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Just a face in the crowd

Being a film extra has its rewards, even if you are just a face in the crowd

Students being asked for support – and cash

By Hamida Ghafour The sweet smell of democracy is wafting through Ryerson. RyeSAC is holding a referendum today and Thursday, asking students: “Do you agree to convert the Athletic Capital Assessment of $30 per term commencing in the fall term 1999, to a RyeSAC Student Centre fund dedicated to the development of a student centre?” […]

The student centre: A historical perspective

By Caroline Alphonso The dream of a student centre is almost as old as Ryerson itself. Just after the Second World War, Ryerson had something resembling a student centre. A converted airplane hangar housed a gym, pub, tuck shop, barber shop and lounge. It was torn down when Kerr Hall was built in the ‘50s. […]

The pirate and the bootlegger

By Owen Ferguson To the casual observer, CD replay, located next door to the Uptown movie theatre, looks like an ordinary CD store. It has large racks full of Spice Girls and Backstreet Boys CDs and perky staff behind the counter. But a quick browse through the CDs on display might leave you thinking, “Hmm… […]

Household highs

By Jim Vassallo Your income’s become somewhat abbreviated. The excess of the last six months have caught up with you and you need a little something to take the edge off. That pack-a-day you’ve been sucking down just isn’t doing it. You need a cheap way to commune with the voices in your head. I […]

Brew your own booze

By Stephanie Bomba So you’re into the sauce but you always end up with a killer hangover the next morning. Well, Randy Gratton may have just the cure for you. No, it’s not come top-secret potion concocted by the government for alcoholic fighter pilots. It is, quite simply, home-brewed beer and wine. Gratton, owner of […]

Don’t quit your day job

By Dawn Calleja and Susan Nerberg Pete Nowak had just finished third year of Ryerson’s journalism program. He knew his final year was going to be a killer, what with being roots and culture editor at The Eyeopener and writing regularly for The Ryersonian. Still, he wanted to create something he could call his own. […]

Lawnmower man

There's gold in them thar' lawns and piles of snow

Let’s make beautiful music together

If you're in a groovy band and you wanna make it big, then it's time to record your first CD

Separation

Patricia Tomasi tries to understand her separatist relatives as Canada's struggle to stay together divides her family

My own private road movie

By Giselle Culver It was a 1972 Cadillac Sedan de Ville. Nineteen feet of emerald green metal, the colour of dragonfly wings. Rounded edges, creamy leather seats. A little bit of rust here and there. Who drive that? I had to know. It belonged to the exuberan Lars. He had rigged the behemoth to start […]

The power of protest

February 4, 1998

In 1996, Serbian opposition parties managed to overthrow the communists in municipal elections in most Serbian cities. However, the joy of Serbian citizens was short-lived as the communist regime annulled the election results. University students in Serbia rose up in defense of democracy. This is the story of their struggle recounted by Budimir Markovic, one of the initiators of the protest

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