Oh say can you conspiracy
September 30, 2003
By Jen Gerson He’s an atheist and a skeptic. He supports the search for extraterrestrial life and believes 9/11 was an inside job – but don’t call him a conspiracy theorist.
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Dehumanizing the Deaf
September 10, 2003
Denying the deaf their dignity is hardly a sign of a healthy democratic society, says Michael Cyr
The Jackass Phenomenon
April 2, 2003
A new craze is sweeping across North America: Hurting yourself — and videotaping it. Laura Salvas steps bravely into the dangerous world of bored self-sacrificing teenage filmmakers.
Scaling his own personal Everest
March 19, 2003
After a difficult childhood as a differently abled person, a first-year student finally gathered the strength to overcome his limitations.
The war before the war
March 12, 2003
Not since the Vietnam War protests has the world heard such a loud cry for peace. Yohannes Edemariam looks at the past six months of student activism in Toronto.
Toronto’s Pinball Wizards
March 5, 2003
Ryan Kennedy bounces around the colourful world of underground pinball tournaments
Heating up the Aatma-sphere
January 22, 2003
By John J. Hanan Put 1,500 South Asians in the room and you’re bound to stir a little tension and confusion. But if you were at Aatma – the South Asian cultural competition held last Saturday – you would’ve also seen some outstanding performances. In blending the western world with the traditional, a few young […]
Finding the fountain of youth
January 15, 2003
By Patrick James Asselin Mack Miya expects to live at least another 50 years. So do most Ryerson students in their late teens and early 20s. But Miya isn’t a Ryerson student – he never received a formal university education. What makes Miya different is that he’s already exceeded the life expectancy of the average […]
My great-grandfather, the prime minister
January 15, 2003
By Kathy Tam Some people have grandparents who read books to them before bedtime. Others have grandparents whom they write books about. Margaret MacMillan, chair of Ryerson’s history department from 1987-1992, was at first reluctant to tell people that the book she had written featured her great-grandfather in a starring role. But word slipped out […]
A tale of two vacations…
January 8, 2003
By Gabe Kastner Day one of my yoga vacation in the Bahamas. I sit cross-legged, eyes-closed on a deck, a green-painted platform overseeing a bay that separates the city from the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat. Anchored sailing ships dot the water, and a fresh wind blows across my face. The teacher, an old brown-skinned woman […]
Has Roots lost its roots?
January 8, 2003
By J. Hanan Ibanez Waiting in line at the used bookroom, Veronica Pam is a walking dream come true for the founders of Roots clothing. Decked out in a Roots jacket, sweatshirt and red school bag, the second-year nutrition student could blend in flawlessly at a Canadian Olympic village. “I always wear their clothes — […]
Battling the bottle
November 27, 2002
Before he jumped, Jeffrey Newmarch made a bet. Thirty dollars was all he waged in the deadly gamble, and as he climbed onto the railing of the ferry to Toronto Island for a third time amid chants of “Jump! Jump!”; this time he did.
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