleasure out of a fake orgasm. Some consider fake orgasms a nasty trick, but for second-year Ryerson student Kate Klein they’re a talent. Klein won the ‘Fake Orgasm Contest,’ at the Everything to do with Sex Show in the SkyDome last week. The contest, presented […]

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

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