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Auto-tuning student voices

As a Ryerson student, you are told you can be anyone you want. You can express any opinion, support any cause and study any subject. But if you bring up a contentious idea, you quickly find out that’s not the case. Our look at censorship at Ryerson.

Missing out on millions

Last year, Ryerson spent about $15 million on student awards and scholarships aimed to help students pay for school. But few students fit the rigid applicant criteria and most don’t even know this funding exist.

Ryerson unplugs from the grid

Last year, Ryerson took part in Earth Hour by shutting off 95 per cent of lights on campus. As the university gets ready to do it again on March 26, Kai Benson looks at how sustainable Ryerson is the rest of the year

Cheap off-campus eats

As you sit in a packed lecture hall, your stomach lets out a loud growl. A bagel won’t cut it anymore. You need real food and you need it now. If you’re one of the tummy grumblers at Ryerson, here are the five best off-campus places to grab some affordable grub as you dash between classes

Free food for all?

The Community Food Room provides free food to help students keep fed and healthy without breaking the bank. So why aren’t students using it? Allyssia Alleyne reports

Back-up school no more

For years, Ryerson has struggled to gain respect, attract students and ditch the “Rye High” label. Now, as the university sends out acceptance letters, Samantha Sim investigates whether students are jumping for joy or if they’re just glad they got into their back-up school

Dead on arrival

School spirit has been ailing for years. Online editor Aleysha Haniff digs for the real reason we’re doomed to wander a lifeless campus

Ryerson’s uncharted education

Karyn Elliot and her friends crowded around their made-up bingo cards. They weren’t waiting for a B5. Instead she was waiting to hear one of the five topics her professor constantly ranted about in class, she says.

The dead campus

Despite being in the heart of downtown, many Ryerson University buildings lack life. Between construction and abandoned campus sites, the school has a long way to go before becoming a thriving campus. News editor Emma Prestwich reports

Get out while you still can

Mohamed Omar explains why the residence bubble won’t be a stable bunker when the T-Virus hits Toronto

Staying alive at Ryerson

Between part-time jobs and full-time classes, it’s easy to become a shell of a person, groggily stumbling from one task to the next. Community Editor Allyssia Alleyne shares the secret to having a life

Ryerson’s hallowed ground

OK, so it turns out Ryerson wasn’t built on a graveyard. But the land we spend most of our time has a pretty freakin’ cool history. Kai Benson unearths Ryerson’s undead past

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