Student homeless after fire
September 28, 2010
Officials say it’s too early to tell when midwifery student and 1,700 others can return home and collect their belongings
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Daycare waitlist grows
September 28, 2010
Nikki Gershbain put her name on the wait list at Ryerson’s daycare centre when she was three months pregnant. A spot finally opened up for her son, Max Gilbert, shortly before his fourth birthday.
Rye tries to up the hype
September 28, 2010
University spends $6000 on billboards to “pump up” Ryerson students
The year of interim
September 28, 2010
Ryerson has been reshuffling its faculty over the summer, leaving many deans and chairs in temporary positions. “It seems to be the year of interim positions,” said Darrick Heyd, Interim Associate Dean for the Undergraduate Science Program and Student Affairs.
Hidden costs plague students
September 22, 2010
The last installment of tuition was due weeks ago but students are still forking out large sums for school supplies that they did not even know they needed in the first place.
Education quality down, fees up
September 22, 2010
The quality of education in Ontario has declined over the last year, according to a survey of university staff. The study was conducted by the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) and surveyed 16,000 university professors and faculty members.
MLG could cost $5 million to run
September 21, 2010
Ryerson may have to spend between $1 million and $5 million to operate and manage Maple Leaf Gardens (MLG), according to a search request filed by the university last week.
Emergency aid kept quiet
September 21, 2010
A $70,000 emergency fund is available toRyerson students suffering from sudden financial crisis. The fund, however, isn’t advertised by the university.
Show me the money
September 21, 2010
Last year Ryerson Unversity wrote Jared Epp a no-strings-attached cheque for $7,000. Epp wasn’t a Ryerson professor, or an employee of any kind for that matter. He is an engineering student, and one of the winners of the President’s National Scholarship.
Stephen Lewis a bargain for Rye
September 21, 2010
Ryerson snatched visiting professor Stephen Lewis for a very reasonable price, according to Sheldon Levy, the university’s president.
Bike room a bust
September 21, 2010
Shauna Kewin bikes to campus every day. But the fourth-year social work student has never used the bike room and doesn’t plan on keeping her bike there this year either. The reason: it would cost her more than her bike is worth.
Ontario: Highest tuition fees
September 16, 2010
Ontario undergraduate tuition fees are up 5.4 per cent on average over last year, the highest undergraduate fee hike in the country, according to Statistics Canada.
Mike Stewart, a third-year information technology management student, was surprised at the tuition price this semester when he enrolled in his classes online.
“I was like ‘Wow, that’s really steep.’”
Ontario undergrads continue to have the highest average fees of $6,307, a thousand dollars more than the national average. In comparison, Quebec undergraduate students pay an average of $2,415 - the lowest average fees in the country.
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