Category: Editorial

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Claude’s report card

December 2, 1998

A report card on Claude Lajeunesse: Claude is a good president, one who has done a lot for this school. During play time, he applies himself well to the tasks at hand. Although he has been here for four years, he has made an impact on his peers and those who matter in his play circles.

Left to fend for myself

November 25, 1998

“So what are you now, a lefty? Or have you sold out?”

Maclean’s money machine

November 18, 1998

I’m staring at the pile of newspapers as I sit at my desk on a Sunday afternoon trying to find a way to put a new spin on the Maclean’s university issue — one that routinely and inevitably pegs Ryerson as the bottom feeder among its ivy league colleagues — only one thought went through my mind. I shook my head of that thought so I could concentrate.

What’s an old man’s opinion worth?

November 11, 1998

The buzz among journalism students these past two weeks is what their undergraduate journalism degrees are worth.

Justify the means

November 11, 1998

The media, the city, the businesses were all for it. But for what? Until December, 1996, not a word was spoken about this project. Six months later, the plan was in full effect. Now, two years after the initial announcement, the redevelopment is a done deal.

A new journalism — an old idea

November 4, 1998

privileged classes and public plunderers, never lack sympathy with the poor, always remain devoted to the public welfare, never be satisfied with merely printing news, always be drastically independent, never be afraid to attack wrong, whether by predatory plutocracy or predatory poverty” — Joseph Pulitzer, May 10 1883.

Sell your soul to credit card demons

October 28, 1998

“Hey little girl, do you want some candy?” If that gives you the creepy crawlies it ought to. It sure as hell sent shivers down my spine as I sauntered along Jorgenson Hall of Shame recently to witness Mephistopheles hawking his deals with the devil — credit cards.

Who will get a monopoly?

October 28, 1998

For once we can actually say that you will see a new student centre.

Respect gained

October 21, 1998

I began to wonder what the hell I was doing on a yellow school bus at 6:30 on a Saturday morning. I had forsaken any plans of going out the previous night so I could arrive at six sharp. Now I was sitting with my knees digging into the seat in front of me.

Before the firing squad

October 21, 1998

It is said that the toughest judgment of your performance is done by your peers, your equals. If so, Claude Lajeunesse, our school’s president, is facing a firing squad.

Protest for a chilly reception

October 14, 1998

Remember on a wind-chilled afternoon last January, when the kids took on bay Street and “staged” – memorize this word because it’s important – a sit-in?

Support our athletics

October 7, 1998

Ryerson is a whole lot like Canada. However, one of the differences between Canada and Ryerson is the way we treat athletics.

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