Category: Editorial

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Ram wasn’t serving, not even rye

Over 80 per cent of Canadians tuned in on Sunday to watch Canada’s gold medal hockey victory over the U.S. And when it was over, thousands flooded from Toronto’s homes, pubs and bars into the streets in a celebration that was so rowdy, it was the most un-Canadian thing of the day (in a good way).

2(b) or not to be

February 24, 2010

While reading the "Statement on Freedom of Speech, Draft January 7, 2010" discussed by the Ryerson Senate, several phrases spring to mind: "Always read the last paragraph," "The devil is in the details," "OMG FML, Rye, WTF?" and "You can't shine shit." Back in the '70s I had a teacher who taught us, "Countries that have 'People's' and 'Republic' in the name are usually neither." With that in mind, the phrase "committed to freedom of thought... it also recognizes there are limits to free speech," which appears in Ryerson's statement, clangs harshly.

WE DON’T DESERVE THE ‘D’

February 10, 2010

Whether I’m in Russia, India or Japan is always the same: diversity.

Life on Jewish Shores

January 13, 2010

I’ve spent most of my life living in a bubble. Whether I was in a Jewish private school or public school, I was always surrounded by mostly Jewish friends and the Jewish culture.

No reservations

January 3, 2010

I propose a mandatory rule that at least one of each textbook or coursepack be made available on reserve by the professor or department. It’s an accessibility both reasonable and achievable.

We told you so

December 2, 2009

Three months ago, while students were still settling into their classes, our newspaper took a risk.

WE TOLD YOU SO

December 2, 2009

Three months ago, while students were still settling into their classes, our newspaper took a risk.

Tagging our web turf

November 25, 2009

Twitter has created an Eyeopener community

AIRWAVE SOLUTIONS FOR CKLN

November 18, 2009

Community radio is no doubt important, but not when you have a bunch of students funding a radio station that isn’t for its community.

Making the tough call isn’t easy

November 11, 2009

Maintaining impartiality when covering stories is difficult when one was a personal relationship with those involved

Answers don’t lie in march

November 4, 2009

Do you support global warming? Big fan of mass genocide? All for drowning kittens? No, of course not. Nobody is.

REASONS TO COME TOGETHER

October 28, 2009

The Eyeopener scrambled its proverbial news chopper only to find the rodent, snagged in a trap by the fridge on Sunday.

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