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Dashed dreams of new Canadian life

October 10, 2001

By Sheila Nykwist Numeriano Flores had high hopes for his life in Canada. The promise of job opportunities, free education for his children and health care were what finally convinced Flores last November to give into his wife’s long-held dream of moving to Canada.

Fashion Forward

October 3, 2001

By Rachelle Younglai Less than a week after planes smashes into the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon, runway models had American symbols all over their bodies, faces were painted red white and blue and out on the streets people draped themselves in flags. Fashion was used everywhere to demonstrate solidarity against terrorism.

Political Spray

October 3, 2001

By Corrine Aeschelmann “Billboards for the rich, spray cans for the poor.” – Graffiti sprayed on a Toronto building. Across Toronto, the writing’s on the wall: Graffiti is no longer just art or vandalism but dynamic and organized expressions of counterculture.

Technical Difficulties

October 3, 2001

By Sue Carr Ryerson students fall behind the tech revolution. The musty smell of Ryerson’s archives enstills memories of grandma’s basement, a tomb for hidden treasures and historical wonders.

Revolution Song

October 3, 2001

By Amy O’Brian Around the posters and protesters at a recent Toronto peace rally, silence hangs as ominously as the looming threat of war.

Shoot the War, fuck he norm

October 3, 2001

By John Hanan Members of the indy media throw away their press passes. Don’t believe everything you read, watch on TV, or hear on the radio. Paranoia was the theme at a conference held on September 22 by the independent Media Centre of Ontario. They passed out pamphlets and sign-up sheets, planned for future protests […]

A Nation Divided By God

October 3, 2001

By Fatima Najm Inqilaab is Urdu for revolution. As the independence movement swept through India in 1947, the tide of Inqilaab created two diverging currents that submerged British imperialism.

Getting in the pants of the sexual revolution

October 3, 2001

By Nicole Cohen I stood in the hazy basement, watching him play guitar and wondering how I could possibly seduce him. I frantically flipped through the mental notes of my informal sexual education, but before I figured out how to make the first move he sauntered over and whispered “Wanna fool around?”

New school revolutionaries

October 3, 2001

Every Tuesday night, in a small room in Jorgenson Hall, a group of around 20 students plot mini revolutions. Each member has different clothing and hairstyles, course selections and ideologies. They have different backgrounds and goals for the future. But they have at least one thing in common – a desire to affect change in […]

On the Ryerson message board

September 26, 2001

Members prefer pleasantries to porn. Seriously. By Siri Agrell In the midst of a city where talking to strangers on the subway or making eye contact on the street can brand you a social deviant, there is a disturbing polite new community emerging on the Web.

Love and life in the face of death

September 26, 2001

By Jennifer McGregor The six Ryerson students knew from the moment their plane landed in Jamaica that they would never again view the world in quite the same way. Scott Payette still winces when, months later and back home in Toronto, he revisits the destitution he saw there. “These people had nothing. They didn’t even […]

The March Goes On

September 19, 2001

By Katherine Tam Participants of the Take Back the Night rally promote thoughtfully protest against violence The banners were ready, the festivities had been planned for weeks, the stereo blasted “Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves” by the Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin, and the marchers chanted “No More Patriarchy, No More War.”

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