BEATING THE BERMUDA BLUES
September 15, 2004
Moving away from home is scary enough, but when you're from a small town, a different country and a tropical climate, chaotic Toronto can be intimidating.
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FLYING WITH FALCONS
September 15, 2004
Ryerson graduate Darren Smith has immersed himself in the cultural and historial practices of the medieval era.
INTERNATIONALLY SPEAKING
August 25, 2004
Diana Ning, the new coordinator at the International Services for Students centre understands challenges faced by first-year international students.
ARMED WITH ONLY A PEN…
April 7, 2004
In North Toronto’s Canada Passport Office, sour sweat infiltrates the nostrils and strangles the throat. Bodies sway, waiting for digits burned into their heads to match red numbers firing on a panel. Chi Fen Liu, 47, also waits — she’s number 97. The Eyeopener’s Diana Tseng reports.
STUDENTS MARKING STUDENTS
April 7, 2004
Ryerson professors are hiring undergraduate students to mark their assignments. The Eyeopener’s Rafael Brusilow investigates.
VOLUNTEERING A WAY OF LIFE
April 7, 2004
By Bob Kaups Rye employee has volunteered for countless organizations for over 30 years.
THE THIN LINE OF TOLERANCE
April 7, 2004
Conflict and strife have run rampant at York University as pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian groups clash on campus and in the student government. But Ryerson’s campus has remained quiet. Erin Rankin investigates why things are quieter at Yonge and Dundas than they are at Steeles and Keele.
Building in a gap year
March 24, 2004
By Miranda Beninger In less than two months, I’m dropping my school books, grabbing a backpack, and flying across the world to the UK. Some people look at me in disbelief but the reality is this pick-up-and-go mentality is growing among Canadian students. Natalie Baines, manager at the Gerrard Street Travel Cuts location, says she […]
Kung Fu Royal-ty
March 24, 2004
By Matt Kwong FedEx carriers working at Boston’s Logan International Airport in 1996 may have handled an oversized cardboard box and wondered, perhaps out of shippers’ tedium, what was inside. Upon sliding into the cargo compartment, the double-walled box rattled like any other load, but its contents were tucked away safely in Styrofoam peanuts. […]
Carcinogen lies within campus
March 24, 2004
An old problem came back to haunt Ryerson this month when a broken water pipe knocked asbestos onto the ceiling of the saunda in the women’s change room at the RAC. “A pipe burst in the sauna that caused the roof to cave in and spill some asbestos,” said Ian Hamilton, director of campus […]
Being President and CEO
March 17, 2004
By Don McHoull Leaning against his wooden podium, Claude Lajeunesse tried to ignore the throng of student protestors who surrounding him. Ryerson’s president was midway through his 2001 state of the university address and things weren’t going well. Angry students were constantly interrupting him, blowing on kazoors and trying to shout him down. As Lajeunesse […]
Remembering a home she barely knew
March 17, 2004
By Gina Puzzuoli With a gentle tinkling of chimes, the door to the Tibet Shoppe on Queen Street West swings open. The smell of sweet incense fills the air as soft tendrils of smoke snake and arc their way to the ceiling. Vibrant reds, blues, greens and yellows of raw silk shirts are hung amongst […]
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