Category: Editorial

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Stand up or get screwed

November 24, 1999

By Philippe Devos “Students of Ryerson: Bend over and assume the position, you’re about to get fucked.” Rob Granastein began his Eyeopener editorial with those words when the Tories announced deregulation in 1998, which led to massive tuition increases. Well get the KY jelly and drop your drawers because the Tories are in the mood […]

Polytechnic education dying by degrees

November 17, 1999

By Phillipe Devos When Ryerson became a university in 1993, about 30 per cent of the faculty had PhDs — the lowest of any university in the country. As a polytechnic university that emphasizes practical rather than academic approach to education, the low percentage was to be expected and even boasted about. Ryerson profs weren’t […]

Rebel with a cause, a bottle and a pen

November 10, 1999

By Philippe Devos “The public will pay more for laughing than for any other privilege.” Those words were written by one of the best and certainly the most quotable newspapermen in Canada. Robert Chambers Edwards didn’t work for The Globe, The Mail, The Toronto Star, The Toronto Telegram or any of the other powerful dailies […]

My favourite loudmouth

November 3, 1999

By Philippe Devos After 18 years of school, there are only two teachers I remember fondly. When I was 7 years old there was my grade 2 teacher Mrs. Edmonds, whose patience and caring made her the next best thing to a mother. And 14 years later, as a cynical and hardened 22-year-old journalism student, […]

The road to Ryerson is filled with many potholes

October 6, 1999

For a commuter school, Ryerson is sure making it hard for students to get here

I dare you to cross Gould Street

September 29, 1999

Even if you haven’t seen Bowfinger, you’ve surely seen the scene (played over and over again in TV trailers) in which Eddie Murphy runs across an L.A. freeway — dodging cars and trucks as they speed along. That scene could have been shot on Gould Street.

In need of a worthy leader

September 22, 1999

Nobody likes a tattler, and even fewer people like a smartass. But I’m afraid I’m going to talk out of school about our RyeSAC president, Erin George.

Ryerson a sore sight for these eyes

September 22, 1999

If it weren’t for the hordes of people million about, Ryerson’s campus would look abandoned.

Arts & Culture Editorial

The shallow side of chic

September 15, 1999

Being the best in the beauty biz takes its tool on the body, mind and soul.

And now, a word that’s not from our sponsors

September 15, 1999

As Ryerson enters the 21rst century, this university, like most others, is no longer just an institute of higher learning; it’s becoming an instrument of corporate indoctrination. While ads around campus urge us to buy expensive items, our professors are teaching us the skills needed to make enough money to afford such luxury goods.

A bittersweet departure

I remember the first day well. A Wednesday afternoon in January, 1995.

RyeSAC’s Man of Steele

Mr. President. It’s been a year where that position of entrenched authority lost much of its righteousness, its value diminished by the political misdemeanours south of the border.

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