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On the roof of the world

October 28, 2009

Walled in by buildings on all sides, walking around Toronto is a claustrophobic experience. But a small group of students, some from Ryerson, have risen above this obstacle. Roop Gill follows them up the fire escape to find the city's a different place from the skies.

‘The biggest shit hole in the city’

October 21, 2009

Larry's Hideaway, located just two blocks off Ryerson's campus, was a legendary basement venue and birth place of the punk-rock scene in Toronto. Karolina Weglarz rediscovers the remnants of the burned down dive.

NEW THREAT ON THE BLOCK

October 14, 2009

"Essentially it's like killing the goose that laid the golden eggs," - Dylan Reid, senior editor at Spacing Magazine and co-chair of the Toronto Pedestrian Committee

The Lonely Hipster

October 7, 2009

In the Drake Hotel an indie band sings about the day their trash gets taken out. A tall blonde man in the crowd bawls out in a drunken slur, "A HIPSTER IS SOMEONE WHO HAS NO SEX. NO SEX AT AAAALLL." Two girls cling to him, their eyes darting around the room. They're looking to see if anyone's noticed them yet without making eye contact.

Checking in at Church and Queen

September 30, 2009

The chess ables outside Metropolitan United's church reveal how simple it can be to create community.

Eggy: 1961 – 2009

September 23, 2009

Ryerson is lacking school spiri, illustrated by the death of Eggy

THE DEATH OF SOLITUDE

By Rodney Barnes Saturday night and Quinn Maeback is outside Blu Lounge in Yorkville. She’s met by two of her girlfriends at the door. She’s never been inside. “I’m not so sure about this place,” whispers one. The bouncer, facing the street 20 feet away, doesn’t hear. A yelp erupts from behind them and Maeback […]

The ultimate power nap

By Vanessa Santilli Aria Ilyad trembled. He was weak, had a high temperature and his body shook involuntarily. On a dare from his sleep physiology professor, the University of Toronto grad student was trying polyphasic sleeping — napping in blocks instead of sleeping all at once. He struggled to adjust. Sleeping for 20 to 30 […]

Research under fire

By Kiera Toffelmire Mitchell Kosny was sitting in a city official’s office in Gaza when a bomb exploded outside the window. It was September of 2005, and Kosny was in Khan unis. He was with city manager, Mohamad Al Agha, discussing the work he had done in Gaza as an international consultant for the Canadian […]

Rye profs brace for full effect of research funding cuts

By Scott Nowoselski After the federal government announced plans to cut research funding in their January budget, Ryerson chemistry professor Daniel Foucher worried that graduate students might get the wrong impression of scientific research in Canada and seek work outside the country. “To cut back on funding now when more students are going to be […]

A stone-age scandal

By Josh Bailie When the seven-foot stone hockey goalie was put up over an archway on Kerr Hall South, students revolted with 60s-era zeal. They hung a life-sized effigy of a pregnant woman outside a nearby window. They picketed with placards reading, “Ryerson, the Hockey Hall of Fame.” They attacked it with blue and red […]

WHO MONEY CAN BRING

February 25, 2009

By Vanessa Greco Joel Vautour moved from Moncton to Toronto three years ago. A pricey move, coupled with residence costs and tuition fees, came close to breaking the bank. Most other Ontario universities would have given him an entrance scholarship of at least $1000 for his 82 per cent high school average, but not Ryerson. […]

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