Category: Arts & Culture

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School “won’t stop” her

September 16, 2009

Ryerson student and pop singer Lauren Christoff prepares for her first album

STUDENT’S DOC TO SCREEN AT FEMINIST PORN AWARDS

By Adriana Rolston Joanne Loton would love to make her own porn. But for now, the Ryerson graduate student is filming the feminist directors behind the camera. “These women are sex-rock revolutionaries. They’re sick and tired of the status quo and instead of complaining about it they picked up a camera and did something about […]

ON THE RUNWAY: RYERSON FASHION WEEK

By Aleysha Haniff Associate News Editor Ryerson Fashion Week ends with the apocalypse. But don’t worry, Revelation, named after the last book of the Bible, is just one of the many student collections that will be showcased at Ryerson Fashion Week, running April 3-8. The week features designs from the fashion industry’s next wave of […]

The Eyeopener’s guide to the neighbourhood

By Amanda Cupido, Hilary Hagerman and Adam Vrankulj The Annex: Something is always going on in the Annex. You can go for a walk at 3 a.m. and find many others doing the same. Being as close as it is to the University of Toronto, there is a great student culture, with many businesses in […]

Success through hypnosis

By Terrilyn Kunopaski Will Lam was in a rut and needed to turn his life around. His marks were down and he couldn’t quit smoking. So, two years ago, the part-time accounting student decided to try hypnotherapy. “I was sick of not getting a lot out of life, mediocre results,” Lam said. “At that point […]

Sketch Comedy show a Riot

By Adam Vrankulj Ryerson’s very own version of Saturday Night Live is back for its 59th year of making Ryerson students laugh until they cry. RIOT, the radio and television arts sketch comedy show, is set to perform this week after months in the making. This year, RIOT is back with a few familiar faces […]

Hammerhead exhibit: See the world through a shark’s eyes

By Shannon Higgins Arts & Life Editor If you ever wanted to swim with the fishes, now’s your chance. Fourth-year new media student Ella Myers has created an interactive sculpture named Hammerhead that lets people experience the world through the eyes of a shark. “We as humans rely on sigh and it’s important to remember that […]

Meatless in the metropolis

By Josh Bailie Let’s set the record straight: vegetarianism isn’t hard. Its supposed difficulty is what turns off potential suitors, and provides grounds for self-congratulations from my herbivore brethren. “I could never give meat up, it tastes too good,” is what I often hear from meat-eaters. Meanwhile, vegetarians never hesitate to tell you how they’ve […]

Welcome to the brotherhood

By Shannon Higgins Arts & Life Editor Takes Two Men to Make a Brother welcomes the audience to the show and into the brotherhood with five rowdy frat boys, a keg and the promise of an evening thick with experiential theatre. Out of almost 50 companies who applied to be a part of HATCH, a Harbourfront […]

choreography that works

By Josh Bailie and Shannon Higgins Arts & Life Editors Choreographic Works 2009, a Ryerson Theatre School dance production, opens tonight, March 4. The Eyeopener snuck into the show to see if it’s worth spending the $14. The show mostly features third- and fourth-year students, who both choreograph and dance in the show. The works are […]

MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE … OR THROAT … OR NOSE

February 4, 2009

Ryan Stock sets an example for anyone trying to establish a niche. He's made a career out of his passion: pushing boundaries.

BE A PROFESSIONAL PEDESTRIAN

February 4, 2009

By Phoenix Tarampi This winter, Toronto Traffic Control changed the signalling system at Church and Gould streets to alleviate the pedestrian traffic. Since it doesn’t look like Gould Street is going to be closed in the foreseeable future, read this so you can figure out how traffic lights work, avoid the need to jaywalk and […]

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