Category: Arts & Culture

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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.

We are all made of stars

September 10, 2003

By Jessica Whitby It’s Friday night and I’m sandwiched between US Weekly and Variety at the gala presentation of the Matchstick Men at Roy Thompson Hall. The stars of the movie, Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell and Alison Lohman are expected on the red carpet anytime soon.

Finding freedom through fashion

Fashion students prepare to put on a seamless show

Haute couture and hot politics vie for the spotlight

Ryerson Fashion show Mass Exodus showcases elaborate ensembles by up-and-coming designers.

Film fest captures the reel world

Tonya Lee Williams, yet another successful Ryerson dropout, dreams of seeing the real diversity she sees in Toronto represented in film. Ab. Velasco explores the festival she rounded, ReelWorld.

Middle East a middle ground for poet

Transsexual poet transcends conventional boundaries of sexuality and identity with her poetry.

Dancers bust choreographed moves

Choreographic Works is an annual production put on by students in the Ryerson theatre school. Second-, third- and fourth-year dancers prepare their own choreographed sketches in groups or individually.

Strictly bhangra

Ryerson’s Indo-Canadian dancers expect to turn more than a few heads at the Western Culture Show this weekend.

Burnt books are art for photographers

If a picture is worth a thousand words, why would visual art require a thousand words of explanation?

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