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THE UNCHARTED TERRITORY OF DIGITAL LAW

By Alex Hamlyn Biz & Tech Editor Facebook offers its users a sense of confidentiality and privacy. Personal messages, private chats and embarassing photos are meant to be just between the user and their friends. In John Leduc’s case, everything he considered private will soon be public. Leduc is involved in a lawsuit over a […]

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Forget your five-finger discount

By Julianna Cummins Upcoming Ryerson grads may be stressing about finding a job in a crumbling economy, but students who have time left in post-secondary bliss can continue to take advantage of discounts and deals aimed at giving students a break. As a general rule of survival, businesses will always try to target a certain […]

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Risky business

By Erin Valois Viktor Korfanty has experienced the collapse of the auto sector first-hand. For the last two years, the third-year aerospace engineering student worked at the Honda plant in Alliston. Last year, the factory was bustling with activity, but this summer, the plant will be silenced – no students will be hired. “Because the […]

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Ryerson MBA students win $20,000 RBC award

By Lauren Strapagiel Four Ryerson MBA students have won $20,000 and recognition for the university in the 2009 RBC Next Great Innovator Challenge. “I’m so proud that we’re from Ryerson and we won this,” said Omega4 team member Jonathan Chiriboga, 26. “There are some schools that see us as a second-rate school.” Chiriboga, together with […]

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Giving back to the grid

By Julianna Cummins News Editor It’s a glamorous affair for a Wednesday evening in February. The hardwood-floored Bulthaup Showroom on Toronto’s King Street East is dimly lit, the glass walls showing the rest of the world the event underway inside. Dr. Alan Fung, 44, a mechanical engineering professor at Ryerson University is dressed in formal […]

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iPhone apps spark classroom iNgenuity

By Lauren Strapagiel A mole named Flip is updating the face of new media at Ryerson and will soon be available on an iPhone near you. Fourth year new media students John Coutts, Cole Docherty and Eyeopener fun editor Leif Parker are making an iPhone application for a class assignment. App development is something new […]

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Grocery prices still high

February 23, 2009

prices of groceries continue to increase although students don't seem to be bothered.

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SCHOOL OF RETAIL MANAGEMENT CELEBRATES 10 YEARS

February 4, 2009

Hilary Hagerman looks into the School of Retail Management's first decade

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FUEL FOR THOUGHT

February 4, 2009

With a nationwide program, the federal government is offerring $19.9 million for biofuel research.

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A BILLION ISN’T SO BAD

January 28, 2009

By Alex Hamlyn Biz & Tech Editor So there’s a recession. The global economy is nose-diving, and it’s pointing at a sharp, spiky mountain peak not a marshmallow pillow. But maybe it won’t be that bad for Canada. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s budget, revealed Tuesday, is predicting a $34 billion deficit, thanks to tax cuts […]

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CYBER-WOLVES IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING

January 28, 2009

Disguised hackers are trying to reel in student info.

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Master of his universe

January 21, 2009

By Alex Hamlyn A few months ago, Evan Kosiner decided to join his girlfriend in Italy on a whim. “I came up with a list of 107 things I had to do in order to get on that flight. I wrote down that list and I got through those 107 things. “Next thing you know, […]

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